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Originally Posted by Thomas Parkman
I understand that the magnificent Queen Mary wore clothing that had been re-enforced to enable her to wear the enormous weight of the jewels she habitually wore. You look at that stomacher of hers and can see if there were not some kind of something the possiblities for an enormous and historic social faux pas are enormous.
Of course the sailors in the Royal Navy used to call the Most Royal Bosom of Queen Mary Cartier's counter because of all the jewels with which it was customarily bedecked. Cheers
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I hadn't heard about that comment - I like it!!
Of course, you have to remember that not only were her bodices well reinforced by whalebone "stays" but also that even her large "stomachers" were in fact made up of a number of individual pieces. This means that the overall weight was divided up down the front of the material, rather than being one huge item on only one pin.
It says a lot for couture clothing that the structure is so well designed that you never see a hint of "pull" or "drag" from these very large pieces - even today...
I wonder what treat is in store for us today at the Easter Sunday church service (Windsor)?