The Gallery of FashionThis study of the role of costume in portraiture, illustrated in colour throughout, takes 100 examples from the National Portrait Gallery's collections, ranging from the magnificence of the Tudor monarchs to the often understated yet equally telling costume of the 1990s, and through them explores the purpose and original context of the dress in which each sitter chose to be recorded. |
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Albert Museum appearance Beningbrough Hall black silk black velvet blue bobbin lace Bodelwyddan Castle bodice braid breeches Catherine Charles clothing collar colour cravat cuffs curls decorated Denbighshire Denbighshire NPG depicted doublet draperies dress Duchess Dyck Earl eighteenth century elegant élite Elizabeth embroidered emphasised English fabrics famous fashion formal France frock coat George gloves gown grey hair hairstyle Henry Jean Muir jewelled jewellery John John Closterman lace Lady LADY DILKE leather linen London NPG male Mary masculine Montacute House Museum of Costume Museum of London National Portrait Gallery neck Oil on canvas Oil on panel painted pearls photograph pink portraiture pose Prince of Wales PRINCESS OF WALES Queen ribbon round Roy Strong royal ruff Self-portrait shirt shoulders silver sitter skirt sleeves style suit trousers Unknown artist Victoria and Albert vogue waist waistcoat wardrobe wears white satin white silk William women woollen worn Yorkshire NPG