The largest statevisit!

Saturday 14 juni 2008 in Baarn.

The preparations

A big show like this takes a long period of preperations. As models we only see the last part of this long proces. By the time we get involved al of the costumes are already made aswell as the wigs, jewelry and all other accessories. All this has been created by carefull study of old paintings of European royals. Racks full with the most beautifull historical costumes!

The crown are also specialy made by the people of Oud-Oranje just like most of the jewelry.

The wigs didn't only needed to be in the right colours but also dressed in the right style.

her the wig belonging to Blue's costume of berengaria of Navarro inbetween Marie Antoinette's wig and the 'housecap' of Catharina of Aragon. for obvious reasons Blue kept calling it the Pocahontaswig...

The fitting sessions were the first time we saw the corstumes which left us quit impressed. Here a dateil of the dress of Elisabeth I of England. The whole costume wheighs more then 25 kilo and is decorated with more then 11.000 pearls that are all hand sown onto the dress.

Ronald got to fit his costume first. Whould the breastplate (cuirass) fit properly? It did and Ronald finaly got an sence of how heavy it realy was. After all he had to move around for a whole day wearing it.

It was a little weird to be wearing these cuffs with that lace collar but it is kinda cute...In the background the dress of Elisabeth I

An orange sash finishes it of Ronald as Frederik Hendrik of Oranje-Nassau.

During an earlier show Blue had worn the outfit of Christina I of Sweden. After that she asked if it was possible to where a proper dress during the next show. Here a detail of the cloak.

And o boy, did she get to wear a dress! She got te be Berengaria Of Navarro, wife of Richard Lionhart. This meant that she got to wear a beautifull dark green medieval dress. Since the first fitting Blue was completely in love with her dress. Here the bronze girdle.

A bronze bracelet, this bronze necklace and a gorgeous crown made the picture complete.

This is what Blue looked like as berengaria (without the wig) with husband Richard lLonhart at her side.

Not only did we get to see our own corstumes but also those of others. Here Catharina of Aragon during a fitting.

Since we had brought our camera along, we took this opertunaty to make some pictures of all the beautifull details of the different costumes. Like the sleeves of Catharina's dress.

We also ran into Henry VIII of Engeland during our fittings. At the bottum of this page I have placed a few short films that includes henry's fitting.

The detailing on this costume as all the other costumes is so amazing. here again the sleeves.

Filmpjes

Fitting with Elisabeth of Austria (Sissi).

Fitting with Henry VIII and Victoria of Engeland.

Fitting with Henry VIII and Victoria of Engeland. (part 2)

Fitting with Christina of Sweden