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  • 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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  • @LuzMaria95
    @LuzMaria95 Před 3 lety +3674

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

    • @sunayanisarkar3356
      @sunayanisarkar3356 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +20

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

  • @HocusPocus2891
    @HocusPocus2891 Před 3 lety +1373

    I love that Diana wore her family's tiara.

    • @randwickbelle
      @randwickbelle Před 3 lety +13

      they ALL wear their family's tiara

    • @DianiMutai
      @DianiMutai Před 3 lety +93

      @@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 Před 3 lety +2

      Doesn’t everyone?

    • @randwickbelle
      @randwickbelle Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 lety +6

      @@randwickbelle which crown did Kate have?

  • @aiko3799
    @aiko3799 Před 3 lety +1215

    SHE SAVED COUPONS, PERIODTT QUEEN.

    • @am-zj4mq
      @am-zj4mq Před 3 lety +14

      PLS

    • @e.6841
      @e.6841 Před 3 lety +8

      LMAO 😭😭😭

    • @garrywallace1007
      @garrywallace1007 Před rokem +9

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

    • @marissashantez6051
      @marissashantez6051 Před rokem +1

      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.

  • @Ryanmanification
    @Ryanmanification Před 3 lety +1129

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

    • @danielbergonzi7319
      @danielbergonzi7319 Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @threenorns3
      @threenorns3 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @Ryanmanification
      @Ryanmanification Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @jassewalton1768
      @jassewalton1768 Před 3 lety +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!

  • @yz4043
    @yz4043 Před 3 lety +312

    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!

  • @Tina06019
    @Tina06019 Před 3 lety +536

    Princess Elizabeth’s wedding dress was absolutely gorgeous.

    • @12345678abracadabra
      @12345678abracadabra Před 3 lety +8

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

    • @rhea4559
      @rhea4559 Před 3 lety +6

      @@fthurman who was talking about diana 👁👄👁

    • @iluvphh3697
      @iluvphh3697 Před 3 lety +7

      @@fthurman no the first comment is not edited lmao

    • @ProudKansan08
      @ProudKansan08 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety

      @@fthurman ?💀

  • @ilexx3146
    @ilexx3146 Před 3 lety +408

    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 Před 3 lety +28

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

    • @rebeccachulski3797
      @rebeccachulski3797 Před 3 lety +23

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

    • @hayleyy_.j
      @hayleyy_.j Před 3 lety +8

      Personally, I LOVED her wedding dress!

    • @berightback87
      @berightback87 Před 3 lety +6

      it was beautiful

    • @suzannalytle2758
      @suzannalytle2758 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @danaroth598
    @danaroth598 Před 3 lety +162

    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 Před 3 lety +17

      Anne was all about puffed sleeves! 😍🥰

    • @mousehouse3591
      @mousehouse3591 Před 2 lety +9

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

  • @DenaInWyo
    @DenaInWyo Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +35

      It was definitely spoken about a lot at the time.

    • @taralynn7712
      @taralynn7712 Před 3 lety +53

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

    • @ginaludwig7532
      @ginaludwig7532 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +25

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

    • @karensmyth1215
      @karensmyth1215 Před 2 lety +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

  • @SWLinPHX
    @SWLinPHX Před 3 lety +281

    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 Před 3 lety +10

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

    • @Zzmora
      @Zzmora Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +1

      You described it perfectly!!

    • @di7209
      @di7209 Před 2 lety +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 Před rokem

      It was horrible

  • @theteretet
    @theteretet Před 3 lety +202

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

  • @samanthawalcott8053
    @samanthawalcott8053 Před 3 lety +1782

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

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      @PutyourtrustinAllah Před 3 lety +1

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  • @zzxfza
    @zzxfza Před 3 lety +457

    It’s so crazy how fashion changes throughout the years

    • @ashleydowney1222
      @ashleydowney1222 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ashleydowney1222 tiktok helped shift fashion trends-

    • @idontevenknow639
      @idontevenknow639 Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @lizzi7128
      @lizzi7128 Před 3 lety +1

      @@idontevenknow639 ooh I hope so!

    • @di7209
      @di7209 Před 2 lety +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

  • @LittleOrangeCows
    @LittleOrangeCows Před 3 lety +868

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

    • @mallorymccarthy.
      @mallorymccarthy. Před 3 lety +23

      thank god someone else noticed

    • @drartemisa21
      @drartemisa21 Před 3 lety +15

      were the past ones that bad?

    • @bellahernandez8566
      @bellahernandez8566 Před 3 lety +60

      @@drartemisa21 Unfortunately they were 🙈

    • @drartemisa21
      @drartemisa21 Před 3 lety +28

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

    • @loltadynicneni913
      @loltadynicneni913 Před 3 lety +23

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

  • @jasonhilton59
    @jasonhilton59 Před 3 lety +64

    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 Před rokem +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"

  • @minorchord
    @minorchord Před 3 lety +218

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

    • @edsrules1
      @edsrules1 Před 3 lety +11

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

  • @Clem20033
    @Clem20033 Před 3 lety +495

    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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +13

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

    • @rejoyce318
      @rejoyce318 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @msiebz
    @msiebz Před 3 lety +611

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

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      @naomitv6068 Před 3 lety +1

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    • @adammackay6863
      @adammackay6863 Před 3 lety +29

      It hurts to hear how confidently she says Westminster abbey

    • @helenw6594
      @helenw6594 Před 3 lety +29

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

    • @abbyc5995
      @abbyc5995 Před 3 lety +8

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

    • @justbelieve9553
      @justbelieve9553 Před 3 lety +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. :)

  • @faycourt3892
    @faycourt3892 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @boadecia1433
      @boadecia1433 Před 3 lety +7

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

    • @ProudKansan08
      @ProudKansan08 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @susangavaghan
    @susangavaghan Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @anny1613
      @anny1613 Před 2 lety +2

      There’s no point in toning down such dress.

    • @annethomson4920
      @annethomson4920 Před rokem +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

  • @spiritmatter1553
    @spiritmatter1553 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @Marcoplo
      @Marcoplo Před 3 lety +2

      huge in the 50s too

    • @spiritmatter1553
      @spiritmatter1553 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @marloflanagan7421
      @marloflanagan7421 Před 3 lety +4

      My bouquet had them. I was married in 1991.

    • @spiritmatter1553
      @spiritmatter1553 Před 3 lety +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!

  • @Ryanmanification
    @Ryanmanification Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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. ☺️

  • @elizabethredmond5517
    @elizabethredmond5517 Před 3 lety +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 Před rokem +1

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

  • @samca51
    @samca51 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @cc1k435
      @cc1k435 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @patriciagriswold6060
    @patriciagriswold6060 Před 3 lety +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 Před rokem

      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.

  • @peterpaul9644
    @peterpaul9644 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @dawnochs2018
      @dawnochs2018 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @kimberleydenham8308
    @kimberleydenham8308 Před 3 lety +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 Před 6 měsíci

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

  • @sonyakinsey4376
    @sonyakinsey4376 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @onikaconstantine8861
    @onikaconstantine8861 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @wandawilkinson9239
    @wandawilkinson9239 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @TheKyPerson
    @TheKyPerson Před 3 lety +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.

  • @reylatable
    @reylatable Před 3 lety +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 .

  • @Reticence9zen924
    @Reticence9zen924 Před 3 lety +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').

  • @mckenna8663
    @mckenna8663 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +10

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

    • @booker0110
      @booker0110 Před 3 lety

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

  • @talithacrow7530
    @talithacrow7530 Před 3 lety +46

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

    • @mollysmith6055
      @mollysmith6055 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety

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

    • @ruthirwin8222
      @ruthirwin8222 Před 3 lety +5

      I loved it

    • @kunya16
      @kunya16 Před 3 lety +4

      That was my dream dress growing up.

    • @janehollander1934
      @janehollander1934 Před 3 lety +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...😔

  • @Ryanmanification
    @Ryanmanification Před 3 lety +479

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

    • @b.3049
      @b.3049 Před 3 lety +7

      Not anymore 😳 they’ve all passed away

    • @SjofnBM1989
      @SjofnBM1989 Před 3 lety +13

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

    • @MoonlightCharizard
      @MoonlightCharizard Před 3 lety +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.

  • @lilyann168
    @lilyann168 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +2

      I don’t understand that reasoning at all🤔

    • @jessicag630
      @jessicag630 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @chloec7684
    @chloec7684 Před 3 lety +37

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

    • @danielbergonzi7319
      @danielbergonzi7319 Před 3 lety +8

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

    • @julietteangeli
      @julietteangeli Před 3 lety +7

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

    • @julietteangeli
      @julietteangeli Před 3 lety +8

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

    • @danielbergonzi7319
      @danielbergonzi7319 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @TomRipley7350
    @TomRipley7350 Před 3 lety +142

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

    • @amaryllissanchez5696
      @amaryllissanchez5696 Před 3 lety +12

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

    • @ereagan4
      @ereagan4 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @caligulalonghbottom2629
      @caligulalonghbottom2629 Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @ditach3693
      @ditach3693 Před 3 lety +4

      I loved it.

  • @_unicorncorgi_
    @_unicorncorgi_ Před 3 lety +18

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

  • @Lionstar16
    @Lionstar16 Před 3 lety +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

  • @sarasmith99
    @sarasmith99 Před 6 měsíci +1

    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!

  • @merhona3472
    @merhona3472 Před 3 lety +314

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

    • @peterpaul9644
      @peterpaul9644 Před 3 lety +2

      Lmao

    • @spiritmatter1553
      @spiritmatter1553 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +40

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

    • @stormy7318
      @stormy7318 Před 3 lety +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

  • @alaamaadadi4187
    @alaamaadadi4187 Před 3 lety +41

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

  • @samtalkstoomuch8854
    @samtalkstoomuch8854 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @classicalchats7341
    @classicalchats7341 Před 3 lety +5

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

  • @robinhahnsopran
    @robinhahnsopran Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @modicabanesasii8297
    @modicabanesasii8297 Před 3 lety +51

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

  • @a.j.4644
    @a.j.4644 Před 3 lety +3

    Best ep yet. Kudos, Raissa and team.

  • @melvawages7143
    @melvawages7143 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @wendyp8488
    @wendyp8488 Před 3 lety +6

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

  • @iamqueenangelina
    @iamqueenangelina Před 3 lety

    Love these. Could watch these all day!

  • @Lady_dromeda
    @Lady_dromeda Před 3 lety +103

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

    • @lauras5359
      @lauras5359 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +64

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

    • @claudianowakowski
      @claudianowakowski Před 3 lety +30

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

    • @leonamay8776
      @leonamay8776 Před 3 lety +50

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

    • @faithnisbet2561
      @faithnisbet2561 Před 3 lety +8

      80s

  • @yoursaudifriend2976
    @yoursaudifriend2976 Před 3 lety +4

    This fashion historian is absolutely the best

    • @margaretlavender9647
      @margaretlavender9647 Před 2 lety

      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.

  • @deborahvandalsen857
    @deborahvandalsen857 Před 3 lety +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 Před 10 měsíci +1

      HM The Queen was 5 foot 4 inches.

  • @majakrstic7436
    @majakrstic7436 Před 3 lety +19

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

  • @1WFran
    @1WFran Před 3 lety

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

  • @samca51
    @samca51 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 .

  • @andymorgade7137
    @andymorgade7137 Před 3 lety +9

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

  • @Lvndera_yt
    @Lvndera_yt Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +4

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

  • @ForeverSweetx3
    @ForeverSweetx3 Před 3 lety +92

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

    • @yesterdayistoday8760
      @yesterdayistoday8760 Před 3 lety +18

      for the time it wasn't

    • @elisedasvin170
      @elisedasvin170 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @mollysmith6055
      @mollysmith6055 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @Farrah300
    @Farrah300 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @ArtGirl82
    @ArtGirl82 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices

    The new art looks amazing!!!

  • @leiknudsen7758
    @leiknudsen7758 Před 3 lety

    I love these so much! Thank you

  • @CarolynMilburn
    @CarolynMilburn Před 3 lety +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.

  • @LynnHermione
    @LynnHermione Před 3 lety +49

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

  • @jayneterry8701
    @jayneterry8701 Před rokem +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 Před 2 lety +1

    I love this fashion history!!

  • @saharajvs
    @saharajvs Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety

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

  • @sapphire7424
    @sapphire7424 Před 3 lety

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

  • @pattileff6931
    @pattileff6931 Před 3 lety

    Really a joy to watch

  • @thebimbotransgirl
    @thebimbotransgirl Před 2 lety +1

    this is so iconic 💕

  • @ash34005
    @ash34005 Před měsícem

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

  • @francescaderimini4422

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

  • @eelsteele7528
    @eelsteele7528 Před 3 lety +1

    Such an interesting video; loved it

  • @chelseagirl278
    @chelseagirl278 Před 3 lety +5

    Love your Corgi pin!

  • @TheGhostButterfly
    @TheGhostButterfly Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @jaslavie
    @jaslavie Před 3 lety

    HER HAIR IS GORGEOUS

  • @shannonparis30
    @shannonparis30 Před 3 lety +1

    Now I want to watch this show

  • @alexandramurphy2665
    @alexandramurphy2665 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @renataespinosaangel8986
    @renataespinosaangel8986 Před 3 lety +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

  • @ridgewalker5718
    @ridgewalker5718 Před 3 lety +1

    Her dress is still a beautiful design today. Timeless.

  • @Erin-gd7os
    @Erin-gd7os Před 3 lety +2

    love the corgi pin!!!!

  • @victoriaw5885
    @victoriaw5885 Před 3 lety

    I love these videos! 😍🥰

  • @andihubb
    @andihubb Před 3 lety +1

    Yayyy, Raissa!! 🥰

  • @sandyk7611
    @sandyk7611 Před 3 lety +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

  • @adammackay6863
    @adammackay6863 Před 3 lety +17

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

  • @Lionstar16
    @Lionstar16 Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @jessicavictoriacarrillo7254
      @jessicavictoriacarrillo7254 Před 3 lety +1

      Perish the thought

    • @Lionstar16
      @Lionstar16 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @malinhessedahl
    @malinhessedahl Před 3 lety

    Love this videos❤❤ Love this youtubechannel❤❤

  • @TomRipley7350
    @TomRipley7350 Před 3 lety +3

    The Corgi pin is a lovely touch. ,🇬🇧

  • @razor3633
    @razor3633 Před 3 lety +17

    okay but like can we talk about how stunning you are :00000

  • @juliestrickland2145
    @juliestrickland2145 Před 2 lety

    Loving the corgi pin for this video!

  • @JagoffCitizen
    @JagoffCitizen Před 3 lety +3

    The the Queen's outfit for the investiture of the Prince of Wales (worn by Olivia Colman, 1:01) has been interpreted with a lack of feel for the original line, so that the finished piece ends up looking like a 70s Dr Who costume.

  • @devonheart1029
    @devonheart1029 Před 3 lety +17

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

  • @francescabanno9761
    @francescabanno9761 Před 3 lety +3

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

  • @amaryllissanchez5696
    @amaryllissanchez5696 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @jlee4039
    @jlee4039 Před 3 lety +3

    The Corgi pin is a nice touch. 👌

  • @lindafredtrauffer8175
    @lindafredtrauffer8175 Před 3 lety

    Love your Corgi brooch!