A new show at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace looks at Georgian society, from laundry maids to aristocrats, through the lens of fashion.
The Royal Collection is among the largest and most important art collections in the world, and is one of the last great European royal collections to remain intact., Johan Joseph Zoffany and William Hogarth, as well as rare examples of clothing, jewelry and accessories from the period.show, which draws parallels between Georgian court style and modern red carpet fashion, this display looks at what the different classes wore, from laundry maids to aristocrats.
Charlotte’s marriage to Prince Leopold was considered one of the most important royal weddings of the era, and her silk-embroidered bridal gown is the only royal wedding dress that survives from the Georgian period.
The show looks at the fashion that the middle and upper classes wore — and showed off — at the pleasure gardens, theaters and coffee houses of the era. There are also jewel-encrusted snuffboxes and chatelaines, which were attached to the waist and used to carry items ranging from pocket watches to perfume bottles.The exhibition also explores the hair, cosmetics and grooming tools used by Georgian men and women to achieve theirOn show for the first time is a silver-gilt traveling toilet service, acquired by the future George IV as a gift for his private secretary at a cost of 300 pounds, the equivalent of more than 20,000 pounds today.
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