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Fashioning the Crown (Livestream)
Join bestselling author Justine Picardie in conversation with V&A senior curator Oriole Cullen for a compelling history of the Crown told through the lens of royal fashion.
From the birth of the house of Windsor in 1917, its leading women faced the perils of abdication and assassination, revolution and the rise of fascism, the threat of invasion and all-out war. Their sartorial decisions, alongside those of their royal husbands, projected power and perpetuity, diplomacy and defiance.
Drawing on original research in the Royal Archives and her own experiences at Balmoral, Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, Justine Picardie’s latest book, Fashioning the Crown (Faber) tells a cinematic story of espionage and exquisite couture. In conversation with the V&A’s Oriole Cullen, Picardie will explore the reinvention of the British monarchy and how royal fashion has long been wielded as a weapon.
This talk will be held on Zoom and all ticketholders will receive a link to view the morning of the talk. It will also be recorded for those not able to join live.
