Fashion Historian Fact Checks The Crown's Wardrobes | Glamour

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  • Опубликовано: 6 июн 2024
  • Fashion historian Raissa Bretaña fact checks the historical accuracy of the costumes of the royal family in Netflix's The Crown. She analyzes every aspect of the wardrobes of three royals; Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, and Princess Diana. She also explains the evolution of each layer of historical dress from Princess Elizabeth's 1947 wedding gown to Princess Diana's 1981 wedding gown. Find out how spot on The Crown's wardrobe department got it, from their undergarments and hair to their shoes and infamous jewelry.
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  • @aiko3799
    @aiko3799 3 года назад +1218

    SHE SAVED COUPONS, PERIODTT QUEEN.

    • @am-zj4mq
      @am-zj4mq 3 года назад +14

      PLS

    • @e.6841
      @e.6841 3 года назад +8

      LMAO 😭😭😭

    • @garrywallace1007
      @garrywallace1007 Год назад +9

      And had 2 million women sewing Chinese silk for weeks......not exactly austerity!

    • @marissashantez6051
      @marissashantez6051 Год назад +2

      She has always been that way. During the bombing of London she refused to leave. She has always made it a point to share the good and bad of her people.

  • @HocusPocus2891
    @HocusPocus2891 3 года назад +1374

    I love that Diana wore her family's tiara.

    • @randwickbelle
      @randwickbelle 3 года назад +13

      they ALL wear their family's tiara

    • @DianiMutai
      @DianiMutai 3 года назад +94

      @@randwickbelle They mean wearing a Spencer family tiara, instead of a Windsor family tiara. As said in the video most royal brides wear a Windsor family tiara that is usually promised to them by the Queen.

    • @reasonrestored9116
      @reasonrestored9116 3 года назад +2

      Doesn’t everyone?

    • @randwickbelle
      @randwickbelle 3 года назад +15

      @@DianiMutai most royal brides were Windsors, Diana was a Spencer when she married. duh! only the American did not have a family tiara so HMQEII loaned her one.

    • @tawanamufasa291
      @tawanamufasa291 3 года назад +6

      @@randwickbelle which crown did Kate have?

  • @LuzMaria95
    @LuzMaria95 3 года назад +3676

    I hate that The Crown only showed the dress for like 2 seconds, and completely skipped over the entire wedding.

    • @sunayanisarkar3356
      @sunayanisarkar3356 3 года назад +401

      Because the story is about the Crown and the people directly related to it. Diana was only included because she held a significant part in the Crown's future heir's life. And the wedding didnt really have anything directly to do with the Crown (since Charles was and is still not the king).

    • @gabrielsanabriaibieta
      @gabrielsanabriaibieta 3 года назад +231

      I don't know why people want to see the recreation of the wedding soooooo much. I mean, what's interesting story-wise about it? They got married and that's it

    • @AirQuotes
      @AirQuotes 3 года назад +104

      The dress is pretty ugly imo and is super dated. Diana was beautiful and only just managed to pull it off. Though I agree it would've been cool to see more of the wedding. They could've shown her freaking out before. Being really happy during the ceremony and calling Charles Philip and being mostly ignored and exhausted afterward. Plus they skipped the honeymoon completely 😭

    • @sylvrscorpyn
      @sylvrscorpyn 3 года назад +36

      As stated before, this is mainly about the crown, and the queen. Plus, there's already TONS of videos of the wedding that can easily been looked up.

    • @AirQuotes
      @AirQuotes 3 года назад +20

      @@sylvrscorpyn yes but not the behind the scenes stuff that's what the Crown is all about

  • @Ryanmanification
    @Ryanmanification 3 года назад +1131

    The Queen is a royal ensemble dresser. She never leaves the castle without her bag and her bag matches her outfit

    • @danielbergonzi7319
      @danielbergonzi7319 3 года назад +6

      Hartnell did all her kit though so She didn't dress herself.

    • @threenorns3
      @threenorns3 3 года назад +17

      @@danielbergonzi7319 pretty sure she decided what it was she was going to wear. It doesn't matter if Hartnell designed it, the queen still chose it.

    • @eringemini7091
      @eringemini7091 3 года назад +5

      The Queen kinda surprised me when one of those outfits she wore was like Neon green-ish or light lime green.😳

    • @Ryanmanification
      @Ryanmanification 3 года назад +1

      @@eringemini7091 yeah and mostly that's what she mostly wear at her speeches

    • @jassewalton1768
      @jassewalton1768 3 года назад +6

      @@eringemini7091 Apparently Her Maj decided a while ago that people in crowds wanted to be able to recognize her, so that's why she's been doing all the bright colours the last decade or so. I find them very bright & jaunty - but yes, that neon lime colour did her no favours! Cheers!

  • @danaroth598
    @danaroth598 3 года назад +164

    Diana’s wedding dress always makes me think of Anne of Green Gables. Anne Shirley would have been in ecstasies about those puffed sleeves!

    • @bellehopps1082
      @bellehopps1082 3 года назад +17

      Anne was all about puffed sleeves! 😍🥰

    • @mousehouse3591
      @mousehouse3591 3 года назад +9

      @@bellehopps1082 Oh my goodness, I thought the same when I was watching the wedding all those years ago.

  • @theteretet
    @theteretet 3 года назад +204

    I love that she also understands different costume choices and doesn't just shade every false thing...

  • @yz4043
    @yz4043 3 года назад +314

    Her crown broke and her flowers went missing... they say the more mishaps you have on your wedding day the better the marriage is! And it's true because her and Phillip have been married for about 75 years!

    • @micaelavandoorn2531
      @micaelavandoorn2531 3 года назад +8

      well he died now

    • @di7209
      @di7209 2 года назад +6

      Ana Amaro Well he got 99 more than most so I think he died happy

    • @nihilisticbarbie
      @nihilisticbarbie 2 года назад +1

      That's what I was thinking 🥺 it makes it a little more real

    • @mariahoulihan9483
      @mariahoulihan9483 Год назад +3

      the Queens Tiara not Crown broke.

  • @samanthawalcott8053
    @samanthawalcott8053 3 года назад +1783

    I love all of Raissa's videos also that corgi pin is so cute.

    • @naomitv6068
      @naomitv6068 3 года назад +2

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    • @naomitv6068
      @naomitv6068 3 года назад +1

      @Halima Khalid ruclips.net/video/-VCJgGfmeMM/видео.html

    • @livelife2503
      @livelife2503 3 года назад +1

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    • @PutyourtrustinAllah
      @PutyourtrustinAllah 3 года назад +1

      @@Woootsasha ssaz rr4t,tgrff

  • @Tina06019
    @Tina06019 3 года назад +538

    Princess Elizabeth’s wedding dress was absolutely gorgeous.

    • @12345678abracadabra
      @12345678abracadabra 3 года назад +8

      @@fthurman y'all forget it was the 40s lol

    • @rhea4559
      @rhea4559 3 года назад +6

      @@fthurman who was talking about diana 👁👄👁

    • @iluvphh3697
      @iluvphh3697 3 года назад +7

      @@fthurman no the first comment is not edited lmao

    • @ProudKansan08
      @ProudKansan08 3 года назад +12

      I know. I loved her dress. In fact, if I had to chose between QE’s or Diana’s, there would be no thinking about it, no debating, no questions, it would be an immediate, I’ll take QE’s dress and veil to wear.

    • @hamianagrande
      @hamianagrande 3 года назад

      @@fthurman ?💀

  • @ilexx3146
    @ilexx3146 3 года назад +412

    I always felt that Diana looked like a little girl lost in all that fabric on her wedding day, drowning in the taffeta and lace.

    • @miniprepper8284
      @miniprepper8284 3 года назад +28

      Yes it was too much. I watched it that day and thought it was ghastly.

    • @rebeccachulski3797
      @rebeccachulski3797 3 года назад +23

      I even thought on her wedding day that was the ugliest dress she could have possibly worn. Ugh!

    • @hayleyy_.j
      @hayleyy_.j 3 года назад +8

      Personally, I LOVED her wedding dress!

    • @berightback87
      @berightback87 3 года назад +6

      it was beautiful

    • @suzannalytle2758
      @suzannalytle2758 3 года назад +20

      It did nothing for her figure the shoulder and sleeves looked like they were swallowing her alive. They could have done a lot more with less fabric. It did look like a baggy 1980's prom dress. Lady Diana was as always beautiful but this wasn't quite the custom-fitting and flattering wedding dress one would expect for a royal wedding.

  • @zzxfza
    @zzxfza 3 года назад +458

    It’s so crazy how fashion changes throughout the years

    • @ashleydowney1222
      @ashleydowney1222 3 года назад +18

      Most fashion trends become popular again. Just like 90s clothing is popular now. 50s and 70s clothing was popular again a few years ago.

    • @-untcuchable.mp4268
      @-untcuchable.mp4268 3 года назад +1

      @@ashleydowney1222 tiktok helped shift fashion trends-

    • @idontevenknow639
      @idontevenknow639 3 года назад +5

      i can lowkey see edwardian era coming back in a few years

    • @lizzi7128
      @lizzi7128 3 года назад +1

      @@idontevenknow639 ooh I hope so!

    • @di7209
      @di7209 2 года назад +2

      i don’t even know It already did in the 80s right? So I think we still have some time before it comes back I'm full though The a Crown season 4 is helping

  • @SWLinPHX
    @SWLinPHX 3 года назад +282

    The only issue with Diana's wedding gown is the veil in the series covers up too much of her hair in front, whereas in real life it was the tiara that was more prominent, with the veil attached more toward the back of it.

    • @christinedavies4895
      @christinedavies4895 3 года назад +10

      I think the Crown has Diana with a tablecloth on her head. Why couldn't they have made more effort?!!

    • @Zzmora
      @Zzmora 3 года назад +25

      I took it as being intentional, they hide her face as a way of portraying how she wasn't the important figure in the wedding, only Charles and the fact that he wasn't a bachelor anymore.

    • @karendalsadik7119
      @karendalsadik7119 3 года назад +1

      You described it perfectly!!

    • @di7209
      @di7209 2 года назад +1

      Christine Davies The veil she wore was actually ace of the same lace as the original so it probably looked like that irl too

    • @annethomson4920
      @annethomson4920 Год назад

      It was horrible

  • @LittleOrangeCows
    @LittleOrangeCows 3 года назад +868

    Did y’all finally get a new artist!?!!? The new illustrations look great!!

    • @mallorymccarthy.
      @mallorymccarthy. 3 года назад +23

      thank god someone else noticed

    • @drartemisa21
      @drartemisa21 3 года назад +15

      were the past ones that bad?

    • @bellahernandez8566
      @bellahernandez8566 3 года назад +60

      @@drartemisa21 Unfortunately they were 🙈

    • @drartemisa21
      @drartemisa21 3 года назад +28

      @@bellahernandez8566 just realized it might still be the same artist who just improved ☺️

    • @loltadynicneni913
      @loltadynicneni913 3 года назад +23

      plus, they don't call them "fashion experts" anymore but "fashion historians".

  • @jasonhilton59
    @jasonhilton59 3 года назад +65

    Being a kid back then,when I seen Diana in her gown I thought she was a Disney princess (didn’t know what a real princess was) and to this day I still find it GORGEOUS.

