{"id":112948,"date":"2020-11-16T13:41:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T10:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-secrets-behind-the-most-controversial-royal-outfits-of-all-time\/"},"modified":"2020-11-16T13:41:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T10:41:30","slug":"the-secrets-behind-the-most-controversial-royal-outfits-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-secrets-behind-the-most-controversial-royal-outfits-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"#The secrets behind the most controversial royal outfits of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e5379bc1e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e5379bc1e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-secrets-behind-the-most-controversial-royal-outfits-of-all-time\/#Daring_Diana\" >Daring Diana<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-secrets-behind-the-most-controversial-royal-outfits-of-all-time\/#A_curvy_queen\" >A curvy queen<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-secrets-behind-the-most-controversial-royal-outfits-of-all-time\/#Missteps_for_Middleton\" >Missteps for Middleton<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-secrets-behind-the-most-controversial-royal-outfits-of-all-time\/#Meghans_moxy\" >Meghan\u2019s moxy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The secrets behind the most controversial royal outfits of all time<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                        In today\u2019s celebrity-obsessed world, palace fashion is about a lot more than sparkling crowns.<\/p>\n<p>Modern royals \u2014 from Diana to Meghan Markle \u2014 are expected to walk the narrow line between tradition and show-stopping style. As objects of public fascination and ambassadors for the crown, they often use their clothing in deliberate ways to communicate with their fans, said Elizabeth Holmes, author of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/HRH-Many-Thoughts-Royal-Style\/dp\/1250625084?tag=nypost-20\">HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style\u201d<\/a> (Celadon Books), out Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe royals will never comment on [their looks],\u201d Holmes told The Post. \u201cThey won\u2019t give speeches, they won\u2019t say, \u2018This is why I am wearing this.\u2019 They leave you to connect the dots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holmes \u2014 who runs a popular <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eholmes\/?hl=en\">Instagram account<\/a> devoted to royal fashion, with 139,000 followers \u2014 has made a career of doing just that. Her book is a visual deep dive into the ladies of the House of Windsor and their designer duds, starting with Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes said that while the queen has been crafty with her looks, her former daughter-in-law Diana took purposeful dressing to the next level, as seen on the fourth season of \u201cThe Crown,\u201d now on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe derived power from it,\u201d said Holmes. \u201cAnd I think that helps explain a lot about why we care so much about what Kate and Meghan wear today, because Diana came on the scene and made royal fashion exciting and a reason to pay attention to the family,\u201d said Holmes.<\/p>\n<p>But that doesn\u2019t mean she was above the occasional faux pas. Here, the recent royal family\u2019s most controversial looks, from some of the most talked-about women of all time.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Daring_Diana\"><\/span><strong>Daring Diana<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!--If the slideshow is embedded in another post type add the inline wrapper --><\/p>\n<p>When Diana married Prince Charles in 1981, she was only 20 years old, and trying to look mature in high-collared shirts and long hemlines. She was also fighting back against her first scandalous press photo the year before, when she was still a shy young woman working at a London preschool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA photographer from the Sun went knocking on her nursery school door and said, \u2018I heard you are dating the Prince of Wales. Can I take your picture?,&#8217;\u201d said Holmes. Although her skirt was modest, when the light hit it from behind, her legs were exposed. \u201cShe was mortified .\u2009.\u2009. It was hotly discussed,\u201d said Holmes.<\/p>\n<p>But a few years after her wedding, Lady Di embraced daring duds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy 1985, she had her children and her marriage was on the rocks,\u201d said Holmes. \u201cEveryone was excited about her fashion and she knew people were following her for it. She used clothing as a clapback. The worse the troubles got in her marriage, the more exciting her fashion grew,\u201d said Holmes.<\/p>\n<p>On a tour of Italy in 1985, she wore a succession of cheeky menswear looks, including a green Jasper Conran suit with matching tie. It wasn\u2019t risqu\u00e9, per se, but it was extremely fashion-forward and a statement of her growing influence and innate style.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes said the public was dazzled but within her own household, it became a point of contention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was fawning over it and that\u2019s where it became an issue with Charles. He tried to use her fashion against her, as evidence that she was shallow and frivolous.\u201d But Holmes said that was shortsighted: \u201cHer fashion kept her in the [spotlight] and contributed to her popularity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After she and Prince Charles separated in 1992, she was unleashed. Diana is known for her 1994 \u201cRevenge Dress\u201c: an off-the-shoulder, short number from designer Christina Stambolian. She chose the cleavage-bearing frock for a gala that took place on the very same night that Prince Charles confessed, via television documentary, that he\u2019d been unfaithful to her.<\/p>\n<p>It was a style salvo for the ages, said Holmes.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_curvy_queen\"><\/span><strong>A curvy queen<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16619082\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-16619082 lazyload\" alt=\"Queen Elizabeth II in 1954.\" width=\"662\" height=\"993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/controversial-royal-outfits-queen-elizabeth-fitted.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/controversial-royal-outfits-queen-elizabeth-fitted.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/controversial-royal-outfits-queen-elizabeth-fitted.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/controversial-royal-outfits-queen-elizabeth-fitted.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=662 662w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/controversial-royal-outfits-queen-elizabeth-fitted.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1324 1324w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 662px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Queen Elizabeth II in 1954.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the bulk of her reign, Queen Elizabeth II, 94, has been sporting colorful coats and matching hats in the boldest array of hues \u2014 something she\u2019s done since her 40s. But Holmes said that in her youth, the queen was quite fashion-forward, and even showed off her hourglass figure. \u201cPeople compared her to a pinup,\u201d Holmes said of a snug white lace dress she wore to a garden party in Australia. \u201cYou can see people in the back, craning their necks to get a look at her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soon after she ascended the throne, Elizabeth embarked on a global press tour, from November 1953 through May 1954. Her mission was to positively represent the crown when her uncle\u2019s, Edward VIII\u2019s, abdication was still fresh in the public\u2019s mind. \u201cHer job was to dazzle. We don\u2019t think of the queen like that. It was a very short stretch of her reign that she played in fashion like this,\u201d said Holmes.<\/p>\n<p>But by the 1980s, she\u2019d evolved her look in a way that not everyone liked. For a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to Canada, she sported a boxy, lavender suit that critics called frumpy, Holmes said. \u201cThat was right when Diana was coming on the scene, and I can imagine the comparisons [were] between her and her flashy daughter-in-law.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Missteps_for_Middleton\"><\/span><strong>Missteps for Middleton<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!--If the slideshow is embedded in another post type add the inline wrapper --><\/p>\n<p>Kate Middleton is known for her flawless fashion, and how she plays the role of duchess, mom and style icon perfectly. But that doesn\u2019t mean she never misses. During a 2011 visit to Canada, her frothy yellow Jenny Packham dress was picked up by wind while on the tarmac \u2014 and she accidentally flashed the cameras. \u201cShe was wearing nude pantyhose, so there was nothing to see but it was a reminder that it\u2019s a working wardrobe and you have to test it against the elements,\u201d said Holmes, adding that the queen, an expert, has tiny weights sewn into her hems.<\/p>\n<p>Another one of Kate\u2019s mistakes was more subtle, and speaks to the way that wardrobe choices can resonate beyond just the typical malfunctions.<\/p>\n<p>A floral dress that she wore during the 2012 Diamond Jubilee tour in the Solomon Islands nearly caused an international incident. \u201c[William and Kate] got to their hotel and there was a dress, so she assumed it was from a local designer,\u201d Holmes said of Kate\u2019s pick. She ditched her original outfit and stepped out in the purple, strapless frock. The problem? The designer was from the Cook Islands, not the Solomon Islands. \u201cThere was a big flap about it, and they issued an apology,\u201d said Holmes.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Meghans_moxy\"><\/span><b>Meghan\u2019s moxy<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16619073\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-16619073 lazyload\" alt=\"Meghan Markle and Prince Harry\" width=\"662\" height=\"993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/controversial-royal-outfits-meghan-jeans.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/controversial-royal-outfits-meghan-jeans.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/controversial-royal-outfits-meghan-jeans.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/controversial-royal-outfits-meghan-jeans.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=662 662w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/controversial-royal-outfits-meghan-jeans.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1324 1324w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 662px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in 2017.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For her first public outing with Prince Harry in 2017, Meghan Markle sent a clear message by stepping out in a shirt and ripped jeans. \u201cThere was a lot of discussion at the time about what was <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate,\u201d said Holmes, adding that unlike Kate, who had known Prince William since their university days, Markle was established when she met the younger prince, and brought her own influences and connections to the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe knew this language of fashion long before she joined the royal family. Meghan had been to fashion week, worked with a stylist and came in with a savvy of knowing what it all meant. She knew exactly what she was doing,\u201d said Holmes. She was also a bit sassy: She paired the ripped jeans with a white shirt from Misha Nonoo called the \u201cHusband shirt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite a bit of backlash, Holmes said the rule-breaking jeans worked for many royal watchers. \u201cIf you hadn\u2019t seen yourself in Kate who is classic and feminine .\u2009.\u2009. suddenly there was Meghan who was much more modern and casual in a sophisticated California way,\u201d said Holmes.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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