Re: How royal ladies wear heavy dress jewels. Queen Beatrix has also worn stars attached to sashes. Archived Message
Posted by Count75 on November 3, 2014, 9:15 am, in reply to "How royal ladies wear heavy dress jewels. Queen Beatrix has also worn stars attached to sashes. "
--Previous Message-- : Wearing heavy jewels or decorations on the : bodice of a dress appears to be a tricky : business. : : Queen Letizia is not the only royal lady to : wear a star pinned through her sash. I have : found photos of Queen Beatrix having done : likewise. : : In the following photo, I am not sure what : fabric has been used in Queen Beatrix's : dress. : : http://theroyalcorrespondent.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/queenbeatrixofthenetherlands.jpg : : She does not, however, always wear a star : pinned through a sash when her dress is made : of lace. In the photo shown below, we can : see the star is pinned at her waist through : a stiffer piece of material which acts as a : belt. : http://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/princess-maxima-of-the-netherlands-and-queen-beatrix-of-the-news-photo/152316734 : : In the following photo, HM's dress appears : to be made of chiffon, and the star is : pinned to an area where there is a greater : density of fabric. : http://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/queen-beatrix-in-the-hague-netherlands-on-september-20-2005-news-photo/108404938 : : In the photo below both Princesses Beatrix : and Margriet are wearing stars pinned to : their sashes. : http://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/left-to-right-princess-beatrix-queen-juliana-prince-news-photo/466708383 : : Princess Margriet wore a star through her : sash at the Inauguration of her nephew, yet, : her dress appears to be made from a robust : material. : http://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/princess-margriet-of-the-netherlands-and-pieter-van-news-photo/167804035 : : I suspect that, if a comprehensive search : was made of old photos, a number of royal : ladies will be seen to be wearing stars : pinned through their sashes or in areas : where there is a denser fabric (such as a : belt/waist area etc). : : I know that Queens Alexandra and Mary of the : UK wore a lot of dresses made of lace and : other delicate fabrics. I have read that : both had their bodices reinforced with : buckram to enable them to wear heavy : brooches etc. Perhaps that is so as, unless : undergarments provided a base, I do not : understand how the Cullinan diamond brooches : and other substantial pieces could be worn : without causing a significant pull on the : material of their dresses. Similarly for the : Dutch royal ladies and others of that era : wearing their very substantial : brooches/stomachers. : : I suspect that reinforcement of dresses is : no longer done on a routine basis by most of : the younger royal ladies. : : On the other hand, I think that, because of : the type of fabric of her dress (lace), her : jewels and where they were positioned Queen : Maxima may have had special reinforcement to : the dress she wore for her husband's : Inauguration. : : I think we may have to rethink what we have : supposed are "the rules" about : where some decorations should be worn. : : : : : Great post. I too have wondered how substantial pieces are worn on the gowns without the weight of the piece pulling down on the material. Very interesting.
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