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| I was wanting to make a lovely midnight blue gown and I had fallen in love with the "Unknown Young Girl Portrait" of 1569! It is thought to be Helena Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton. |
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Kentwell decided that 1997 would be 1569, the year Mary, Queen of Scots flees Scotland and comes to ask for help from her cousin, Queen Elizabeth! I needed a new gown as I did not have one appropriate for that year! |
| Research and Design |
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The gowns in this decade are very different from the typical Tudor gown (my favourite style!). The bodice is similar - there is sometimes the curved wide neckline, and the "V" waist. However, the closing tends to be front opening, and the sleeves are very different! |
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The ruff is now very much in evidence, but is neat and small - so is actually quite a pretty addition! The shoulders have very different treatment to the previous decade's fashions - there is a shoulder roll and it can be puffed and decorated to an inch of its life. |
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There are many portraits of this style of gown - even the Queen is seen wearing this particular fashion: |
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Unknown Girl. c.1569 Master of the Countess of Warwick. |
Queen Elizabeth I. c. 1560s/70s Unknown. |
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Many thanks for the Images to:- |
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