From her christening gown dating from 1926 to her neon green ensemble sported during the 2016 Trooping the Color, the official celebration of her 90th birthday, Elizabeth II's wardrobe has won the admiration of thousands of visitors, who were thronged the Buckingham drawing rooms in 2017 for the 'Fashioning a Reign: 90 Years of Style From the Queen's Wardrobe' exhibition.
In total, nearly 150 silhouettes revived almost a century of military and ceremonial clothing, gala dresses and outfits for family celebrations.
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Over the course of her reign, the British sovereign, one of the most photographed women in the world, had forged much more than a style, an image, like that of a pop star and recognizable among a thousand: high suits in color, always with a hat, a small black handbag at the bend of the elbow.
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