It is comprised of a collarless coat in azure crepe, with self-covered buttons and patch pockets, a carnation-print silk dress and a hat by Rachel Trevor Morgan in azure straw, trimmed with her signature feathered flowers, this time azure carnations with navy edging, in keeping with the design of the dress.
For the first outing in this look, the Queen accessorized with her Boucheron aquamarine and diamond clips:
HM being reflected in the high polish of the Gold Cup:
The look was repeated the following year, on 16 July 2015, when the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Barking and Dagenham, to mark the London Borough's 50th anniversary (Daily Mail article here). This time the Queen selected a rarely-seen brooch, her Australian Opal Spray, and removed her coat, thus allowing for the first proper look at the dress:
On 17 May 2016, the Queen repeated the look to unveil the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire (Daily Mail article here). The Queen, who is Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment, wore the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment badge:
Very soon afterwards, on 24 May 2016, the Queen repeated the look to the last garden party of the season at Buckingham Palace (Daily Mail article here). This time she wore a new diamond brooch, possibily a 90th birthday present?
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