Royalty Thread #16: the best of times, the worst of times

[puglover]

I just love the "Lover's Knot" tiara that Princess Catherine wore to the reception with the Macrons. I know it belonged to Queen Elizabeth but was a favourite of Princess Diana and now Catherine. It is apparently very heavy but such a beauty.

 

[canbelto]

I just love the "Lover's Knot" tiara that Princess Catherine wore to the reception with the Macrons. I know it belonged to Queen Elizabeth but was a favourite of Princess Diana and now Catherine. It is apparently very heavy but such a beauty.

Eh I like the floral tiara better:

Princess Kate wears rare floral tiara to Buckingham Palace state banquet

Princess Kate wore a rare floral tiara to a Buckingham Palace state banquet this week. The tiara previously belonged to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

abcnews.go.com

 

[puglover]

Eh I like the floral tiara better:

Princess Kate wears rare floral tiara to Buckingham Palace state banquet

Princess Kate wore a rare floral tiara to a Buckingham Palace state banquet this week. The tiara previously belonged to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

abcnews.go.com

I am not familiar with that one but it is gorgeous.

 

[Karen-W]

Eh I like the floral tiara better:

Princess Kate wears rare floral tiara to Buckingham Palace state banquet

Princess Kate wore a rare floral tiara to a Buckingham Palace state banquet this week. The tiara previously belonged to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

abcnews.go.com

That's the Strathmore Rose Tiara. It was a gift to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, when she married the future King George VI, and she wore it in the bandeau style around her forehead, at their wedding.

 

[kwanfan1818]

Isn't it one of the tiaras that makes it into all of "Which tiara will she choose?" articles that come up when it's time for someone to pick one?

 

[Parsley Sage]

Isn't it one of the tiaras that makes it into all of "Which tiara will she choose?" articles that come up when it's time for someone to pick one?

Yes. It hadn't been seen in close to 100 years before Kate wore it.

 

[Parsley Sage]

I was out for dinner with my sister last night and afterwards we went to the thrift store next door. Found this book about Cecil Beaton and his royal photography for $7.49.

Cecil Beaton: The Royal Portraits: Strong, Roy C., Beaton, Cecil: 9780671670337: Books - Amazon.ca

Cecil Beaton: The Royal Portraits: Strong, Roy C., Beaton, Cecil: 9780671670337: Books - Amazon.ca

www.amazon.ca

 

[puglover]

Next year, 2026, marks 100 years since the birth of Queen Elizabeth, and the royal trust is going to put on display at Buckingham Palace 200 or so clothing items worn by the Queen. Apparently, it is to include items from her childhood such as a bridesmaid dress she wore at her uncles wedding when she was 8 years old, her wedding dress, tweeds and riding clothes. Although she was not thought of as the fashion plate Diana and Catherine would become, she did understand that she had to be "seen" hence her brightly coloured matching outfits. Not too many women, past or present, who you could see 1 or 2 items like her hat, dress, purse, or shoes, and know exactly who it belonged to.

 

[Parsley Sage]

Next year, 2026, marks 100 years since the birth of Queen Elizabeth, and the royal trust is going to put on display at Buckingham Palace 200 or so clothing items worn by the Queen. Apparently, it is to include items from her childhood such as a bridesmaid dress she wore at her uncles wedding when she was 8 years old, her wedding dress, tweeds and riding clothes. Although she was not thought of as the fashion plate Diana and Catherine would become, she did understand that she had to be "seen" hence her brightly coloured matching outfits. Not too many women, past or present, who you could see 1 or 2 items like her hat, dress, purse, or shoes, and know exactly who it belonged to.

This will be quite the history of fashion.

 

[MsZem]

This will be quite the history of fashion.

Of one woman's distinctive fashion

 

[canbelto]

The Queen was trendy when she was young.
She actually wore these trendy peep toe shoes to her own coronation:

Roger Vivier Updated Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Heels for Spring 2020

A new design pays homage to the ruby-encrusted Vivier pumps the Queen wore to her 1953 coronation.

www.townandcountrymag.com

But as she got older, her tastes in clothing became very conservative. She apparently disliked members of the BRF wearing open-toed shoes in later years. That's what happens when you live to be 96: you just can't relate to young-people fashion.

 

[PRlady]

Ahem. I like a lot of young people fashion. Those wide-leg, high-rise jeans that Gen Z wears are so much nicer than low-rise skinnies. The maxi skirts are cool, too.

And I am thrilled that the 20-somethings have revolted against millennials tattoos.

 

[Wyliefan]

Ahem. I like a lot of young people fashion. Those wide-leg, high-rise jeans that Gen Z wears are so much nicer than low-rise skinnies. The maxi skirts are cool, too.

And I am thrilled that the 20-somethings have revolted again millennials tattoos.

Have they? Seems like everyone I know has a tattoo now, but I don't know many people in their twenties.

 

[puglover]

Some royal watchers are quite concerned that Prince William is not a huge fan of some of the more traditional ceremonial clothing worn by royal men. He doesn't always wear the stockings/leggings (when they would be appropriate) and is apparently not a fan of the big plummy hat for the Order of the Garter. Some eyebrows were raised at the jacket he chose to wear for the formal evening with the Macrons as his father and uncle wore the more traditional short front/long back jacket with the red collar and he chose another jacket. There is some concern about his feelings regarding kilts which he presumably will have to wear when he is king. Always a fine line between modernizing something but not losing the special things people look forward to seeing.