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giovedì 9 giugno 2016

Cornflower Blue Textured Coat, Tulip Print Dress and White Textured Straw Hat

This outfit is made up of a collarless coat with centrally-grouped buttons in textured cornflower wool, a tulip-printed silk dress and a hat by Angela Kelly in white textured sinamay trimmed with piping and a band in the same blue fabric as the coat, finished off with a somewhat odd feather and flower cluster to one side.

The Queen debuted it on 21 June 2013, Day 4 of Royal Ascot, accessorizing with Prince Albert's sapphire and diamond brooch (Daily Mail article here):



We didn't see this look for quite some time, until Her Majesty repeated it on 3 July 2015, for a visit to the University of Strathclyde and the South Glasgow University Hospital and Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow (Daily Mail article here). She wore another sapphire brooch, this time choosing Marie Feodorovna's sapphire and pearl pendant brooch:


 

Then, on 4 June 2016, the Queen recyled it for another racing engagement, this time the Epsom Derby, worn with the Cullinan V brooch (Daily Mail article here):


 



sabato 4 giugno 2016

Rachel Trevor Morgan Cornflower Blue Hat with Black and White Trim and Matching Stewart Parvin Outfit

This look comprises a lightweight crepe coat in cornflower blue with large front patch pockets and silver, slightly domed buttons, a silk dress featuring large blue blooms on a white background and a splendid hat by Rachel Trevor Morgan in cornflower blue straw, finished off with a spray of black and white feather alstroemeria blossoms.

The Queen debuted it as part of her Diamond Jubilee wardrobe, on 1 June 2012, when she wore it to the Epsom Derby, accessorizing with Queen Mary's Russian sapphire and diamond brooch (Daily Mail article here):


 

 
A photo from the Epsom Derby appearance was used on the cover of a commemorative LIFE magazine booklet celebrating the Diamond Jubilee:
 
 
Barely two months later, on 27 July 2012, the Queen repeated the look tour of the Athletes Village on day one of the London 2012 Olympics Games (Daily Mail article here). This time she selected the Flower Basket brooch to go with her outfit:




We didn't see this outfit for quite some time afterwards, until it was repeated on 17 May 2014 at the Royal Windsor Horse Show, paired with Prince Albert's sapphire and diamond brooch (below, HM is shown in the royal box with the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa):

 
 
Almost exactly a year later, on 19 April 2015, the Queen recycled the outfit to attend a reception at Canada House in London to mark the country's contribution to the First World War (Daily Mail article here). She wore the badge of the Calgary Highlanders as a brooch:
 

 
On 1 June 2016, we saw this look again (paired for a second time with Queen Mary's Russian brooch) on a visit to the Honourable Artillery Company. The Queen is the longest serving Captain-General of the Company and the visit included unveiling a bust in her honour (Daily Mail article here):
 


 

martedì 7 aprile 2015

Cornflower Blue for Prince George's Christening

For the christening of her great-grandson Prince George of Cambridge at the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace on 23 October 2013, the Queen debuted a new cornflower blue ensamble, accessorised with the Flower Basket brooch (a gift from her own parents on the occasion of the birth of Prince Charles in 1948):


The outfit made a reappearance on 8 April 2014, at the ceremonial welcome of Irish President Micheal D. Higgins at Windsor Castle, at the start of his historic visit to the UK. This time, pinned to the Queen's coat was a Diamond Jubilee gift from Royal warrant holder Mappin & Webb, a brooch in form of a sprig of orchid flowers made of Waterford crystal, with rose gold stems and diamond-accented stamens: 



And a better look at the dress worn underneath:


On 24 October 2014, the Queen visited the Information Age exhibition at the Science Museum in London. On this occasion, the Queen also sent her first ever tweet. The Queen choose the largest of her Nizam of Hyderabad roses brooch to go with her outfit:



The outfit was worn again on 5 April 2015, for the Easter Sunday service at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, accessorised with the sapphire and diamond chrysanthemum brooch:


A few days later, on 22 April 2015, we saw the dress worn on its own again when the Queen presented the Duke of Edinburgh with the insignia of a Knight of the Order of Australia at Windsor Castle. The Australian High Commissioner was also present at the ceremony:


On 11 June 2015, the Queen repeated the whole outfit, accessorized with the Queen Mother's Palm Leaf brooch, to present new colours (regimental flags) to The Royal Welsh regiment during a ceremony at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff (Daily Mail article here):




On 12 November 2015, the Queen repeated the outfit on a visit to the Home Office in Whitehall (Daily Mail article here). The Cullinan V brooch was worn:



On 21 January 2016, the Queen repeated the outfit, minus the hat, for her annual visit to the Sandringham branch of the Women's Insitute, of which she is president (Daily Mail article here). She wore the largest of the Nizam of Hyderabad's rose brooches:


On 18 February 2016, the Queen wore the dress on its own to hold audiences at Buckingham Palace (shown below with the High Commissioner of Mozambique Filipe Chidumo). Most probably, she wore one of Queen Victoria's bow brooches:


The Queen repeated the whole look on 14 March 2016, when attending the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey (Daily Mail article here). This time she wore her opal spray brooch:



On 27 October 2016, the Queen repeated the outfit when she accompanied the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall on a visit to Poundbury, the Prince's model village near Dorchester (Daily Mail article here). She wore the Queen Mother's diamond paisley brooch: