Arabella Rosalind Hungerford Pollen

Arabella Rosalind Hungerford Pollen (June 22, 1961–) is an English couturier and author.

Arabella, nicknamed Bella, was born in Oxford, the daughter of Peregrine Michael Hungerford Pollen and Patricia Helen Barry.[1] In 1981 she founded the fashion design company Arabella Pollen Ltd., running it until 1994.[2] Among her clients were Princess Di, Margaux Hemingway and Marianne Faithfull.[3] In 1995 she became a writer.[2] Her third book, Chasing Unicorns, became a best seller in 2004.[4]

Her first marriage was to Giacomo Dante Algranti. In 1995 she married David Maurice Benjamin Macmillan, the grandson of former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. The couple have two children: Finn Joshua M. Macmillan and Mabel Macmillan.[5]

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  1. ^ Europa Publications Limited, ed (1990). The International Who's Who (54th ed.). Europa Publications. p. 1275. ISBN 0946653585. 
  2. ^ a b "Arabella ('Bella') Pollen (1961-), Novelist and fashion designer". National Portrait Gallery. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp10819/arabella-bella-pollen. Retrieved 2011-02-12. 
  3. ^ "Dishy Designer Arabella Won't Let a Naughty Photograph Interfere with Her Plans to Pollen-Ate British Fashion". People 22 (18). October 29, 1984. http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20089009,00.html. Retrieved 2011-02-12. 
  4. ^ Jardine, Cassandra (June 25, 2004). "Hard times in a perfect world". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3619528/Hard-times-in-a-perfect-world.html. Retrieved 2011-02-12. 
  5. ^ "Arabella Rosalind Hungerford Pollen". The Peerage. http://www.thepeerage.com/p25619.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-12.