Amanda Harlech

Amanda Harlech (born Amanda Jane Grieve) is a British creative consultant and writer with a long association with the couturiers John Galliano and Karl Lagerfeld. She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1997.

Amanda Jane Grieve was born in 1959 in north London, the daughter of Alan Grieve, a solicitor and director of the Jerwood Foundation and his first wife, Anne Dulake. She grew up in Regent's Park where one of her childhood companions was Jasper Conran.

She was educated at South Hampstead High School and Marlborough College before studying English at Somerville College, Oxford University, specialising in the work of Henry James.

In 1986, she married Francis Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech, adopting the surname 'Harlech'. The couple had two children:

Harlech and her husband were divorced on 31 August 1998. She now lives in Shropshire, with a base at the Ritz Hotel, Paris for the city’s fashion shows.

Harlech worked with John Galliano during his years as an independent couturier. When Galliano joined Dior in 1996, she joined Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel. She also works as a consultant at Fendi.

Harlech has collaborated on two books – Palazzo and Sicily – and has expressed the desire to write more in the future.

In November 2011, Harlech appeared in Karl Lagerfeld's film The Tale of a Fairy and the Patricia Mazuy film Sport de Filles with Marina Hands, Bruno Ganz and Josiane Balasko.

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