Lady Victoria Hervey shops at Harrods… after slamming Maura Higgins claims

Lady Victoria Hervey was seen enjoying some high-end shopping at Harrods in London on Wednesday, after responding to claims made by Maura Higgins.

The 46-year-old socialite kept it casual as she was seen taking pictures of the Christian Dior window display and leaving the luxury department store.

His outing comes after he hit back at Love Island star Maura, 32, for claiming designer Scott Henshall ruined her British Fashion Awards experience.

Maura claimed she did not go to the event because the designer, 47, brought her an ‘inappropriate’ dress and the wrong shoes, while it was also claimed that he left her in her hotel room for three hours.

But Victoria, who was also dressed by Scott for the night, was quick to slam Maura’s claims, insisting they were “not true” and that the designer didn’t “ignore” her.

Maura ended up pulling out of the British Fashion Awards at the last minute, claiming her risqué bespoke outfit was “not very appropriate” for the A-list event.

Amid the conflict, Victoria was seen out shopping at Harrods on Thursday while appearing unfazed by the drama.

The model cut a relaxed figure in gray jeans and a turtleneck, under a patterned red cardigan.

She kept herself comfortable in a pair of studded black boots and bundled up in the freezing temperatures in a black jacket and gray fingerless gloves.

Victoria showed off her fresh-faced beauty with a light layer of makeup and tucked her blonde locks under a dark bonnet.

She kept her essentials in a black bag with a chain strap and appeared to have done some shopping while carrying a green Harrods bag.

Victoria received a phone call as she was leaving the luxurious department store, while also stopping to take a snapshot of the festive Christian Dior window display.

Her outing came just hours after she responded to Maura’s claims that Scott Henshall had given her an “inappropriate” dress for the British Fashion Awards.

It was also claimed that Maura was left alone in her hotel room for hours while Scott favored Victoria, whom he also did her hair for the event.

But blasting the allegations as ‘untrue’, Victoria told MailOnline: ‘What Maura says is not true at all. Scott didn’t ignore her.

‘Maura had her own glam kit in her room and I heard she liked the dress, but Scott’s PR, who was in charge of bringing her the shoes, brought her the ones she didn’t like.

‘Scott was angry because he didn’t like the PR picks. It is not entirely true to say that Scott left Maura for three hours.

“He is a professional and unfortunately the weakness is in his public relations team. Maura wanted to have her own hair and makeup kit in her room.

Maura withdrew from the British Fashion Awards after claiming her daring bespoke outfit was “not quite appropriate” for the glitzy event.

She took to Instagram to reveal that she “decided not to go” just minutes before the red carpet after not feeling comfortable in her dress.

The Irish reality star shared an Instagram clip from her hotel room, looking glam with a full face of makeup and wearing the dress in question.

She said: ‘So guys, everyone is sending me messages like, ‘Where are they and where are the red carpet photos?’ I’ve had a bit of a nightmare.

‘Obviously you can see that I’m completely ready. The Glam team is ready as always. Basically…the dress, the shoes, everything was not something she would wear.

“I really don’t know what to say, it’s like, I feel like it’s not very appropriate for the Fashion Awards.

“Obviously I like to dare, you know that, but I feel, I don’t know. It’s just not right. So yeah, I’ve decided not to go. I’m still in the hotel as you can see.

It was also claimed that Maura was upset with Scott after he “left her alone for over three hours” in favor of Victoria before the event.

She was also allegedly agitated by Mulberry’s former creative director when he was unable to “arrange a selection of shoes for her to wear” as previously promised.

said a source Sun: ‘Scott dressed Maura, Victoria and model Talulah Eve. Maura’s dress was meant to resemble Paris Hilton’s 2002 chainmail gown.

“In the end, it was nothing like it and she was not happy. Scott was also supposed to arrange a selection of shoes for her to wear, which he didn’t.

“Then he left Maura waiting alone in her room for over three hours to go help dress Victoria.”

MailOnline contacted a spokesperson for Maura and Scott for more information at the time.

A variety of the star-studded guest list at the British Fashion Awards 2022 dressed in glamorous gowns that turned heads.

Earlier in the day, Maura had shared a selfie to her Instagram Stories as she glammed up in her hotel room ahead of the star-studded night.

Smiling as she held up a peace sign, Maura revealed that designer Scott Henshall was behind the dress, which she later said she disapproved of.

The writing: ‘BFA ​​tonight… first time not having control over my outfit… excited to see what @scott_henshall has styled for me.’

Scott burst onto the fashion scene in 1998, at the young age of 22, as the youngest designer to walk at London Fashion Week.

He was previously hailed as the “King of the Red Carpet,” after creating a series of iconic gowns that included dressing supermodel Jodie Kidd in a lace netting for the first Spider-Man premiere.

In 2004, he garnered worldwide media attention, after designing the world’s most expensive dress, a £5 million diamond-encrusted web gown worn by Samantha Mumba.

Scott appeared in the famous 2006 series of I’m A Celebrity, but was the second campmate to be eliminated.