Thursday, June 2, 2016
The
wedding dress (first photo) worn by Princess Elizabeth for her marriage to The Duke
of Edinburgh on 20 November 1947.
When commissioned to design the dress,
Sir Norman Hartnell set out to produce ‘the most beautiful dress I had
so far made’. In 1947 Britain was still subject to rationing, so the
Princess collected clothing coupons to pay for the dress.
The Coronation dress worn by The Queen at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953. The dress is made of the finest white duchesse satin, embroidered with national and Commonwealth floral emblems in gold and silver thread, encrusted with seed pearls, sequins and crystals.
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