01396nam a22002177a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020001800062040001200080082001900092100002900111245005500140260003300195300001000228520074100238650002900979650003601008942001101044952010401055999001901159OSt20260804160812.0260804b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780571394289  cAACR-II  a941.085092 PIC  aPicardie, Justine921341  aFashioning the crown: a story of power and couture  aLondon bFaber & Faberc2026  a448p.  aUnlike her distant ancestors, a queen isn't shielded from enemies by suits of armour. The women of the House of Windsor - Queen Mary, the Queen Mother, Wallis Simpson who would become Duchess of Windsor and Queen Elizabeth II - faced abdications and assassinations, revolutions, the rise of fascism and war. Their sartorial decisions projected power and perpetuity, diplomacy and even defiance. In this cinematic, vivid story of soft power and couture, Picardie uncovers the fascinating, little-known lives of the couturiers behind the clothes, figures like Hardy Amies, Edward Molyneux and Norman Hartnell, and traces the ways in which visual iconography safeguarded the monarchy even when their reign seemed to be hanging by a thread.  aHistory of Europe921342  aHistory of Great Britain921343  2ddccB  00102ddc4070aLBSNAAbLBSNAAd2026-08-04l0o941.085092 PICp186373r2026-08-04w2026-08-04yBA  c361836d361836