All posts tagged: Edwardian

Princess Alice rocks

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Earlier this week I posted about Princess Alice, later Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark. If you haven’t gone to rate Alice’s dress, please do so now! (or at least after reading this post). Whether or not you agree with Alice’s fashion taste, it’s hard not to be amazed and impressed by her life. Alice, the great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and the mother of Prince Phillip, was born 25 Feb 1885. Early in her childhood it became apparent that Alice wasn’t learning to speak, and her grandmother finally realised that Alice was deaf. This didn’t stop the determined princess from learning to speak and lip read in English, German, French, and later, after she fell in love with Prince Andrew of Greece, Greek In 1903, Princess Alice married Prince Andrew, and devoted the rest of her life to charity work. Really. And not just your usual ‘pretty princess visits cutest children in hospital ward charity’. Serious charity. During the Balkan Wars, Alice worked as a nurse, earning international commendation. Following the wars, Greece went through …

Rate the dress: Princess Alice of Battenberg, Princess Andrew of Greece

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Reaction on last week’s 1782 fashion plate was decidedly mixed, and it just scraped in a pass with a final score of 6 out of 10. To be perfectly honest, I’m a little surprised. I thought it would get thoroughly flamed. It looked to me like the artist decided to combine every single popular trend into one dress. “It will have ruffles, and puffs, and a zone front, and lacing, and a caught up underskirt, and sabot sleeves, and some lace, and feathers, and bows, and a fichu, and elaborate trim, and…..!!!” This week, in honour of my fixation on Greek Key designs, let’s rate the dress of a Greek Princess. Specifically, how do you feel about Princess Alice of Battenberg, later Princess Andrew of Greek and Denmark, as painted by Philip de Lazlo in 1907?  Lazlo’s painting, now in the private collection of Prince Phillip (that guy who is married to Queen Elizabeth, who also happens to be Princess Alice’s son), depicts Alice in an evening gown that combines heavy ivory duchess satin and …