The handbags, 5,000 hats, pearl necklaces, brooches, moccasins and dresses and jackets in bright colors marked her unique outfits
Elizabeth II was also crowned as the undisputed style icon. His 70-year reign has been an endless parade of unique outfits, sometimes bordering on stark. Her figure will always be associated with her inseparable handbags and her more than 5,000 hats, her brooches, transparent umbrellas, pearl necklaces, her eternal white gloves and classic moccasins, finished with another metal detail such as buckles or chains. A style that firms like Alexander McQueen, Dolce&Gabbana and Vivienne Westwood have been drinking.
Since 1993, just 40 years after her coronation, British sovereign Angela had Kelly as her right-hand man, to whom she entrusted all the details of her image. In the book ‘Dressing the Queen: The Jubilee Wardrobe’, the author warned of the need to know the symbolic connotations that each color has in the different countries the monarch traveled to, until he made sure he always used transparent umbrellas so that his subjects could see his face.
Though their skirts never came above their knees, their necklines were modest and their coats, perfectly predictable, reaffirming propriety and solemnity. In fact, her greatest stylistic attribute was her loyalty to a recognizable formula, based on bold and very bright colors – a survey found that she wore prints only 13% of the time -, brooches and pearls around her neck and a bag that looks like always same. I used a lot of Klein blue, chicken yellow, lime green and passion red. Bold colors to be easily recognized in a crowd and seen from afar. “If I wore beige, no one would know where I am,” Elizabeth II joked.
Kelly didn’t just help him choose his clothes. He also designed many of their costumes. He put his signature on the yellow outfit and hat he wore to the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge or the peach-colored model with which he shone during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
When she went to a hospital, she chose bright shades so that she could be recognized by visually impaired patients. Before being donned, dresses and skirts had to pass the “fantest” of being immune to drafts. First they tested the garments for movement and lightness in front of a fan and, if necessary, sewed small weights into the seams so that the wind wouldn’t expose the legs. Everything to prevent problems and to make his worst image make the front pages of the newspapers.
He used to wear old shoes (usually black) because they are more comfortable and with heels no more than two inches. Her classic handbags – the typical square black ‘it bag’ – had long handles so they wouldn’t get caught in her cuffs. Prisoner of his own style, he was also loyal to some brands. Handbags used to belong to Launer and date back to 1968 when Sam Launer sent her one to match her black Rayne shoes. Years later, in 1981, Launer obtained the Royal Warrant from the monarch, the seal of confidence Queen Elizabeth II bestows on the stores of which she is a regular. Since then, if the rumors are true, the Queen has bought more than 200 bags from Launer, generally preferring the Traviata model and black. The price is 2,110 euros and includes a matching mirror.
Since she was crowned on June 2, 1953, she has not changed her hairstyle either. She wore it that way to keep her face “clear.” True to crew-neck coats and heavily-cut coats, he used to pack mourning clothes in his suitcase on all his travels. The hats weren’t too high so he wouldn’t be a problem every time he got in and out of the car, nor were the backs too low to keep them from rubbing against the collar of his coat.
If her agenda included meetings with children, she decorated them with feathers to attract the attention of the little ones, while, to emphasize her seriousness, the handles and edges of the umbrellas were coordinated with the ensemble. “The hat reminds us that the Queen was hired for a service, for a job,” experts say. Isabell II had her favorite milliner: British Philip Somerville, who happened to be the maker of many of the models Lady Di wore.
With a reputation for being frugal, the Queen lost her handmade Anello & Davide shoes for $1,200 a pair, and there were days when she changed her look up to seven times. The monarch always had accomplice winks at iconic British brands such as Burberry, Hunter or Barbour, especially when visiting rural areas or riding horses.
Source: La Verdad
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