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...Vasconcelos, in a big pink jumper festooned with a pink butterfly brooch, nicely complements Lord R, smart in a pale blue shirt and aquamarine V-neck, when they convene in Waddesdon’s Dairy....
...Opera aficionados will be disappointed that David McVicar’s production of Don Carlo, new in February, comes back shorn of its idyllic first act depicting the Spanish infante and his designated bride, Elisabeth...
...A Falconetti-wearing bride will look back and think: ‘Yes I was cool and, wow, didn’t I look gorgeous in that dress? I still have it in my wardrobe.’”...
...Instead, seek out a flattering V and adjustable strap. And don’t forget to have a magic trick on hand if things go awry....
...The King continues to dispute claims that he ordered the killing of the rightful monarch Edward V and his younger brother Richard, then imprisoned in the Tower of London....
...In 2004, Wek became the first black model to play the prestigious role of Chanel bride (the closing look of the maison’s couture shows)....
...Puzzle 2380 Andreas Schmalz v Maia Lomineishvili, Bad Wiessee 2000....
...These grand ladies would charge themselves with limiting the supply of young women, smoothing out their differences, creating “a girl standard” of eligible brides, and then arranging spectacular parties...
...In return, he gets to riff on Henry V’s St Crispin’s Day speech, repurposed for canine ears — a pleasure to deliver, you suspect, the same way it is to hear. ★★★★☆ Available on Disney+ And Then We Danced...
...For Vevers, that meant youth fully optimistic shearling-trimmed bombers, V-neck sweaters and leather pencil skirts paired with colourful trainers and tube socks....
...The child who, as King George V, would be notorious for his brusque formality (and severity with his own children) looks out from the photo with a toddler’s imperious unease but the face of “Alix” — herself...
...Hans Mielich’s earnest “Albrecht V of Bavaria” has brought his wide-eyed pet lion....
...From the moment in 1623 when as a gauche, puny Prince of Wales he sought a bride in Madrid and returned instead with Titians and a passion for the European baroque, Charles became a connoisseur of Old Masters...
...In an arranged-marriage culture they pressure him with prospective brides....
...Eve, a pretty long silk dress with frilled V-neck (£599) had a waiting list before it launched....
...“In the olden days, the eldest son would get the farm, and his bride would be expected to come with sufficient dowry to pay off the other siblings.”...
...Or sarcastic, as in “Kitchen Bride”, which depicts a cheese grater bowing in deference. But always the drive was to depict what the body feels like within....
...The characters are unfathomable, from brides to angels and Mercury stand-ins in platform shoes; pompous, over-literal poses abound, along with much homoerotic smouldering in frightful unitards and swimwear...
...At their wedding in 1806, Wellington — who had not seen his bride for 10 years — muttered, “She has grown ugly, by Jove!”...
...curator of the V&A’s Wedding Dresses 1775-2014, which will feature gowns worn by Gwen Stefani; Margaret, Duchess of Argyll; and Dita Von Teese....
...Oscar de la Renta focused on swirling black silk capes with oversized hoods (from £1,245) and for those who fear a head-to-toe gothic look might be a little too Bride of Frankenstein, check out Christopher...
...She seems, in contrast with Diana, Princess of Wales, “precision-made, machine-made …capable of going from perfect bride to perfect mother, with no messy deviation”....
...Usually when a Chinese woman wears a red dress, she’s either a bride or a devil....
...The story: a young bride is “tamed” by her fiancé. She submits to him completely. Happy ending. (In one previous production, the bride slit her wrists instead.)...
...some of the most well-known costumes in cinema history from the green silk charmeuse gown worn by Keira Knightley as Cecilia Tallis in Atonement (2007) to the red beaded dress worn by Joan Crawford in The Bride...
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