{"id":280229,"date":"2025-07-21T15:16:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/280229\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:16:24","slug":"queen-elizabeths-wardrobe-to-go-on-display-at-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/280229\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth\u2019s wardrobe to go on display at Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u201clargest and most comprehensive\u201d exhibition of the late Queen\u2019s fashion will be on display at Buckingham Palace next year to mark what would have been her 100th birthday.<\/p>\n

About 200 items will be exhibited in the King\u2019s Gallery at the palace from spring to autumn. Half of them have never been displayed before. <\/p>\n

The exhibition, Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style, aims to \u201creflect the evolution of fashion trends throughout her long reign\u201d, from crinoline-skirted gowns created by Norman Hartnell and Hardy Amies in the 1950s to vibrant printed dresses by Ian Thomas in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

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The Queen\u2019s wedding dress, designed by Norman Hartnell, and the 1947 ceremony<\/p>\n

TOPIX THOMSON\/NCJ ARCHIVE\/MIRRORPIX VIA GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

A striking gown worn to a 1961 state banquet in Karachi will showcase the Queen\u2019s diplomatic dressing. The white dress features Pakistan\u2019s national colours with a green emerald pleat design down the back.<\/p>\n

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The dress worn to a 1961 state banquet in Karachi, Pakistan<\/p>\n

ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST\/PA WIRE<\/p>\n

The exhibition will also provide an insight into the rise of British couture in her early years. The young Princess Elizabeth worked with Hartnell in the 1940s and he went on to design both her wedding dress and coronation dress.<\/p>\n

Visitors will be able to see early childhood clothing, such as a silver lam\u00e9 and tulle bridesmaid dress designed by Edward Molyneux and worn by eight-year-old Elizabeth to the 1934 wedding of her uncle the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece.<\/p>\n

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A lam\u00e9 and tulle bridesmaid\u2019s dress, designed by Edward Molyneux, worn in 1934<\/p>\n

Acknowledging that the late Queen\u2019s off-duty fashion became just as recognisable as her official outfits, the exhibition will also include informal tartan skirts and headscarves.<\/p>\n

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Off duty at Balmoral in 1952<\/p>\n

UPI\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

Handwritten correspondence and sketches explaining her sartorial choices will be displayed along with jewellery, hats and other accessories.<\/p>\n

Caroline de Guitaut, the exhibition curator and surveyor of the King\u2019s works of art, has written a book to coincide with the exhibition.<\/p>\n

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The coronation gown, worn in 1953, below, also designed by Norman Hartnell<\/p>\n

ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST\/PA WIRE<\/p>\n

\"Coronation<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cOver the course of Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s remarkably long reign<\/a>, her distinctive style became instantly recognisable around the world, bolstering the British fashion industry and influencing generations of designers and couturiers.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly now, as the late Queen\u2019s fashion archive comes under the care of Royal Collection Trust, can we tell the story of a lifetime of thoughtful style choices \u2014 from her hands-on role and understanding of the soft power behind her clothing, to the exceptional craftsmanship behind each garment. <\/p>\n

\"Three<\/p>\n

A collection of colourful evening gowns designed by Ian Thomas. Below, the Queen in the blue version in 1978<\/p>\n

ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST\/PA WIRE<\/p>\n

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SERGE LEMOINE\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the year that she would have turned 100 years old, this exhibition will be a celebration of Queen Elizabeth\u2019s uniquely British style and her enduring fashion legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets for the exhibition will go on sale with the Royal Collection Trust in November.<\/p>\n

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Visiting Cardiff in 2021<\/p>\n

MAX MUMBY\/INDIGO\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

The final plans for a national memorial<\/a> to the late Queen, led by the architect Norman Foster, are also expected to be revealed in April on what would have been her 100th birthday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u201clargest and most comprehensive\u201d exhibition of the late Queen\u2019s fashion will be on display at Buckingham Palace…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-280229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114891888394899841","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}