Friday, June 1, 2012

The Queen.

In honor of this weekend's Diamond Jubilee celebrating Queen Elizabeth's 60 year reign on the British throne, I present

The Queen as painted by Lucien Freud


The Queen's Norman Hartnell designed coronation dress


The Queen in her coronation dress


Updated: The Queen's Roger Vivier gold fleur-de-lis ruby encrusted coronation shoes (thank you for the suggestion from one of our RARE vintage blog readers.  I can not believe I forgot the ruby slippers!)



The Queen photographed by Cecil Beaton


The Queen photographed by Annie Liebowitz


The Queen's enormous pink diamond, the Williamson Diamond Brooch, by Cartier


The Queen in her enormous pink diamond brooch


The Queen, Michelle Obama and the Queen's trusted purse


The Queen and her Corgis


The Queen in a hat


and The Queen all dolled up and in a crown



2 comments:

  1. Love this post! The Queen has inspired my next outfit with her dolled up photo. If only I had a crown!

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  2. I say buy the little crown Marc Jacobs did for Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2012 and have a royal good time!! Glad you like d the post!

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