The Princess Elizabeth wedding dress was worn by the future of Queen Elizabeth II at her marriage to Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh on November 20, 1947 at Westminster Abbey. Given the allotment of clothing at the time, he still had to buy the material using a ration coupon. The dress was designed by Norman Hartnell. Hartnell's signature is said to be an embroidery, and he enjoys "working with soft, floating fabrics, especially tulle and chiffon, and with plain and sparkling silk". It was made of soft Damascus Prokar, with a high neckline, tailored corset and a short train.
The dress, without straps and with long sleeves, gives "fit and flare silhouette".
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Design
The marriage was a royal event held after the end of the Second World War. The dress, designed by the Court Designer, has a 13 foot (4.0 m) star bridal rail. Trains, symbols of rebirth and growth after the war, were declared inspired by Botticelli c. 1482 Primavera paintings, especially intricate embroidered motifs of flowers scattered on rich satin gowns and tulle veils worn by the royal bride. The materials used are ivory silk and peripheral diamond tiara securing the hijab. The dress is decorated with crystals and 10,000 pearl seeds, imported from the United States. Norman Hartnell, who has been the Court Designer since 1938 and who is the designer of the dress, claims it as "the most beautiful dress I've ever made so far".
Due to austerity measures following the war, Princess Elizabeth must use a ration coupon to pay her clothes. The government allowed 200 additional ration coupons. He was given hundreds of clothes coupons by brides from all parts of the country to help him pay for his clothes. He must return the gift of the coupon because it is illegal for him to use it.
The design for the dress was approved three months before the wedding. Hartnell's search for a suitable design in the London art gallery has brought him to the Botticelli figure. This is the inspiration for the use of ivory silk with floral designs of jasmine, smilax, lilac and white roses as added to the carriage, decorated with white crystals and pearls. These motifs are transferred to the drawing to enable the embroidery to do it. Silk fabrics were chosen on the special landing of his mother, Queen, who wanted "the rich, richly sparkling rich satin made in Lullingstone Castle". Silkworms for silk production were purchased from the Chinese Nationalists and not the enemy nations of Japan and Italy, referred to as "enemy silkworms". Satin is chosen for the train, and the material is more flexible in the same tone as the train chosen for the dress. However, despite the careful silk selection, the London Museum curator observed 30 years later when the dress was on display in the museum that "the silk option was not good" because the fabric was worsening. Also note that "heavy embroidery drags the skirt down, increasing the tension on the weave."
The final design of the dress is concealed, though much speculation surrounds it. It is said that the princess is afraid that if the details published in the fashion house copy will make it impossible for her to make any last-minute design changes. The dress was brought to the palace the day before the wedding in the box 4 feet (1.2 m). On the wedding day, the dress shimmered, decorated with diamonds with "skillful pearls combined with lines that flow from the ears of wheat, fertility symbols, and work in pearls and diamante."
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Equation
Princess Elizabeth's wedding dress has drawn parallels with the two similarly designed dress worn by Grace Kelly in 1956 and the wedding dress "Westminster dà ©  © cor" that Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen designed for Catherine Middleton; certain points of similarity have been highlighted in the crease and silhouette of the skirt.
See also
- The coronation of Elizabeth II dress
References
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