(Authors own photo, 2013. Unknown artist, Anne of Denmark, cropped version)
This summer I went to
The Queen’s Gallery where a Tudor
Fashion exhibition was going on. Whilst there I learnt some interesting thing
about trends around in that time and what they said about the class of a
person, for instant, certain colours could only be worn by royals, gold and red
being two of them. These colours – no surprises here – were called royal
colours. Also, only certain fabrics could be worn if you were royal. Fashion,
similar to today, said a lot about the wealth and class of a person, for instant,
gold loop stitching, where a thin thread of gold was stitched into the clothing
leaving loops of gold that adorn the garment. The common appearance of ruffs in
the Tudor times inspired the ankle ruff idea seen in my shoe design.
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