Why does Elizabeth II always wear colorful outfits?
THE WHY OF GOTHA - Her brightly colored wardrobe never ceases to amaze. However, the choice of the outfits of Elizabeth II is not only a taste of the Queen for colorful sets, but a well-honed strategy.
Pink, turquoise blue, neon green, yellow ... at each public outing, Elizabeth II seems to reinvent the concept of color. With her top hats and colorful outfits, it's hard not to make out the monarch in the crowd. If some can accuse it of bad taste, it would not be. These pallet choices would first and foremost be part of a well-established strategy. As the biographer Robert Hardman, author of Our Queen, the British monarch, reveals, "passionately modest" would decide to wear bright colors, for fear of not being recognized.
"My favorite remark from the Queen was: 'I can always wear beige because no one will know who I am," writes Robert Hardman, who has long followed the monarch. The royal dresser of Elizabeth II, Angela Kelly, therefore chooses acidulous tones, but never garish, which will bring out the Queen's peach complexion, as well as her blue eyes. Objective: to recognize it more easily during its outings. Choices far from the neutral palettes that Charles's mother can sport in private.
A carefully thought-out choice of outfit
In Our Rainbow Queen, published in 2019, the journalist and royal writer Sali Hughes also tells us that the Queen and her assistants take Her Majesty's itinerary into consideration before choosing an outfit: "She will not attend an engagement in a green place, like a racetrack or a party in a garden, in camouflaging green, ”she writes. "But she will be happy to deploy the green to stand out where it's needed."
Does Elizabeth II care about fashion? The answer is combined in the negative, as the sovereign is keen to dress in a classic and comfortable way. The fact remains that, like her mother, the Queen likes to have a little kitschy touch. Essential accessories, such as the bag, the family brooch, the earrings or the three-row pearl necklace, complete her outfits. "Her style is not to really have any. This neutrality is her image and her strength. The queen's wardrobe is very careful, always in tune with the event, easy to wear," said the Sunday Times. In short, an inimitable look.
