Posted by Henri M on March 8, 2014, 2:22 am, in reply to "Re: Tiara-Mantilla"
In principle any lady can wear grand jewelry, blue blood or no blue blood. I understood that Doņa Carmen came from a well-to-do family, her husband became the de-facto head of state, her daughter marrried with a member of the aristocracy, her granddaughter married with a member of the royal family, so -apart from any political opinion- it was not strange, for sure not in those years, that Doņa Carmen dressed as a lady according the circles she mingled in.