    • @jakobraahauge7299
      @jakobraahauge7299 Год назад +2

      I shared my mother's opinion - she couldn't stop laughing when she saw it. But then again, my favourite Disney film is "The Emperor's New Groove"

  • @spiritmatter1553
    @spiritmatter1553 3 года назад +133

    Diana's bouquet! 💐 It was completely overlooked that it contained a LOT of stephanotis, a delicate star-shaped white flower that required special handling and was widely in use in the 1980s. You can see them in Diana’s bouquet, all strung together on a wire, forming some of the cascading elements of the bouquet. Stephanotis flowers are rarely used today, as the fashion for DIY and hand-tied bouquets in the 2000s rendered them unsuitable. They are best handled by professionals...I hope they make a comeback!

    • @gretaweiss6802
      @gretaweiss6802 3 года назад +3

      Yes I love stephanotis! That’s interesting thank you for the info ♥️❤️

    • @Marcoplo
      @Marcoplo 3 года назад +2

      huge in the 50s too

    • @spiritmatter1553
      @spiritmatter1553 3 года назад +3

      @@Marcoplo You’re right! They’re in practically every bridal portrait of the time. Good catch. 😎

    • @marloflanagan7421
      @marloflanagan7421 3 года назад +4

      My bouquet had them. I was married in 1991.

    • @spiritmatter1553
      @spiritmatter1553 3 года назад +2

      @@marloflanagan7421 Freesias were popular around the same time. They smell like honeysuckle....divine. 1991 was a continuation of the 80s, wasn’t it? Then all of a sudden all wedding dresses were strapless and all bouquets were homemade and I couldn’t look at weddings anymore!

  • @minorchord
    @minorchord 3 года назад +218

    Raissa should have her own RUclips channel already to cover the topics she wants besides for other companies

    • @edsrules1
      @edsrules1 3 года назад +11

      She has a very active Instagram account where she posts a lot about historical fashion!

  • @samca51
    @samca51 3 года назад +333

    Diana's dress was very well in tune with 1980's style. It had to be big and grand and stand out. It was beautiful dress and it suited Diana.

    • @dianneroberti
      @dianneroberti 3 года назад +24

      She was also quite tall, and this could pull off that look beautifully. As a 15 year old watching, I thought it was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. I don’t think people can understand what an impact it had.

    • @rubenmotta4272
      @rubenmotta4272 3 года назад +6

      Also Anne's dress is VERY 1970s...she looked like Leila in a very beautiful way

    • @cc1k435
      @cc1k435 3 года назад +2

      I thought the Crown dialed down Diana's dress a bit, as if no one would quite have believed it seeing it for the first time now.

    • @Tracymmo
      @Tracymmo 3 года назад +1

      This was 1981, before what we think of as 80s style, other than the ruffles which were popular at the time. The dress helped swing fashion toward Big 80s.

  • @faycourt3892
    @faycourt3892 3 года назад +126

    The TV viewing of the royal wedding of Diana and her prince made her dress look dull and sort of dowdy - it was NOT! I saw it in Brisbane when it was on the tour of Australia and found it stunning, gorgeous and utterly charming. For instance, her veil had tiny crystals scattered throughout it and it complemented her dress beautifully. One didn't see that on the screen. The dullness was caused by it not being white, plus TV did nothing to bring out the pearls or crystals, but in real life it was the loveliest wedding dress I've ever laid eyes upon. Diana was a romantic and wished her wedding gown to reflect that ideal; it did in every way possible and I'm sure she felt like a princess in it on her big day, and isn't that part of being a bride?

    • @janehollander1934
      @janehollander1934 3 года назад +11

      It was a truly global phenomena.
      I watched the Charles & Diana's Wedding live on BBC/Dutch tv - my Mom & I were glued to tv set. And her giant wedding dress (Diana was "only" 9 years older than me) fitted my idea of what a princess should look like. And also was the real beginning of 80's "overkill" (big is better). And went perfectly with the whole "fairy tale" dream wedding...that slowly became a nightmare...😔

    • @happyfacefries
      @happyfacefries 3 года назад +1

      It's hard to put on the screen what you see in real life. That's how it is.

    • @boadecia1433
      @boadecia1433 3 года назад +7

      I'm glad it looked better in person. The dress was hideous on tv.

    • @ProudKansan08
      @ProudKansan08 3 года назад +4

      I’m glad in real life it was prettier because it didn’t translate well on tv and pictures. I was so disappointed and let down when my family and I, who were on vacation that week in Colorado, got to the hotel and turned on the tv and saw the news of the wedding. I was sitting on the bed and when I saw it, I thought yuck! All that hype for weeks and weeks about what it was going to look like and then to see what I called a monstrosity. The only thing I liked was the train and the veil, because I was all about wedding dresses with long trains in my youth. But if you say it’s prettier in real life, I’ll take your word for it.

  • @Clem20033
    @Clem20033 3 года назад +496

    To this day I don’t like princess Diana’s wedding dress, it always feels like the dress is too big and is about to drown her somehow!

    • @ProudKansan08
      @ProudKansan08 3 года назад +56

      Me, too. I think it’s ugly even with all the beading. I’d love to see what the second dress looked like, though, but I thought I heard a few years back, it got lost. How does one lose a huge wedding dress, I wonder?

    • @lornagall8318
      @lornagall8318 3 года назад +37

      As a teenager I watched Diana get out of the car with my friends. We were all shocked at how hideous it was. It drowned her and was so crushed. I saw the dress in person at Holyrood Palace and it was just as awful in reality.

    • @miniprepper8284
      @miniprepper8284 3 года назад +19

      @@lornagall8318 She looked like a slice of cake with 10 inches of icing. People don't recall this but that frothy style was not popular when she stepped out into view. It was all dress and no Diana... very much symbolic of the virginal image sought to be portrayed. Although it inspired knock off styles, the overdone looks didn't last long. You could only pull them off if very thin and tall-

    • @nadyarossi5102
      @nadyarossi5102 3 года назад +13

      She didn't choose that dress! She wanted a very simple, form-fitting gown, but the royal family vetoed that.

    • @rejoyce318
      @rejoyce318 3 года назад +3

      I remember liking Fergie's dress better than Diana's gown. It was gorgeous on its own, but it didn't suit her personality; it really was more of a costume.

