Vivienne Westwood’s Diamond Jubilee Collection

Vivienne Westwood has created a new capsule collection to mark Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. The fashion designer's latest offering, the Red Carpet Capsule Collection, has been inspired by gowns the monarch - who is celebrating her 60th year on the throne this year - has previously worn.

Vivienne - who met the queen in 1992 when she was honored with an OBE - has also paid homage to the iconic British flag, the Union Jack, in her latest creations. But instead of using the traditional blue, white and red color scheme of the iconic symbol, the designer has opted for a gold, silver and bronze style for her collection, which features corseted gowns created with silk satins, organza crepe and taffeta, as well as draped cocktail dresses.

Vivienne's latest pieces, which also include jeweled earrings, will be available from the end of May 2012.

"My clothes allow you to project your personality, and are quite theatrical in the sense that they are real clothes, well-designed, and they give you a chance to express yourself. They are also inviting people to respond to them and want to come and talk to you. You have a much more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes," she explained.

Nicki Minaj Wants to Raid the Queen’s Wardrobe

Nicki Minaj wants to raid the Queen's wardrobe. The 29-year-old "Starships" rapper - who is famed for her wild outfits and multi-colored wigs - says she would love to have a root through the English monarch's clothes rails and borrow a few key pieces.

"The Queen kind of seems like a fairytale character to me. I bet her closet is crazy, I'd love to go through it. I bet the dresses would fit me too - she's like a little, tiny ladybug," she said.

Explaining her obsession with pink-colored clothes, Nicki believes her fixation started in during her troubled childhood, which saw her father try to kill her mother by setting the house on fire: "When I was younger I didn't have much financially, like we couldn't afford a lot of stuff and I remember seeing little girls' rooms on TV and they'd all be pink. I didn't have my own room, I shared with my brother, so I would have this daydream and imagine that one day I could have my own room and it would all be pink, like Cinderella's. So I guess pink takes me back to that time and it just feels euphoric when I wear it. I love it."