Coronation in Fashion Parade A Peeress's Coronation robe, designed by Peter Russell, at the Royal Festival Hall to-day. Coronation year fabrics and fashion are on view in the coronation Fashion Parade and Fabric Exhibition opening at the Royal Festival Hall, London, to-day (Monday) until Friday, October 10. Leading textile manufacturers are showing their advance fabrics for Coronation year and top designers are using these materials to show some of their ideas for next year's fashions. October 06, 1952. (Photo by Reuterphoto).