Alice Naylor-Leyland


Alice Naylor-Leyland is an English socialite, brand collaborator, writer and business owner.

Early life

Naylor-Leyland is the daughter of Paul Dawson and Serena Fresson, Naylor-Leyland grew up in London and went to Garden House Day School. She was raised by her single mother, who was from Australia. As a teenager she went to a boarding school near Ascot. Her mother later married and Naylor-Leyland took up residence in her stepfather's London hotel, 11 Cadogan Gardens. She frequently traveled to New York City in her youth.

Career

Naylor-Leyland runs her own blog, Mrs.Alice, focusing on fashion, lifestyle, and motherhood. Her Instagram has over 110,000 followers. She is a contributing editor for American Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, writing articles on fashion, travel and lifestyle. In 2017 Naylor-Leyland partnered with Aerin Lauder to create a limited edition perfume called Garden Rose Eau de Cologne, inspired by Naylor-Leyland's rose garden. She has designed two shoe collections for the company French Sole.
She also works as a brand collaborator with fashion brands like Tory Burch and Smythson.
Her interior design has been featured in Architectural Digest.
In November 2019 Alice launched her own housewares brand.

Personal life

She met her husband, Thomas Philip Naylor-Leyland, who is the son and heir of Sir Philip Naylor-Leyland, 4th Baronet, through their mutual friend Francis Richard Charteris, Lord Elcho, the son of James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss, when she was seventeen years old at a party in Gloucestershire . They have three children; Billy, Nancy, and Felix. Her husband is the heir to his father's title of Naylor-Leyland baronet and of his estates, Nantclwyd Hall and Milton Hall. The couple currently resides in Cambridgeshire, and in a flat in Chelsea, London. Naylor-Leyland renovated and restored the historic mansion which she and her husband purchased shortly after their wedding. She is close friends with other high-profile socialites including Poppy Delevingne, Olivia Palermo, Lady Alice Manners, Lady Violet Manners, Lady Mary Charteris, Sabine Getty, Emma Thynn, Viscountess Weymouth, and Princess Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis.