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Fashioning a Reign: 90 Years of Style from The Queen’s Wardrobe

Palace of Holyroodhouse 21 April - 16 October 2016

Norman Hartnell,

evening dress of

embroidered

duchesse satin worn

by The Queen with

a sash of Royal

Stewart tartan for

the Gillies Ball at

Balmoral Castle,

1971

Pink coats and matching bonnets worn

by Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret for

an official visit to the Palace of

Holyroodhouse with their parents

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth,

1937

Norman Hartnell, evening

dress for The Queen’s State

Visit to Thailand, February

1972

Andrew Grima,

ruby, gold and

diamond brooch

presented to

The Queen by

The Duke

of Edinburgh, 1966

Mantle, hat and

insignia of the

Order of the

Thistle

Norman Hartnell, turquoise-blue dress with a matching bolero jacket of silk taffeta, guipure lace

and silk tulle, worn by The Queen to the wedding of her sister Princess Margaret and Mr Antony Armstrong-Jones, 6 May 1960

Norman Hartnell,

pale green crinoline evening gown made

of silk chiffon and lace embroidered with

sequins, pearls, beads and diamante

Worn by The Queen in 1957 during her

visit to the United States of America as a

guest of President Eisenhower

Norman Hartnell,

pale blue silk faille evening gown

worn at the Royal Lyceum,

Edinburgh, during the State Visit of

King Olav of Norway, 1962

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Stewart Parvin,

pink silk dress with

coordinating white

jacquard coat and pink hat

designed by milliner

Philip Somerville worn by

Her Majesty The Queen

for a garden party, 2009

Photographer: Shannon

Tofts

Sandra Murray, purple coat made of a

silk-wool blend with a green silk-crepe and

lace dress, and a shawl of purple and green Isle of Skye tartan,

woven on the Island of Lewis, worn by

The Queen for the official opening of the Scottish Parliament

Ian Thomas,

black silk velvet and

taffeta dress worn by

The Queen in 1980 to

meet Pope John Paul II at

the Vatican

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John Anderson,

silk evening dress entirely

embroidered with beads

and sequins in white, pink,

gold and cream with gold

thread worn by

The Queen for the

Commonwealth Heads of

Government reception

held at the

Palace of Holyroodhouse,

1997

Woven silk-velvet dress worn by

Queen Victoria in 1835–7, an early

example of tartan in royal dress