Queens clothes

I think I remember seeing some Dior dresses in the fashion museum in Bath.

Oh yes, Lovely!
I didn't see that particular exhibition. .. It was before that - I was just studying there.

Christian Dior:Designer of Dreams

I meant this one - thought you did too!
www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/dior-designer-of-dreams

I don't know which exhibition you mean MawtheMerrier - I just saw them in the archives.
But they DO have fabulous exhibitions - and I expect there will be one about Elizabeth 11 there in due course.

NotSpaghetti

No, Joseanne it isn't - but the one Beatrice wore was very lovely I thought. This one was made for this one occasion. If you click on the link
and scroll down you will find lots more information about this one. There are lots of sub-sections on the page.

The V&A is just THE most fabulous resource archive.
I also got to see the original Dior suit - the "New Look" there with its microscopic waist. I saw some Schiaparelli and Balenciaga too - one Balenciaga hadn't ever been photographed at the archive and it looked like a 1960s dressing gown!

Here is The ‘Bar’ suit from Dior’s La Ligne Corolle.

It was a wonderful exhibition wasn’t it? The woman beside me in front of a cabinet with a Dior wedding dress told us how her next door neighbour had donated it to the exhibition She said she had had it from a second hand dress agency decades ago when she was a secretary in London!

Thank-you NotSpaghetti.

I’ve just watched Elizabeth: Fashoining a Monarch on BBC IPlayer. (whilst ironing ).
It was fascinating and very informative. Won’t spoil it with info. for those interested.

grannydarkhair - I have read this too.

How lovely Ladyleftfieldlover - the V&A is one of my favourite places! ?

Since last Thursday, I read that (can’t remember where, sorry) over the years, a great many of the Queen’s outfits went to her ladies-in-waiting for them to wear themselves or dispose of as they thought fit. The only proviso was that all labels on all the garments were removed before they were given away.

I agree her wardrobe was fabulous, but I will remember her best in her last photo. A granny in soft coloured blouse, cardigan and tweed skirt, looking so warm and kindly.

I do hope they go to the V&A I would love to see them. They will all I expect be kept?
I saw her Wedding Dress when I did a tour of Buckingham Palace beautiful, the details exquisite. Her clothes are beautiful they need to be viewed up close.

I know it's morbid and I apologise but I do wonder what she is wearing in her coffin?

I remember giving the Undertaker something lovely for my Mum including her Handbag.

Here is Beatrice in "Granny"'s dress:

www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a31085338/princess-beatrice-wedding-dress/

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No, Joseanne it isn't - but the one Beatrice wore was very lovely I thought. This one was made for this one occasion. If you click on the link
and scroll down you will find lots more information about this one. There are lots of sub-sections on the page.

The V&A is just THE most fabulous resource archive.
I also got to see the original Dior suit - the "New Look" there with its microscopic waist. I saw some Schiaparelli and Balenciaga too - one Balenciaga hadn't ever been photographed at the archive and it looked like a 1960s dressing gown!

Here is The ‘Bar’ suit from Dior’s La Ligne Corolle.

Without wanting to be disrespectful, I cannot imagine the Queen’s clothes being auctioned off.

Her colours were very bold, and I doubt if many other ladies of similar size and shape could carry them off.

The best of them will be displayed eventually I would think.

We also saw some of Victoria’s underwear, stockings
I'm guessing anything belonging to The Queen in that department will be burned?

That's beautiful NotSpaghetti. Is it the one worn by Princesse Beatrice for her wedding (in covid times)?

I've wondered about the hats. They are so obviously the Queen's hats, what will happen to them now?

I was doing a course at the V&A a few years ago on Queen Victoria. The final session was held at Kensington Palace where we were shown the actual dress a very slender 18-year old Victoria wore at her Accession Council at St James Palace. It had originally been black but because it hadn’t been stored properly had turned brown. We also saw some of Victoria’s underwear, stockings and day dresses. She really was very slim until after Albert’s death. Her black mourning dresses were almost as wide as they were high.

I hope the ones worn on important occasions or a selection showing the course of her life will be preserved for posterity and not appear on the Antiques Roadshow as Queen Victoria draws the other week.
It would be good if the rest were sold for Charity. Though knowing how prepared the queen was with preparation for her demise plans are probably already in place.

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Lots of the queen's important clothing will probably go to the V&A I would guess. They are carefully looked after there and available for research purposes and can also be exhibited.

I was lucky enough to examine the fabulous details of one of her gowns a few years ago. The staff told me they turn the most important garments regularly so that creases/weaknesses don't develop in the fabric.

This was the dress I saw, designed by NormanHartnell for the Queen. It's a beautiful Duchesse satin embroidered with pearls, gold thread and sparkling glass/beads. It was for her trip to France in 1957 and referenced their wildflowers and "Napoleon's" bee emblems. It was just after we joined the EEC.
collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16820/the-flowers-of-the-fields-evening-dress-hartnell-norman/

I liked the Kensington Palace exhibition of some of Diana's clothes. Its not until you get up close that you notice the ruching on the velvet, and the embellishment of pearls and glass sequins on other fabrics like silks.
Unlike the Queen, Diana was very broad across the shoulders.

I’m always slightly disappointed with the Kensington Palace exhibitions. Saw one with Diana’s clothes which wasn’t bad, but not of course her iconic outfits which were sold off.

Queen Victoria was tiny in height but her knickers told another story about her width?

Yes the exhibition was at Buckingham Palace. I’ve been to quite a few but her clothes are always a favourite with me.

I would imagine their would be a exhibition of her clothes like Diana’s.

There was a display of some of Queen Elizabeth II ‘s clothes at Buckingham Palace several years ago. It was amazing how slender she was.

Likewise Queen Victoria’s clothes at Kensington Palace.