Backstage pre-show Dolce and Gabbana revealed their Fall/Winter 2008 collection had been entirely inspired by watching Helen Mirren in her Oscar-winning movie, The Queen. Their latest campaign, shot by screaming Anglophile, Mario Testino, is a homage to Her Majesty's hols at Balmoral. Although I'm not quite sure what Her Maj would think of these gorgeous bright young things, who include Alice Burdeu, Aline Weber, Anett Griffel, Iris Strubegger, Martha Streck and Olga Sherer? Dolled up in tartan, Argyle and paisley, with silk headscarves knotted under the chin, they are joined by Labrador retrievers, chickens and horses but NO corgis. Outrageous! The images are meant to mimic a Royal family portrait shot in the gloomy Scottish Highlands but with a twist. The men wear more make-up than the ladies, there are NO kilts and the feathered animals are still ALIVE for goodness sake. But hey, if only those Windsors looked more like this in real life...

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By Julia Robson