LONDON – Anna Wintour and Roksanda Ilincic have each received accolades in King Charles’ debut birthday honors list.

Wintour, who already holds the title of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, has change into a Companion of Honour, a top accolade. She joins figures including Paul Smith, J.K. Rowling, Elton John and Paul McCartney as members of the select group.

The glory is reserved for individuals who have made “a significant contribution to the humanities, science, medicine, or government lasting over a protracted time period,” based on the British Royal Household. There are only 65 members at anyone time.

Wintour, global content officer at Condé Nast, has been recognized for services to fashion. She was made a Dame in 2017.

Ilincic has change into a Member of the Order of the British Empire, or MBE, also for services to fashion.

The Serbian designer is a fixture at London Fashion Week and is thought for her dramatic, color-drenched silhouettes that draw inspiration from the worlds of art, dance and theater.

Ilincic, who is predicated in London, studied architecture and applied arts at school in Belgrade. She moved to London within the late Nineties to review for her MA at Central Saint Martins under Professor Louise Wilson.

There, she laid the foundations of her clothes and accessories business, which she launched in 2005. The designer has a store on Mount Street in Mayfair and her collections sell at stores including Mytheresa, Selfridges and Harrods.

She has also taken part within the Great Britain campaign to advertise British products and craftsmanship abroad. Last yr, Ilincic designed the costumes for Royal Ballet dancers performing in Valentino Zucchetti’s world premiere of “Prima,” on the Royal Opera House.

This yr’s birthday honors list has a heavy literary and artistic skew. The novelist and screenwriter Ian McEwan became a Companion of Honour for services to literature.

Fellow novelist Martin Amis, who died last month, was given the consideration of Knight Bachelor, also for services to literature.

The director and producer Stephen Frears and Ben Okri, the poet and novelist, got the consideration of Knight Bachelor for services to film and tv and to literature, respectively.

The king’s birthday honors list was published on the eve of the Trooping the Color ceremony on Saturday, June 17.

Trooping the Color is a military parade and ceremony that marks the “official” birthday of the monarch, regardless of after they were born. The tradition began in 1748, and the event takes place annually in the primary half of June.