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Russian court dress was a special regulated style of clothing that aristocrats and courtiers at the Russian imperial court in the 19th-20th centuries had to follow. Clothing regulations for courtiers and those invited to the court are typical for most European monarchies, from the 17th century to the present.
Portrait of Empress Maria Feodorovna, by Vladimir Makovski in 1912.The Empress is wearing a regular Court dress. All the ancient occupations of the women at the Court of Russia, traditionally held by boyarynias (wives of boyars), nurses, housekeepers, servants, nannies etc., were abolished and replaced by a new hierarchy inspired by Versailles Court's etiquette and German models, although many ...
English: Silver moiré skirt and emerald green silk velvet bodice and 12-foot train. Trimmed with silk fringe, velvet ruffles, and embroidered with clear glass crystals and silver sequins, foil and strip.
The Great Imperial Crown is the largest of Russian imperial crowns. It was made in Saint Petersburg by Georg Friedrich Eckart and Jérémie Pauzié in 1762, in 1797 crown was altered by L.D. Diuval. [14]
State Ladies or Statsdame at the Russian Imperial Court were the second largest group of court ladies, after maids of honour. This position was officially established during the reign of Paul I, at the coronation of his wife [Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg). Before that women simply carried portraits of the empress.
2020. While the royals were unable to gather like usual on Christmas Day in 2020, we'd be remiss not to squeeze in one pre-Christmas look from the then Duchess of Cambridge. Kate Middleton and ...
The kokoshnik (Russian: коко́шник, IPA: [kɐˈkoʂnʲɪk]) is a traditional Russian headdress worn by women and girls to accompany the sarafan. The kokoshnik tradition has existed since the 10th century in the city of Veliky Novgorod. [1] It spread primarily in the northern regions of Russia and was very popular from 16th to 19th ...
An “almost naked” party at Mutabor, a popular Moscow nightclub, days before Christmas attracted top Russian celebrities, influencers and socialites, some of whom showed up in revealing clothes ...