domenica 31 maggio 2015

Grey and Black Tattersall Plaid Coat and Two Hats

This look is comprised of a black and grey tattersall plaid coat with grey fabric-covered buttons and a notched collar in block grey and grey dress with satin edging. This has been worn with at least two different hats over tim: a black straw one with a large grey farbic band around the crown and two decorative black feathers, and one covered in the same pearl grey fabric as the dress, with a spray of black wispy feathers to one side.-

The Queen wore this outfit, with the first of the two hats, on 24 November 2005, for a day of engagements in Malta, including the official opening of the Grand Harbour Marina and a tree planting ceremony at San Anton Palace. The Jardine Star brooch was worn:





On 2 September 2006, the Queen wore this coat, paired with a second hat, for the annual Braemar Highland Gathering. The gold Braemar Feather brooch was, predictably, used:



The Queen selected this coat again, this time paired with the first monochrome straw hat trimmed with large black feathers, for a service at Westminster Abbey on 27 March 2007 to mark the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. The Jardine Star brooch was again chosen to complement the outfit:

 


sabato 30 maggio 2015

Ice Blue and Turquoise Bouclé Outfit with Feathered Rachel Trevor Morgan Hat

This outfit is comprised of a collarless coat with turquoise fabric-covered buttons and a dress, both in the same pale ice blue-grey bouclé fabric with mini turquoise polka dots, plus a turquoise straw hat by Rachel Trevor Morgan, with a sharply upturned brim trimmed with a band of the same fabric as the coat and dress and a feather spray trim.

It was first worn by the Queen during her historic visit to the Republic of Ireland, the first from a British monarch in 100 years, on 18 May 2011. Her Majesty toured Government buildings and visited the Guinness storehouse. She wore her Boucheron aquamarine and diamond clips:


With Irish Prime Minister Edna Kelly:
 
 
Laying a wreath at the Irish War Memorial:

 
At the Guinness storehouse:

 

 
On 3 September 2011, the Queen repeated this look for her traditional appearance at the Braemar Highland Gathering in Scotland. As usual, Her Majesty wore her yellow gold Braemar Feather brooch:
 



 
The Queen then repeated this look on a very significant day, the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne, for a visit to Dersingham School in King's Lynn, Norfolk, on 6 February 2012. For the occasion, a favourite brooch of the Queen Mother's, the Courtauld-Thomson Scallop Shell, was used:
 



 
The outfit then made another appearance in the year of the Diamond Jubilee, when the Queen wore it for that year's Maundy Thursday service at York Minster, which she attended accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Beatrice, on 5 April 2012 (Daily Mail article here). Her Majesty completed her look with the Jardine Star brooch:
 


 
The outfit, accessorised with a warm black fur scarf and the Nyzam of Hyderabad Rose brooch, was worn again on 10 February 2013 for Sunday church at Sandringham (Daily Mail article here):
 

Barely a fortnight later, on 21 February 2013, the Queen wore the dress on its own, paired with her pearl triangle brooch, for audiences at Buckingham Palace (Daily Mail article here, in the second photograph the turquoise polka dot detail that identifies this piece is more clearly visible):

 
And again on 28 February 2014, the dress, paired with the Cambridge Pearl Pendant brooch, was worn for a private audience at Buckingham Palace with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Daily Mail article here):
 
 
The Queen chose again the coat and dress, albeit without the hat, ditched in favour of a floral silk scarf, for the train journey from central London to King's Lynn at the start of her traditional Christmas break in Norfolk on 18 December 2014, accessorizing with the not-often-seen Flame Lily brooch (Daily Mail article here):
  


 
This outfit was then recycled on 29 May 2015 during a visit to Lancaster, which the Queen undertook in her capacity as Duke of Lancaster (Daily Mail article here). The Duchy of Lancaster badge was worn:
 


 

 
 

domenica 24 maggio 2015

Angela Kelly Ice Blue and Navy Trim Outfit

This is on the whole a rather unusual outfit for Her Majesty, comprised of a collarless coat and dress in the palest ice blue silk, with a contrasting navy floral trim. The hat, another Angela Kelly creation, is a navy blue upturned brim and floral trim and an ice blue straw crown.
It was first worn on 28 October 2011, the first day of the 22nd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, Western Australia. The Queen wore a rarely seen brooch belonging to her mother, in the shape of a sapphire and diamond studded flower:

 


After a long stretch in the royal closet, the dress reappeared, worn on its own to an audience at Buckingham Palace on 16 October 2013 with Mr Andris Teikmanis, the Ambassador from Latvia. The Boucheron clips were worn (note the navy floral trim on the cuffs and hem, echoing that on the coat):
 

The following year, the whole outfit resurfaced on 15 June 2014, worn to Trooping the Colour, with the traditionally used Household Cavalry badge:





Powder Pink Patterned Coat, Petunia Print Dress and Rachel Trevor Morgan Hat

This look is comprised of a delicately patterned powder pink collarless coat with flap pockets, a silk dress in a dark pink petunia print and a delightful pink straw hat by Rachel Trevor Morgan, trimmed with an oversized peony blossom and looped bows to one side.
It was debuted on 18 June 2013, Day 1 of the Royal Ascot races. The Queen accessorized with her multi-coloured diamond floral brooch:





It was repeated the a year later, on 25 June 2014, to a garden party at Hillsborough Castle, Belfast, Northern Ireland. This time the Queen chose a not-often-seen brooch, a stunning pearl and diamond piece which was part of the parure Princess Alexandra received as a wedding gift from her husband-to-be Albert Edward, Prince of Wales in 1863:



 
The look was repeated on 22 June 2016 when the Queen undertook a series of engagements in Liverpool, including a visit to Alder Hey Children's Hospital (Daily Mail article here). She wore her Pearl Trefoil brooch: