Inside the Royal Wardrobe: A Dress History of Queen Alexandra

by Kate Strasdin

Book Overview

Queen Alexandra used clothes to fashion images of herself as a wife, a mother and a royal: a woman who both led Britain alongside her husband Edward VII and lived her life through fashion. Inside the Royal Wardrobeoverturns the popular portrait of a vapid and neglected queen, examining the surviving garments of Alexandra, Princess of Wales - who later became Queen Consort - to unlock a rich tapestry of royal dress and society in the second...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350102342
• ISBN13: 9781350102347
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"