after going bankrupt, the Hardy Amies brand was acquired by Fung Capital, the private investment arm of Victor and William Fung, who together control the Li & Fung Group. Honours He received the 1939–1945 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal and the War Medal for service with the Special Operations Executive during World War II. Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) awarded 17 June 1989. Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) awarded 10 June 1977. He was made an Officer of the Order of the Crown by the Kingdom of Belgium awarded 17 September 1948. He received the Queen Elizabeth II Version of the Royal Household Long and Faithful Service Medal for 20 years of service to the British Royal Family. Personal life Initially discreet about his homosexuality, Amies became more candid in his old age and, when speaking of Sir Norman Hartnell, another renowned dressmaker to the Queen, he commented: "It's quite simple. He was a old queen and I'm a old queen." Amies and his partner, Ken Fleetwood, Design Director of Hardy Amies Ltd, were together for 43 years until Fleetwood's death in 1996. Amies died at home in 2003, aged 93. He is buried in the village churchyard at Langford, Oxfordshire. Notes References External links Hardy Amies Official website Hardy Amies designer profile at Vogue Hardy Amies Style Advice article at The Guardian Hardy Amies' Guide to Men's Fashion reviewed inside The Guardian Hardy Amies at the Victoria & Albert Museum Hardy Amies designer profile at the New York Times Hardy Amies obituary at The Times Further reading Here Lived…, Cambridge, 1948. Just So Far, London, 1954. The ABC of Men's Fashion, London, 1964. Still Here, London, 1984. The Englishman's Suit, London, 1994. Hardy Amies. Michael Pick. ACC Publications, 2012. People from Maida Vale English fashion designers Intelligence Corps officers British Special Operations Executive personnel English LGBT businesspeople English gay artists LGBT fashion designers Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order 1909 births 2003 deaths British Army personnel of World War II Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Menswear designers 20th-century English businesspeople British Army General List officers Gay military personnel Gay businessmen 20th-century English LGBT people Fashion designers from London