JAKARTA - The fashion journey of the late Queen Elizabeth II will be in the main spotlight at a major exhibition next year at Buckingham Palace. About 200 fashion collections, including dresses, jewelry, hats, and shoes, will be exhibited at an all-time largest exhibition to showcase the queen's clothing.
The exhibition titled Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Styleini will feature clothes from the queen's childhood to her reign, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of her birth.
One of the main collections that will be exhibited is Queen Elizabeth's wedding dress designed by famous designer Sir Norman Hartnell in 1947.
The exhibition, which will open next spring at King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, will trace Queen Elizabeth's life through clothes worn in her various official events and personal moments. The queen's fashion collection is now under the care of the ROyal Collection Trust, which also announced the exhibition.
One of the oldest clothes that is still standing and will be displayed is the wedding accompaniment dress made from silver lambes and tulles worn by the queen at the age of eight at the wedding of her uncle, Duke of Kent, in 1934.
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Some clothing also reflects diplomatic messages, such as green and white dresses made specifically for state banquets in Pakistan in 1961. This reflects the country's national color.
Relaxed dresses patterned from the 1970s that followed the fashion trend at that time will also be displayed, complete with design sketches and handwritten letters related to fashion choices.
Not only official clothing, the queen's daily clothes will also be exhibited, including equestrian jackets,gliding skirts, and head scarfs that are her trademark.
"In the year where she should be even 100 years old, this exhibition is a form of celebration of Queen Elizabeth's very British style and her eternal fashion legacy," said the exhibition curator and Deputy Surveyor of the King's Works of Art, Caroline de Guitaut, quoted from the Female First page.
Caroline added that this exhibition will show how the queen uses clothing options as part of her life narrative.
"From his active role in choosing clothes, his understanding of the symbolic power of clothing, to the extraordinary expertise behind each dress." he said.
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