  • @DenaInWyo
    @DenaInWyo 3 года назад +702

    Unpopular opinion, but I thought even back then that Diana's dress was absolutely dreadful. It was a wrinkled mess by the time she arrived at St. Paul's, and it just swallowed her whole. The overall image was that it was just too big for her. She couldn't walk gracefully in it, it was a terror to manage..overall just too. much. I guess in the end, a fitting metaphor?

    • @caitlin329
      @caitlin329 3 года назад +35

      It was definitely spoken about a lot at the time.

    • @taralynn7712
      @taralynn7712 3 года назад +53

      Well it is just so dated....so 80's.

    • @ginaludwig7532
      @ginaludwig7532 3 года назад +35

      everyone has to rember that the dress was made in to 80s royal or not wedding dress look a lot like that and the Royal family have taken their way of dressing and the modern pubilc's way of dressing and mashed the two styles so you get a very campy over the top dress I love the dress but I do agree it did not fit the Queen of peoples heart's

    • @Tracymmo
      @Tracymmo 3 года назад +25

      Thoae were common criticisms at the time. People also said she looked like Little Bo Peep.

    • @karensmyth1215
      @karensmyth1215 2 года назад +21

      I actually liked it, it gave this fairytale, princess look with a splash of vintage. It was also the 80s so the trends are no where as close to what we have now. But I personally like her dress over the ones they wear now.
      Also what??? She looked like a swan

  • @sarasmith99
    @sarasmith99 6 месяцев назад +2

    Like it or not, Diana's wedding dress put her on the map. The cathedral is so big and formal, you need something remarkable, and I loved it!

  • @msiebz
    @msiebz 3 года назад +611

    Diana and Charles were definitely married at St. Paul's Cathedral, not Westminster Abbey

    • @naomitv6068
      @naomitv6068 3 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/-VCJgGfmeMM/видео.html

    • @adammackay6863
      @adammackay6863 3 года назад +29

      It hurts to hear how confidently she says Westminster abbey

    • @helenw6594
      @helenw6594 3 года назад +29

      And if they get something as basic as this wrong, how much can we trust the rest?

    • @abbyc5995
      @abbyc5995 3 года назад +8

      @@helenw6594 it’s not that big of a deal

    • @justbelieve9553
      @justbelieve9553 3 года назад +12

      @@abbyc5995 Not intending to come across as judgmental here but the fact of the matter is that this clip purports to be a historical glimpse of moments that actually occurred in real life as compared to how they are portrayed by “The Crown” series. Missing a major fact such as where a monumentally historic royal event took place begs the question-what else has been inaccurately reported? Sad because it is a fun video and was enjoying it until the blunder of reporting the wrong venue. Good effort though. :)

  • @susangavaghan
    @susangavaghan 3 года назад +137

    I much preferred their toned down version of Diana's dress rather than her actual dress. I was never keen on it and thought it was way too fussy and over the top.

    • @hannahhaines2351
      @hannahhaines2351 3 года назад +5

      He dress was crumpled together when she was in the carriage so the rumpled look was not a original design also it was the 80s and everything went 📈📈 then

    • @marian.jablonski54
      @marian.jablonski54 3 года назад +4

      @@hannahhaines2351 I remember watching that wedding - you're right - that dress looked like no one bothered to press it - she looked like she was wrapped up in rolls of toilet paper when she was sitting in that carriage - Diana was gorgeous and did not need so much fussy detail - imo a bad choice - Diana had a great sense of style and most of her fashion choices were spot-on - the wedding gown was not a good look for her

    • @caitlin329
      @caitlin329 3 года назад +1

      I think her dress being so creased and OTT is a kind of significant/memorable aspect of the wedding, though.

    • @anny1613
      @anny1613 3 года назад +2

      There’s no point in toning down such dress.

    • @annethomson4920
      @annethomson4920 Год назад +1

      @@marian.jablonski54 in the early days of her public life her style was too fussy , all those dreadful collars . But I loved her wedding dress , that wedding was a very exciting time in the 80s

  • @elizabethredmond5517
    @elizabethredmond5517 3 года назад +67

    16:59
    It notably took place at St. Paul's Cathedral, not Westminster Abbey, since the wedding was enormous and meant to befit a first in-line to the throne male. A prince of Wales hadn't been married while he held that title since the reign of Victoria, so St. Paul's was considered the larger and more theatric option.

    • @helenl3193
      @helenl3193 Год назад +1

      Oh, I never knew that was why it was at St Paul's instead! Thanks :)

  • @Ryanmanification
    @Ryanmanification 3 года назад +217

    Maybe you can do Downton Abbey. Lady Dowager has some veri interesting dresses. Or The Great Gatsby, the second half of the roaring 20s. Or pride and prejudice. The fashion during the regency era England

    • @ProudKansan08
      @ProudKansan08 3 года назад +2

      I really like Edith’s first wedding dress when she was going to marry that cute old man, better than Mary’s wedding dress. If I was doing a 20’s wedding theme wedding I would pick Edith’s dress and veil. I think I would feel more comfortable in it than Mary’s. ☺️

  • @patriciagriswold6060
    @patriciagriswold6060 3 года назад +63

    The actress portraying Queen Elizabeth looked terrified and ready to burst into tears, butthe real Queen is always pictured with a comfortable smile. Queen Elizabeth was beaming with love when she was with Prince Philip.

    • @ffotograffydd
      @ffotograffydd Год назад

      Probably because The Crown seems intent on portraying The Queen as insecure, when she isn’t. It makes zero sense that she’d be intimidated by Mrs Kennedy, it was more likely to be the other way around.

  • @sonyakinsey4376
    @sonyakinsey4376 3 года назад +39

    My mother had a Princess Di style wedding dress! She was super slender and looked awful in the faux Victorian styles that were available, but then Diana had her wedding and her dress became all the rage. My mom looked really good in it, and was married in the gorgeous garden my grandmother kept behind her house.

  • @kimberleydenham8308
    @kimberleydenham8308 3 года назад +14

    It was mentioned 3 maybe 4 times that Diana was married at Westminster Abbey. In truth, she married Prince Charles at St. Paul's Cathedral in London, as it could accommodate a larger amount of invites to the wedding.

    • @d.annejohnson5631
      @d.annejohnson5631 7 месяцев назад

      Yes!! Where are the fact-checkers! This is why youtube, however engaging, is risky if it is the only way you are learning history!!

  • @peterpaul9644
    @peterpaul9644 3 года назад +111

    I’ve always found that dress borderline comic, but I thought that maybe it was fashionable for the day? That said, the wedding dress worn by Charles’ sister was older but still way more interesting... even the dress the queen herself had was better looking.

    • @happyfacefries
      @happyfacefries 3 года назад +5

      It was extremely fashionable for the day. The 80's were all about the bigger the better. A ton of women in the 80's had puffy sleeves and bows with a lot of lace.

    • @Ocyla
      @Ocyla 3 года назад +3

      I believe it was the 80s and enormous baggy things were totally in.

    • @dawnochs2018
      @dawnochs2018 3 года назад +1

      Oh yea, that dress was completely 80s. I was a little girl then and wedding dresses. If you saw those dresses now! Big puffy sleeves and LOTS of embellishments. Back then, those were the dress styles I was gonna wear on my wedding day.
      I got married in 2004. My dress was VERY simple. How times had changed.

    • @caitlin329
      @caitlin329 3 года назад +7

      A lot of people did think it looked ridiculous at the time. Especially once she walked out and it was all crinkled. There's a gap between 'high fashion' and this sort of overdesigned dress and what was trending. Her dress sort of took it to a different level.

    • @Tracymmo
      @Tracymmo 3 года назад +2

      @@happyfacefries Well, those were the fashion in part because of her dress. It wasn't in style when she got married, and the dress was not beloved by fashion critics.

  • @TomRipley7350
    @TomRipley7350 3 года назад +142

    I think I'm the only one who loved Diana's dress. I think it's exquisite in its excess.

    • @pjm1209
      @pjm1209 3 года назад +12

      nope ur not the only one because i love it too 🥰!!!!

    • @ereagan4
      @ereagan4 3 года назад +8

      I will always love Diana’s dress for the puffy sleeves. I’m so happy they are back in style. 🥰

    • @rachel_sj
      @rachel_sj 3 года назад +5

      I personally would wear it myself, but Diana looked stunning in it!!

    • @caligulalonghbottom2629
      @caligulalonghbottom2629 3 года назад +5

      I love it too, reminds me of the 17th century.

    • @ditach3693
      @ditach3693 3 года назад +4

      I loved it.

  • @wandawilkinson9239
    @wandawilkinson9239 2 года назад +10

    I was a contemporary of Diana’s and I absolutely loved her dress! Her extreme youth and height and slenderness allowed it to be a success. All in all, I think princess Margaret’s wedding dress was the most beautiful.

  • @Reticence9zen924
    @Reticence9zen924 3 года назад +16

    I love Raissa Bretana's corgi brooch for this video. She always chooses a brooch that fits into the video she's doing (a martini glass for 'Mad Men' and a chess piece for 'Queen's Gambit').

  • @reylatable
    @reylatable 3 года назад +11

    How wonderful and selfless that, people had the incredible gesture of giving her some of their textile coupons . It shows how much they cared for their (at the time ) princess .

  • @onikaconstantine8861
    @onikaconstantine8861 2 года назад +49

    It’s awful because Charles is known to be an artist and loves painting. He should understand the importance of self expression and he completely disregards her art of singing and dancing. Yet, loved theatre and performance. He doesn’t dislike it because it’s ‘art’, he dislikes it because it’s Diana who’s expressing herself.

  • @mckenna8663
    @mckenna8663 3 года назад +242

    I recall being so disappointed the morning of Charles and Diana's wedding, because I thought her dress was hideous. And when she got out of that carriage it was so incredibly wrinkled. Seeing that a few months before my wedding, I wondered if there was a way I could stand up or kneel inside of the rented limo on the way to the church. Last thing I wanted was any wrinkles.

    • @tastx3142
      @tastx3142 3 года назад +43

      Yes, and nobody bothered to adjust the hemline as the underskirt was exposed on the side. The dress was so oversized it basically swallowed her. The dress doesn’t have to be form fitting but it was basically shapeless on her.

    • @spiritmatter1553
      @spiritmatter1553 3 года назад +50

      The volume of the dress succeeded in making her look petite, not like she was nearly six feet tall, so that’s something. She also lost a lot of weight during the engagement so the dress needed constant fittings beyond the usual needed for a custom dress. Silk taffeta is prone to wrinkling easily (and it’s a bee-yotch to handle and sew), so some people saw the wrinkles of just a characteristic of the material and not a detriment. Silk shantung or slubbed silk would have been more seasonally appropriate and wrinkle resistant, and is a similar weight to taffeta but more "forgiving" to handle. Funny it wasn’t chosen instead.
      The Emmanuels didn’t have a backup wedding dress on hand in case the design of the original was leaked. That was a rumor that was spread at the time of the wedding that they later repudiated. Funny that the story was repeated by the "fashion historian."

    • @spiritmatter1553
      @spiritmatter1553 3 года назад +6

      @Mc Kenna, just curious if you found a way to travel to your wedding without wrinkling your dress? Or did you opt to simply change at the wedding venue? I hope I don’t sound weird!

    • @ashleydowney1222
      @ashleydowney1222 3 года назад +10

      Taffeta wrinkles easily. I like Diana's wedding dress.

    • @booker0110
      @booker0110 3 года назад

      @@ashleydowney1222 so does linen and that’s a great fabric too.

