Out of respect for Queen Elizabeth II, members of the British royal family will be adhering to a somber dress code for Monday's state funeral.
The royal funeral dress code has long been a symbol of grief and propriety. Elizabeth II wore a long veil following the passing of her father, King George VI.Even the modern department store was born from the nascent funeral industry. Around the 1840s, Strasdin said, the"massive emporiums" that cropped up in London and Paris were meant to serve as a single stop for funerary needs.A person's mourning style"served as a visual symbol of grief...
Black was briefly retired in 1938, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II's grandmother, the Countess of Strathmore. A photograph shows the Queen Mother wearing a white dress designed by Norman Hartnell to honor her mother's passing.
For a year and a day, widows were expected to wear full mourning attire, known as"widow's weeds," which consisted of matte black crepe fabric with no embellishments, according to Strasdin. As one's grief faded, colors and other fabrics could be slowly reintroduced. Finally, for the last six months of the two-and-a-half-year period,"half mourning" garments could be worn in white, gray, pale yellow, or shades of lilac or lavender.
The stages of grief were indicated by fabric choice, color and adornment. Queen Alexandra purposefully loosened the rigid codes for mourning attire set under Victoria.Victoria's eternal show of grief was unpopular with her subjects as it encouraged a more rigid dress code, Strasdin notes. Her daughter-in-law, Queen Alexandra, marked a shift, loosening restrictions when Queen Victoria passed and after her own eldest son died.
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