Royal Blue

At kensington palace there was a quest to find the seven princesses of kensington palace they are ...



Queen Mary II (1662 - 1694)

At the age of 15 Mary married her cousin William. the lack of children in Mary's life caused her great sadness however she found pleasure in her dogs , needlework , gardening and collecting blue and white porcelain fingers to decorate her palace.












Queen Anne (1665 – 1714)

Anne was very popular Queen as she preferred gambling and stag-hunting to literature and music. Her best friend was Sarah, duchess or Marlborough.
Queen Anne married Prince George of Denmark, although they had 17 children none of them survived into adulthood. Anne died knowning that her familys reign was ending.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Queen Caroline (1683 -1737)

Caroline was a orphan at 13 , the German princess Caroline of Brandenburg-ansbach was brought up at the court of The elector and electress of Brandenburg. she married George II when she was 22. Caroline took a keen interst in science and the arts.kensington was one of her favourite palaces , she filled it with treasures shortly after she became queen in 1727 , she found a collection of hiden drawings and she hung them in her privet closet.









Princess Charlotte (1796 -1817)

Charlotte would often visit her mother Caroline at kensington palace. Charlotte was very popular with the public.her popularity increased when she married the prince Leopold of sax-coburg in may 1816 she soon became pregnant but a complex birth produced a stillborn son and the exhausted princess died five hours later.












Queen Victoria (1819 - 1901)

England's longest reignning queen, Victoria grew up in kensington palace. her assession to the throne at 18 enabled her to escape from kensington. her happiness became complete when she married her cousin Albert of Saxe-coburg.
Victoria never recovered from the shock of Albert's death from typhoid she spent the rest of her life in morning.










Princess Margaret (1930 - 2002)

Margaret was forced to abandon her controversial romance with the divorced peter Townsend and later married photographer , Anthony Armstrong-Jones. she enjoyed mixing and partying with people drown from the arts, media and show business.







Diana, Princess of Wales (1961 - 1997)

Diana's wedding to prince Charles in July 1981 was watched by millions and the princess was soon established as a style icon. she moved into kensington palace soon after her marriage and remained her home until her death in Paris in 1997.














Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood's "dress for a rebellious princess" stands at the top of the staircase in the room of flight.












William Tempest
Williams installation called "A dress for dreaming of freedom" the dress is hung in queen Victoria's bedroom, a actress reads a story from a giant chair in the room of a sleeping princess.












Boudicca
A chandelier decorated with a silver and gold mannequin hang in the room of palace time


Aminaka Wilmont
this structural approach is softened by employing traditional fabrics such as silk fine cotton wool and elegant cotton which are embellished with bold graphics. a four post bed dominates the room of royal sorrows. Aminakas "drees of tears" is hung in queen Mary II's bedroom.


                            






Other areas at kensington palace.










Elizabethan Clothing



 
Victorian Clothing



Edwardian Clothing




D&G Fall 2009
























Alexander McQueen Fall 2008
 


Alexander McQueen Fall 2010




Gareth Pugh




Alexis Mabille Fall 2010




Givenchy Fall 2010


Christian Dior Fall 2004

 

Christian Dior Fall 2005



Christian Lacroix Fall 2008


Elizabethan Ruff






Katherine Wardooper
The 3D textiles designer made a collection of jewelry inspired by the shape of the Elizabethan ruff.









Cuffs
 
 

Corsets