  • @TheKyPerson
    @TheKyPerson 3 года назад +17

    My mother married in 1950 and her wedding dress was very much like the one Princess Elizabeth wore only without the elaborate embroidery. It was satin, with long sleeves and the same neckline.

  • @Ryanmanification
    @Ryanmanification 3 года назад +479

    Raissa is wearing a crogy-pin. A hint the fact that the queen has corgies as pets

    • @b.3049
      @b.3049 3 года назад +7

      Not anymore 😳 they’ve all passed away

    • @SjofnBM1989
      @SjofnBM1989 3 года назад +13

      @@b.3049 she has one left. Candy is still alive.

    • @MoonlightCharizard
      @MoonlightCharizard 3 года назад +3

      @@SjofnBM1989 Candy is a mixed breed between a Corgi and a Dachshund (a dorgi). So it is technically accurate to say that all of the Queen's corgi's have passed. Her last corgi passed in 2018.

  • @chloec7684
    @chloec7684 3 года назад +37

    Would LOVE to see one of these for bridgerton- the tightlacing scenes *killed* me, but the silhouettes looked pretty okay

    • @danielbergonzi7319
      @danielbergonzi7319 3 года назад +8

      I didn't think tightlacing was a thing until the mid 19th century and even then only for parties.

    • @julietteangeli
      @julietteangeli 3 года назад +7

      Also, ladies never wore corsets against their skin- there would have always been an underlayer like a chemise.

    • @julietteangeli
      @julietteangeli 3 года назад +8

      @@danielbergonzi7319 Yeah, and there is no reason to tightlace under an empire silhouette that doesn't even show the waist.

    • @danielbergonzi7319
      @danielbergonzi7319 3 года назад +2

      @@julietteangeli in Napoleonic France, I've heard some women didn't even wear corsets

  • @alaamaadadi4187
    @alaamaadadi4187 3 года назад +41

    Yay another one of these! I'm obsessed with them.

  • @talithacrow7530
    @talithacrow7530 3 года назад +46

    Am I the only one who kinda likes Princess Diana’s wedding dress besides her?

    • @mollysmith6055
      @mollysmith6055 3 года назад +4

      As a contemporary only in age to Princess Diana I like it too but those sleeves always make me think of Anne of Green Gables' wish for immense puffed sleeves.

    • @talithacrow7530
      @talithacrow7530 3 года назад

      @@mollysmith6055 I generally dress kinda witchy, so it’s probably the historical influences that are drawing me to it

    • @ruthirwin8222
      @ruthirwin8222 3 года назад +5

      I loved it

    • @kunya16
      @kunya16 3 года назад +4

      That was my dream dress growing up.

    • @janehollander1934
      @janehollander1934 3 года назад +4

      Having watched the Charles & Diana's Wedding live on BBC/Dutch tv - my Mom & I were glued to tv set. It was a truly global phenomena. And her giant wedding dress (Diana was "only" 9 years older than me) fitted my idea of what a princess looked like. And also was the top of 80's overkill and went with the whole "fairy tale" dream...that slowly became a nightmare...😔

  • @merhona3472
    @merhona3472 3 года назад +314

    Always felt that Diana's dress was chosen by frenemies or trolls who where already out to make her look frumpy.

    • @peterpaul9644
      @peterpaul9644 3 года назад +2

      Lmao

    • @spiritmatter1553
      @spiritmatter1553 3 года назад +34

      The dress by the Emmanuels is nearly identical to the one they made earlier that year for a friend of Charles's, whose wedding C&D attended. It would be easy to draw the conclusion that Charles privately liked that dress, and therefore Diana asked the Emmanuels to make her something like that....just guessing, of course!

    • @Lovrofthearts
      @Lovrofthearts 3 года назад +72

      She was quite young when she married (19 when she got engaged, 20 on wedding day). I've often noticed very young brides tend to choose gowns that fit their childhood's fantasy of a wedding dress, which is likely what Diana did as well.

    • @vaivaivaiful
      @vaivaivaiful 3 года назад +40

      @@Lovrofthearts Also, it was very much in line with 80's trends

    • @stormy7318
      @stormy7318 3 года назад +14

      Frumpy, bag like, wrinkly. It almost looked like it was pulled out of the garbage. I always thought it was just poor taste of the 80s but maybe your theory is right. Someone intended to make her look less royal. Interesting theory. But jokes on them because she's the people's princess and her wonderful personality made women everywhere want to be just like her. Frumpy dress included. Lol

  • @lilyann168
    @lilyann168 3 года назад +21

    I saw on another video that the costume designer for the crown said she purposely wasnt trying to exactly copy Diana's wedding dress. I think because of the way it would look on screen.

    • @ProudKansan08
      @ProudKansan08 3 года назад +2

      I don’t understand that reasoning at all🤔

    • @jessicag630
      @jessicag630 3 года назад +2

      The one in The Crown doesn't feel 1980s. I'm not sure why, though.

  • @_unicorncorgi_
    @_unicorncorgi_ 3 года назад +18

    I live the corgi patch/pin on her outfit! Great touch!

  • @classicalchats7341
    @classicalchats7341 3 года назад +5

    This is so interesting to watch and could watch Raissa talk about period fashion all day

  • @modicabanesasii8297
    @modicabanesasii8297 3 года назад +51

    Well, that tiny 18-karat gold horseshoe did not give Princess Di good luck on her marriage.

  • @Lionstar16
    @Lionstar16 3 года назад +48

    I don't know if you have a list of future Fashion Historian video ideas, but if you could do one of The Duchess starring Keira Knightley I would be so grateful

  • @wendyp8488
    @wendyp8488 3 года назад +6

    I love Raissa’s videos. So informative and entertaining ⭐️

  • @a.j.4644
    @a.j.4644 3 года назад +3

    Best ep yet. Kudos, Raissa and team.

