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May 10, 2021 · We continue our Fashion Favourites series with the trendsetting Princess (and later Queen) Alexandra of Denmark, who played a large role in women’s fashion for much of her marriage. Alexandra ...
1863. The wedding dress of Princess Alexandra of Denmark (the future Queen Alexandra) was worn at her wedding to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII from 1901 to 1910) on 10 March 1863 in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. It was the first in British royal history to be photographed while being worn.
May 18, 2018 · When Princess Alexandra of Denmark married the Prince of Wales, in 1863, to judge from the photograph, she looked a bit like a wedding cake. The silk satin dress was festooned with tulle and specially made Honiton lace which featured English roses, Irish shamrocks and Scottish thistles. It was all very fitting for the 18-year-old….
Mar 10, 2021 · 10th March 2021. It was one of the most talked about weddings of the 19th century. All eyes were on a young, Danish princess called Alexandra as she walked into St. George’s Chapel, Windsor on ...
- She Was Broke
- She Had A Dope Crib
- She Slept Soundly
- She Had to Bunk Up
- She “Waited”
- She Was A Dressmaker
- Her Fortunes Changed
- She Found A Match
- She Was The Last Pick
- She Landed in The Money
Alexandra of Denmark, or Alix as her family called her, was born in 1844 in Denmark. In her early years, Alexandra and her five siblings weren’t on anyone’s radar. They were only a small and insignificant cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg, the royal house in Denmark. She lived the first 18 years of her life in near-total obscurity. Her family ...
They say that the best things in life are free. While I haven’t personally gotten any of life’s luxuries free of charge—Caribbean cruise, anyone?—Alexandra definitely did. The penniless princess still lived a pretty charmed childhood. Alexandra grew up with her siblings in Copenhagen’s famed Yellow Palace, rent-free. And, to sweeten the deal, the p...
Alexandra’s childhood was short on luxuries—free palaces notwithstanding—but she still enjoyed the best things in life. Even her bedtime stories were epic. The famous Danish author Hans Christian Andersen used to come to the palace to personally read his stories to Alexandra and her siblings. This is the same guy who wrote The Little Mermaid, The U...
Despite enjoying some creature comforts, Alexandra couldn’t escape the reality of her impoverished family. Having a world-famous writer as a bedtime storyteller might have been more of a necessity than a luxury—she wasn’t sleeping on a bed of roses. Alexandra’s bedroom was a draughty old attic that she shared with her sister, Dagmar. And, to make m...
Alexandra was so poor that she had to do what few other royals—if any—have ever done. She had to do the unthinkable. The unimaginable. She had to, gulp...work for a living. Before her fortunes turned in her favor, Alexandra waited on tables. Picture a waitress in a stained apron with frazzled hair and a tiara. Oh, the indignity. Picryl
Alexandra must not have been the best waitress, or maybe her customers just weren’t very big tippers. Either way, waiting tables didn’t earn Alexandra enough money to live like the royal she was—or even like a commoner. Poor Alexandra couldn’t afford to buy the latest fashions, so she made her own clothes. Don't you worry though: It wouldn’t be lon...
After Alexandra’s spendthrift early years, her fortunes finally took a turn for the better in 1852. A political crisis of succession in Denmark made her father, of all people, next in line for the throne. Just like that, Alexandra and her family went from the bottom to the top. Suddenly, Alexandra and her sisters were extremely important royals on ...
Over in England, Queen Victoria was on the hunt for a wife for her son Albert Edward, the future King Edward VII. She enlisted the help of her daughter, who just so happened to be friendly with one very poor—but recently elevated—Alexandra of Denmark. After their families made contact, Alexandra met her prospective husband in a small town in German...
Queen Victoria eventually settled on Alexandra as the right match for her son, but she wasn't the Queen’s first choice—and she never would be. Apparently, after exhausting a long list of potential matches, the British royal family called Alexandra “the only one to be chosen.” That’s the British way of saying, “I guess you’ll do.” Poor Alexandra—if ...
With the match agreed upon, Edward VII proposed to Alexandra less than a year after meeting her. Finally, Alexandra would have the money to match her royal title, but she had no idea what traumas lay ahead. She would have a fairy tale wedding—and a nightmare marriage. But through all the tragedies that would come, she'd at least dress to impress. P...
Jan 22, 2015 · Princess Alexandra was barely 18 years old at the time of the wedding and she was very beautiful and tall in stature with a slim figure which was in sharp contrast to the women of the time who had much fuller figures. (Queen Victoria was barely five feet tall and rather plump!) Princess Alexandra’s wedding dress was created by Charles Worth ...
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Jul 20, 2021 · O ne of the most noteworthy features of Mid-Bustle Era (roughly 1876-1881), fashion was the advent of the princess line dress. Attributed to Charles Worth who supposedly created the style for Princess Alexandra’s wedding dress, the princess line style was characterized by the lack of the defined waist created by the conventional bodice/skirt combination as seen in these original photographs:
