Category Archives: Dresses
My interview in The Lady magazine
Good afternoon! Here, in case you missed it, is a little interview for you, from THE LADY magazine… LUCY WORSLEY …is a historian, author, Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, and presenter for the BBC. She has fronted programmes including The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain, A Very British Romance and co-presented
Continue ReadingNew series: Empire of the Tsars, Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley
Tonight’s the night for our Russian adventures – if you follow me on Twitter you may have spotted that I spent a few weeks last summer following the Romanovs around their former domain. I hope you enjoy it if you get the chance to watch.
Continue ReadingTonight: I toast the Women’s Institute on BBC Two
Thanks so much for watching if you’ve visited me after tonight’s programme! Here’s a little more about it, from an article I wrote in this week’s Radio Times… ‘I recently found myself making jam in a village hall, the quintessential Women’s Institute activity, with a group of Hampshire ladies who included the “Chutney Champion” of
Continue ReadingI invite you to be my stylist … on the theme of ‘Tudor Magnificence’
Dear internet friends, Now obviously we discuss history and research and stuff like that on this blog. But we also like clothes and shoes, don’t we? And yes, these things matter. Certainly as an art historian I have no problem in agreeing that they can be propaganda of the highest order. At the moment, I
Continue Reading‘Tales from the Royal Wardrobe’ – what it’s all about
I’m happy to be able to direct you to a smorgasbord of information about our new documentary, ‘Tales from the Royal Wardrobe’, that’s going to be shown on Monday night at 9 on BBC Four. Here you can read the articles I wrote for its BBC webpages… Here’s the story of how it all came
Continue ReadingI spend three hours getting dressed as Elizabeth I.
How did Elizabeth I get dressed? I wanted to know! There’s no doubt that the queen had quite an extraordinary shape, if the portraits are to be believed. If you visit a Historic Royal Palace it’s quite possible that you’ll see an Elizabeth I wandering round in a replica of the dress you can see
Continue ReadingHistory’s most blingtastic weddings
When reality TV star Kim Kardashian married the hip-hop artist Kanye West last month, Grazia magazine called it ‘the most blingtastic, ‘krazy’ wedding of all time’. The occasion cost $12 million, half a million of them going on the dress alone. It even had its own room at the hotel. But this was more than a
Continue ReadingOff to Buckingham Palace for a Garden Party
If you’re a Twitter or Facebook follower of mine, you’ll have already seen my Buckingham Palace Garden Party Hat I wore on Tuesday. I hired my vintage 1940s tricorn number from this terrific shop run by my friend the Top Tottie herself. Hats have been a topic of conversation in our office for some time.
Continue ReadingWhen a geek goes to Fashion Week
In case you missed it when it was in t’paper… ‘My first thought on hearing that ES [The Evening Standard’s glossy magazine] wanted to send me to London Fashion Week to lose my fashion-show virginity was glee. As a curator at London’s Historic Royal Palaces, I look after a vast collection of gowns, and BBC
Continue ReadingA frivolous article about my purple gloves
Can you believe anyone would want to publish an article about MY GLOVES? Well, yes they did! ‘Personal Style, Lucy Worsley’, as told to David Hayes. From The Financial Times, 9 November 2013 ‘My favourite accessory is a pair of long purple leather gloves. They are about five years old and are in a very
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