  • @samtalkstoomuch8854
    @samtalkstoomuch8854 3 года назад +9

    Elizabeth's second dress may have a 50s feel but fashion doesn't automatically change at the turn of the decade. It kind of fades in and out and 1961 would still have been appropriate to wear some 50s fashions, especially since people really loved the New Look. Plus, fashion would have taken a lot longer to evolve then since there wasn't social media which has made fashion a lot faster.

  • @robinhahnsopran
    @robinhahnsopran 3 года назад +1

    I get so excited every time a new video with Raissa Bretaña goes up!

  • @iamqueenangelina
    @iamqueenangelina 3 года назад

    Love these. Could watch these all day!

  • @Lady_dromeda
    @Lady_dromeda 3 года назад +103

    I wonder why Diana’s dress was more extravagant than the Queen’s

    • @lauras5359
      @lauras5359 3 года назад +153

      Probably because fashions change and it was shortly post ww2 so there wasn't enough money to make a dress that extravagant. tbh I way prefer the Queens dress to Diana's

    • @triciarose389
      @triciarose389 3 года назад +64

      Also it was the 80s & things were bigger at that time.

    • @claudianowakowski
      @claudianowakowski 3 года назад +30

      @@triciarose389 Actually, it was only 1981 and Diana's dress was one of the garments that started the "bigger" trend.

    • @leonamay8776
      @leonamay8776 3 года назад +50

      As the historian said, Queen Elizabeth saved coupons for her wedding dress. It wouldn't have been appropriate.

    • @faithnisbet2561
      @faithnisbet2561 3 года назад +8

      80s

  • @andymorgade7137
    @andymorgade7137 3 года назад +9

    I love the corgi's brooch, it's awesome

  • @samca51
    @samca51 3 года назад +10

    The dress worn by Queen Elizabeth to the White House with The First Lady Jackie Kennedy, in my taste it looked frumpy, fussy and those dress straps were added unnecessarily, maybe only to support the Queen's well endowed chest. Jackie was slick, chic and super elegant. Queen looked like a christmas tree, to many ornaments !

    • @deborahvandalsen857
      @deborahvandalsen857 3 года назад +1

      I think the Queen ‘s dress suited her small statue and sorry those ornaments are fabulous , I would not say no to one of them .. If you got them wear them especially if you are a queen . They both looked different but great , each in their own way .

  • @melvawages7143
    @melvawages7143 3 года назад +6

    Emma looked so much like Diana. Although she could not really pass as her twin, she sure could as her sister. Emma said in one interview that her mother looked a lot like Diana. I wish she would share photos of her mother.

  • @deborahvandalsen857
    @deborahvandalsen857 3 года назад +14

    Lovely post ! My biggest criticism is that the Queen has always dressed in her own style , she is tiny , high fashion suits the tall and her hair is styled for the heavy tiaras she wears . I don’t think Stylish Jackie O out dressed her at all , both ladies looked fabulous in the real life photos .

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng 10 месяцев назад +1

      HM The Queen was 5 foot 4 inches.

  • @Lvndera_yt
    @Lvndera_yt 3 года назад +19

    I cant tell you how much i love the crown and history itself, i also love this channel and im exedingly happy about this vidios release

    • @Lvndera_yt
      @Lvndera_yt 3 года назад +4

      Thank you for the likes i am so happy about it😃

  • @KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices
    @KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices 3 года назад +1

    The new art looks amazing!!!

  • @ForeverSweetx3
    @ForeverSweetx3 3 года назад +92

    Poor Diana.... That dress is very dated. But Diana looked beautiful in anything!

    • @yesterdayistoday8760
      @yesterdayistoday8760 3 года назад +18

      for the time it wasn't

    • @elisedasvin170
      @elisedasvin170 3 года назад +14

      @Nicole Nelson No of course, but I think it's a shame she did'nt wear a more timeless dress. ^ ^ I must admit I find hers quite ugly, and unfortunately too much "stuck in the 80's". Usually royal wedding dresses are timeless and can be appreciated through any era, but this one... Nah. 🤗

    • @monmothma3358
      @monmothma3358 3 года назад +12

      It used to be dated, but the trends of early 1980s have recently come back around. Puffed sleeves, blouses with big collars... I don't know if it has affected bridal fashion, but coinciding with the popular show, it just might.

    • @caligulalonghbottom2629
      @caligulalonghbottom2629 3 года назад +3

      Take away the lace and seed pearls and its modern Valentino Haute Couture...

    • @mollysmith6055
      @mollysmith6055 3 года назад +2

      @@elisedasvin170 I don't know...Victoria's wedding dress became extremely dated within a few decades. HRH's dress became very dated when silhouettes changed vastly with Dior, Princess Anne's very structured dress is hideous now, etc...they were all beautiful in their time. I think when Princess Charlotte marries someday people will cringe at the Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress that we marvel at now. Fashion is so fickle.

  • @1WFran
    @1WFran 3 года назад

    i enjoyed being shown the different looks and clothes with the explanations.. some detail i had not noticed before.

  • @Farrah300
    @Farrah300 3 года назад +5

    Princess Margaret's portrayal was very interesting. I do understand that in real life, her behavior at the Whitehouse was far more subdued, but she did indeed have a fun loving spirit about her. That was accurate.

  • @leiknudsen7758
    @leiknudsen7758 3 года назад

    I love these so much! Thank you

  • @jayneterry8701
    @jayneterry8701 Год назад +2

    I love the pink gown and jacket Princess Margaret actually wore. When I finally saw Princess Diana's dress in person I was surprised at how small it was! Those sleeves always looked massive on TV! No mater I was more shocked at the number of condolence books 😢 that were part of the display.

  • @AWrandom20
    @AWrandom20 2 года назад +1

    I love this fashion history!!

