#tudorstyle

Anne of The Thousand Days (1969) has my favorite Anne Boleyn movie costumes. Costume designer Margaret Furse won a well deserved Oscar for this movies costumes. My favorite aspect of Tudor fashion is the French hood, in film French hoods usually don’t have a veil attached like they did in real life they’re more like a headband; I’m usually on the side of historical accuracy, but I don’t mind because I love this look. The costumes aren’t historically accurate, stylistic choices were made, but it still evokes Tudor era fashion.

My sleeves may be green, but my lipsticks red...

One day I’ll make this dress! I love the combination of these champagne and pistachio colored brocades and the trim around the neckline. I like the silhouette, especially the bodice, it’s fitted beautifully. There isn’t much I have to say about this dress, just look at, it’s gorgeous. 

This buttercream gown is adorable! I love how all the little details like the choker and trim match and I love a sheer partlet. 

The iconic “B” pearl choker! The iconic “B” pearl choker! This necklace is my favorite historical jewelry piece. This necklace inspired Vivienne Westwood’s equally iconic mini bas relief choker. She wears the necklace on her wedding and coronation day. The necklace is worn with equally beautiful gowns. She does were a more historically accurate French hood with a veil with her wedding dress. Both dresses have interesting under sleeves, the coronation sleeves are two layers of fabric with a sheer bottom layer and a gold over layers with cut outs and pearls. The wedding sleeves are sheer with a ruffle cuff, resembling the chemise poking out from under the sleeves on real Tudor dresses. 

CONVERTED OLIVER

Oliver’s Wharf, Wapping

London dec 202 In Tudor gothic style, Oliver’s wharf was the first warehouse in Wapping, and one of the first of all the old warehouses, to be converted into housing. It has been described as "the most architecturally sophisticated warehouse" in its street. I personally love the naval architecture of these beautiful converted wharfs houses. I love the colors, with bright, gigant painted names, shiny blue or red metal pipes and frames, in contrast with dark bricks. There are so many examples of these style of houses along the river Thames from Tower Bridge to Canary Wharf, in both the river sides.

From: American Home. New York : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., March1929

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Jane Seymour was Queen of England from 1536 to 1537 as the third wife of King Henry VIII. She succeeded Anne Boleyn as queen consort following the latter's execution in May 1536.

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Jane was not as highly educated, she could read & write a little, but was much better at needlework & household management. Her needlework was reported to be beautiful & elaborate; some of her work survived as late as 1652, when it is recorded to have been given to the Seymour family.

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Jane became a maid-of-honour in 1532 to Queen Katharine, & went on to serve Queen Anne. The first report of Henry VIII's interest in Jane was in February 1536, about three months before Anne's execution!

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Jane was highly praised for her gentle, peaceful nature, being referred to as "gentle a lady as ever I knew" by John Russell & being named as "the Pacific" by the Imperial Ambassador Eustace Chapuys for her peacemaking efforts at court. According to Chapuys, she was of middling stature & very pale; he also commented that she was not of much beauty. However, John Russell stated that she was "the fairest of all the King's wives." Polydore Vergil commented that she was "a woman of the utmost charm in both character & appearance."

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Henry VIII was betrothed to Jane on 20 May 1536, just one day after Anne Boleyn's execution. They were married at the Palace of Whitehall, on 30 May 1536. As a wedding gift he made her a grant of 104 manors in four counties as well as a number of forests & hunting chases.

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She was publicly proclaimed queen on 4 June 1536. Her well-publicised sympathy for the late Queen Katharine & her daughter Mary showed her to be compassionate & made her a popular figure with the common people & most of the courtiers.

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She was never crowned because of PLAGUE in London.

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As queen, Jane was said to be strict & formal. Her motto as a queen was "Bound to obey & serve." 

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She gave birth to the future King Edward VI, on 12 October 1537.

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Jane's labour had been difficult, lasting two days & three nights, probably because the baby was not well positioned. After the christening, it became clear that she was seriously ill. She died on 24 October 1537 at Hampton Court Palace.

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When Henry VIII died in 1547, he was buried beside her, on his request, in the grave he had made for her.

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INTERESTING FACT - Through her maternal grandfather, she was a descendant of King Edward III's son Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence. Because of this, she & King Henry VIII were fifth cousins. She shared a great-grandmother, Elizabeth Cheney, with his second & fifth wives, Anne Boleyn & Catherine Howard!

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