Stella McCartney: I would love to dress the Queen! Designer commends Her Majesty's 'timeless quality'

Stella commented as she collected OBE alongside Victoria Pendleton
The Queen complimented her on the Team GB Olympics kit
Stella wore a navy skirt suit she has designer herself for the ceremony

PUBLISHED: 11:54 EST, 27 March 2013 | UPDATED: 11:58 EST, 27 March 2013

British fashion icon Stella McCartney – now Stella McCartney OBE - has said she would love to design clothes for the Queen.

The successful British fashion designer, who has dressed some of the world's most famous people, said she thought the Monarch was ‘chic’ and up there with the great fashion icons.

After picking up her OBE at Buckingham Palace yesterday, the 41-year-old said she hoped one day she’d be selected to style the Queen.

Honoured: Fashion designer Stella McCartney collected her OBE from Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, wearing a Wallis Simpson-inspired outfit

Fashion designer Stella McCartney, seen here with her husband, collected her OBE from Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, and says she would love to dress the Queen

Wartime style: The 41-year-old looked elegant in her 1940s-style outfit, which she designed herself for the occasion

The 41-year-old looked elegant in her 1940s-style outfit, which she designed herself for the occasion, and revealed she thinks Elizabeth II's style is 'chic'

In an interview with Channel 5 News she revealed what the Queen and her had chatted about during the ceremony: ‘She said to me “you, you seem very busy, very busy every time I see you” and I said “oh well I’m not quite as busy as you, Mam”

‘Then she said “well there always seems to be another fashion show or, you know, another fashion week” but I said “yes, but my greatest honour was designing the kit for your nation for the Olympics” and she said “oh well it was very, very good”'

Stella also revealed that she is fan of her majesty’s fashion sense, saying she rated the Queens wardrobe very highly.

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When asked if she thought Elizabeth II was a style icon she said: ‘She’d be up there, I would have to say. She has a great timeless quality about her in what she wears and she’s very chic. You can’t knock her on her fashion really I don’t think.

And when quizzed on whether she would like to design for the queen Stella enthused: ‘If she would have me, absolutely, I’d love to.'

Stella McCartney fittingly looked picture perfect in a navy blue skirt suit from her own collection, as she collected her OBE at the investiture ceremony.

The designer, who has been made OBE for services to fashion, was given her medal by The Queen

Stella told channel 5 after the ceremony that the Queen has a great timeless quality about what she wears

Being honoured for services to fashion during her career, the daughter of Sir Paul McCartney, said: 'I feel really proud and really excited and honoured to be here.'

She stayed close to her equally smart husband, who has just been named Creative Director of Wellington Boot brand Hunter, before the ceremony.

Stella's stand-out jacket was clinched in at the waist and had jutting shoulders, harping back to wartime style, while her skirt sat a few inches below the knee.

She wore her hair pinned back in a low knot, and added a netted veil over her face, secured onto her head with jewelled clip.

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The Queen is beautifully dressed nowadays and has been for at least a decade. She was also well dressed in her younger years. In her middle years some of her outfits were not as good as those that came before or now. Stella McCartney is very elegantly dressed to meet the Queen in these pics too, as is her husband - super smart yet discreet too. It's incredible how much sexier a woman is (or indeed a man) in a dark very well tailored classic suit with a bit of a twist, than parading around half naked in the cheap sparkly tat we often see on the red carpet. - Tom Moncrieff , London England, United Kingdom ..................................................... But Stella designs that cheap, sparkly, crappy tat you see worn about town by others with no taste or class and too much money. She just didn't wear any of it herself (or any of her usual scruffy stuff) to the ceremony. That awful suit she is wearing is actually very smart for Ms. McC. ... and that ain't saying much.

- Lynzey , Toronto-Canada, 28/3/2013 06:38

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Get over yourself, Stella. If you weren't that overrated singer's daughter you wouldn't be where you are now.

- Felicity , San Francisco, United States, 28/3/2013 02:42

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Please no don't let Stella anywhere near her Majesty's dresses!!!!!

- Caroline , Leeds, United Kingdom, 28/3/2013 02:11

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I'd love to dress the queen..............for her funeral.

- Me , London, 28/3/2013 01:45

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She looks like crap most of the time,I think she could keep up Tradititon....

- Abolishthemonarchy. , NEWRY, United Kingdom, 28/3/2013 00:58

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At least Stella doesn't use fur or leather for her designs.

- sookie , sydney, Australia, 28/3/2013 00:18

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The queen looks lovely nowadays. Please don't let this untalented daughter of a famous has been near her.

- whiffy leaks , Leeds, 28/3/2013 00:13

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Oh dear look at Stella's big schnozzola! Must have gotten that from he mummy.

- Added value , Upstate new york, 28/3/2013 00:11

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Oh really maam! What on earth made you think Stella Mccartney was worthy of an OBE? I find many of her creations hideous! Stella's husband's head is too big for his body! I imagine his wife designed his entire wardrobe. On this instance it was a poor choice. The man looks like he can hardly breathe! And why is Stella wearing a bone crushing corset? The cut of the suit and the color make her look far older than she is.

- donnag , Appleton, 28/3/2013 00:05

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How about sorting out your dad's barnet first?

- Benny Blanco , The Bronx, 27/3/2013 23:53

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