  • @CarolynMilburn
    @CarolynMilburn 3 года назад +3

    My favourite gown was the one worn by Princess Margaret. I saw photos of the wedding on TV as a young teen in England. My Mum took my brother & me up to London to visit Westminster Abbey right after and they had a small bouquet on the steps before the alter! I was thrilled. I have always thought that an immature Diana wanted all the bells & whistles on her gown and went a bit overboard so that the gown almost drowned out her own beauty which she discovered as she matured.

  • @francescaderimini4422
    @francescaderimini4422 Год назад

    I love your look and the little corgi broach! You rock!

  • @sapphire7424
    @sapphire7424 3 года назад

    This u-l is so heccin good it made me subscribe! Hope you have more great content.

  • @majakrstic7436
    @majakrstic7436 3 года назад +19

    Diana and Charles married in St. Paul's cathedral, not Westminister Abbey.

  • @saharajvs
    @saharajvs 3 года назад +6

    I actually like much more the blue dress that Queen Elizabeth wore to dinner with the Kennedy's than Jackie's. It was a little old fashion for the 60's, but it is certainly very elegant and proper. I loved it.

  • @malinhessedahl
    @malinhessedahl 3 года назад

    Love this videos💙💙 Love all seasons of the crown💙

  • @eelsteele7528
    @eelsteele7528 3 года назад +1

    Such an interesting video; loved it

  • @chelseagirl278
    @chelseagirl278 3 года назад +5

    Love your Corgi pin!

  • @yoursaudifriend2976
    @yoursaudifriend2976 3 года назад +4

    This fashion historian is absolutely the best

    • @margaretlavender9647
      @margaretlavender9647 2 года назад

      Well, I could have done just as well as I saw it too. AND, I bought many of the dozens of books which were published, which I still have.
      All you have to do is read them - then tell it all addressing the camera. Easy.

  • @victoriaw5885
    @victoriaw5885 3 года назад

    I love these videos! 😍🥰

  • @thebimbotransgirl
    @thebimbotransgirl 2 года назад +1

    this is so iconic 💕

  • @pattileff6931
    @pattileff6931 3 года назад

    Really a joy to watch

  • @TheGhostButterfly
    @TheGhostButterfly 3 года назад +1

    Not sure how I stumbled on this video, but I don’t regret a thing. What an interesting and ravishing watch!

  • @LynnHermione
    @LynnHermione 3 года назад +49

    Considering the third dress is nothing like the historial one that was a mess

  • @ArtGirl82
    @ArtGirl82 3 года назад +21

    5:43 It's not a legend. She's said a couple times in interviews that she broke the tiara and had to get a guy to fix it at the last minute.

    • @sjjacko6100
      @sjjacko6100 3 года назад +2

      her mother said to her: we have 2 hours, and there are other tiaras...

  • @devonheart1029
    @devonheart1029 3 года назад +17

    Princess Diana's favourite flowers were Forget-me-nots!

  • @ridgewalker5718
    @ridgewalker5718 3 года назад +1

    Her dress is still a beautiful design today. Timeless.

  • @alexandramurphy2665
    @alexandramurphy2665 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for this ! I feel like we have been waiting forever for a new video

  • @malinhessedahl
    @malinhessedahl 3 года назад

    Love this videos❤❤ Love this youtubechannel❤❤

  • @ROCALO-rm2hp
    @ROCALO-rm2hp Год назад +10

    This young lady needs her own chanel / fashion history Netflix Show. She knows her stuff . I ❤️

  • @pjm1209
    @pjm1209 3 года назад +1

    when i saw diana on the thumbnail, i clicked so fast. she looked beautiful 🤩!!!

  • @andihubb
    @andihubb 3 года назад +1

    Yayyy, Raissa!! 🥰

  • @Erin-gd7os
    @Erin-gd7os 3 года назад +2

    love the corgi pin!!!!

  • @sandyk7611
    @sandyk7611 3 года назад +3

    I like the lady narrating this video. Clear, not blaring, and her simple tone, mostly not speeding along, therefore making it easier to follow. Soo many videos are too speedy! This was enjoyable to watch. Yay. Ty

  • @TomRipley7350
    @TomRipley7350 3 года назад +3

    The Corgi pin is a lovely touch. ,🇬🇧

  • @Lionstar16
    @Lionstar16 3 года назад +6

    Thank God - I thought you had abandoned your Fashion Historian videos which are my favourites.

    • @jessicavictoriacarrillo7254
      @jessicavictoriacarrillo7254 3 года назад +1

      Perish the thought

    • @Lionstar16
      @Lionstar16 3 года назад +2

      @@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254 I'll admit I was getting worried as the last Fashion Historian video was way back in June

  • @_unicorncorgi_
    @_unicorncorgi_ 3 года назад +6

    all I have to say is. When I saw this thumbnail. I. Was. So. Freaking. Excited. And I’m soooo happy this is happening 😭ITS SO AMAZING

  • @ash34005
    @ash34005 Месяц назад

    I never knew a fashion historian could be a career. This is my dream job!

  • @shannonparis30
    @shannonparis30 3 года назад +1

    Now I want to watch this show

  • @syedmazharhasan6803
    @syedmazharhasan6803 3 года назад +38

    Thank God you guys finally found a better artist.

  • @adammackay6863
    @adammackay6863 3 года назад +17

    Don’t forget David Emanuel actually assisted with the creation on the dress for Emma corrin

  • @jaslavie
    @jaslavie 3 года назад

    HER HAIR IS GORGEOUS

  • @juliestrickland2145
    @juliestrickland2145 2 года назад

    Loving the corgi pin for this video!

  • @jlee4039
    @jlee4039 3 года назад +3

    The Corgi pin is a nice touch. 👌

  • @francescabanno9761
    @francescabanno9761 3 года назад +3

    You should do a video on the Queens Gambit and its 60s fashion!

  • @renataespinosaangel8986
    @renataespinosaangel8986 3 года назад +8

    The only inaccurate thing she said was the place where the wedding took place. although most royal weddings take place at Westminster Abbey Diana and Charles's wedding took place at Saint Paul's Cathedral