The Queen wore the wind, and the British followed for 70 years

Source: Global Times

This year marks queen Elizabeth II's 70th year on the throne. For many people in the UK, she is not only a national symbol, but also plays an influential role in the food, clothing, shelter and transportation of the people all the time. The Queen's dressing style alone has been emulated by the British from the 1950s onwards.

The "queen style" of the fashion industry

In the British fashion circle, there is a word that is reserved for the Queen of England - "queenstytle". Despite the changing trends in the fashion world, the Queen's dressing style has never been outdated for 70 years. Back in 1959, the Queen wore a lemon-colored lace lace dress to a cocktail party at Windsor Castle. Decades later, designers of major fashion brands have invariably launched lace cutouts in the spring and summer fashion models.

For her dressing style, the British media will take stock and summarize it from time to time. For example, the queen never dresses the same, some media have calculated that the 95-year-old Queen of England has worn more than 10,000 pieces of clothing in public. Vogue, a fashion magazine, once made the Queen's clothes for a year into a rainbow-like list of pictures. The queen's favorite clothing color is blue, and various blue clothing accounts for nearly 30% of the year, followed by clothes with flowers, accounting for more than 10%. Also green and milky white. Beige is the least often worn color by queens, accounting for only 1%. In the early years, it was common for the queen to attend different events every day and change four or five sets of clothes a day. Regardless of the number, the Queen's style of dressing has also attracted everyone's attention, and she has stepped out of her unique fashion path with bright colors. Although there are also different voices in the queen's dress evaluation, some people think that her suit style is too single color and too colorful, but most people think that the queen's dignified and atmospheric combination is a model of elegance.

Leopard print, cutouts, candy colours... Although the queen has her own style, she will not miss these fashion elements, and whenever the queen appears in public, her costume will become the object of imitation. For example, at the launch of a fashion brand in 2008, people saw that the headscarf worn by the model was the same as that of the queen not long ago.

Dress with attention to matching details

In fact, dress conservatively and pragmatically is the daily life style of most Britons. The British gradually moved from the medieval manor life to the Industrial Revolution era, and Victorian life made the British dress culture more practical and popular. But today's Queen can hold the British people's clothing tastes high. In addition to quantity and color, the queen pays great attention to detail in her dress. People who have a heart have found that no matter what color of coat, the queen will wear a top hat of the same color. Renowned designer Freddie Fox designed hats for the Queen for 34 years, most notably with pink bells at the celebration of her 25th anniversary. Fox said the hat became a sign for her, making her stand out from the crowd. The edges of her hat are slightly upturned so that people can see her face clearly and make sure the hat doesn't get blown away by the wind. In addition, the length of the coat or skirt that the Queen wears every day is basically 5 cm below the knee. This length design is converted according to the golden ratio of the skirt, which will look more elegant and decent visually.

In addition, in the United Kingdom, where the rainy season is frequent, the queen often needs an umbrella at hand. The Queen's umbrella is always carefully selected and matched. If you look closely, you will find that although she is holding a transparent umbrella, the color of the umbrella will change with the day's dress. The queen's umbrella has always come from The most well-known local rain gear brand, Fulton. Although Fulton is loved by the royal family, the price is not too high, between 18 and 30 pounds, which also makes many British people who have followed the queen's dress for many years willing to buy a hand in the store.

A few years ago, to celebrate her 90th birthday, the Queen personally selected 150 sets of her own costumes to display at the local museum, which was also the largest "Queen's Wardrobe" display. Visitors can see the most luxurious dresses shining in the light. These dresses are worn by the queen on important occasions, the fabric texture is superb, the colors are elegant and noble, the gemstones and embroidery are retro gorgeous and fashionable.

The number of queen's clothes is limited. How did she do it for decades without dressing in front of people? The Queen's Royal Designer, Stuart Parvin, revealed that the Queen's clothes are well managed by a computer system, each dress has a name, and there is also a choice of accessories in the system. "There are records of which clothes have been worn on what occasions. If she had met a foreign guest she had met again, we wouldn't have asked her to match the same thing, which is why many people think that the queen only wears one dress once. ”

Another aspect of the British learning to dress with the Queen is to pay attention to good clothes for a lifetime, and even pass them on. During the war years of strain, the Queen of England also changed her mother's clothes slightly and continued to wear them. Insisting on quality of life at all times is also the experience that many Britons have gained from the Queen's dressing style.

The eldest granddaughter-in-law took over the scepter of fashion

In fact, the current Queen Elizabeth II is not the first British monarch to lead the fashion trend for many years. Looking back at history, the British royal family has always tried to subvert and innovate in this regard. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, she changed the tapered skirt that women used to wear at that time, so that it became a skirt with embroidered sleeves, low neckline, and enlarged rings. Since the queen likes to dye her hair red all the time, the local women of England have followed suit and dyed their hair red.

Now, the Queen's eldest granddaughter-in-law, Kate, is taking over the Fashion Scepter in the Hands of the Queen and becoming a new target for the public to follow suit. However, unlike the Queen, Kate's dress did not return to the original unattainable magnificence of the royal family, nor did she inherit the shadow of the princess's dress. Before her marriage to Prince William, she had always loved street brands, and after marriage, she still kept dressed plainly and chose the british street brands. As one of the important ways to communicate with the people, Kate is vividly expressed by dressing close to the people. Some British street brands, as a result, have a royal aura, especially Kate wears, usually sold out of stock.