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he moment you fi rst see the opening credits for The Crown,

you’re hooked: gold melting and morphing, magic-realism-style,

into the frame of a crown as a haunting theme song plays.

For jewelry nerds hoping there would be actual crowns in The

Crown — and tiaras and other royal jewels! — the metallurgical drama of this

graphic seemed to say: Oh yeah.

The costuming of The Crown did not disappoint. Season one opens in the

post-War years with two teenage princesses darting around Windsor Castle

wearing either capris or lavish, full skirts with pearls, gloves, and plenty of

sparkly tiaras.

As that season progresses, we watch these women morph, like the crown

itself, into young adulthood and their own separate personas. The young

Queen Elizabeth takes on the zipped-up splendor of the monarchy while

meeting fashion icons like Jackie

Kennedy; Princess Margaret be-

comes ever more chic and daring.

Claire Foy and Vanessa Kirby

made perfect models for the fashion

and jewels of the day. And the cos-

tume designers who dressed them —

Michele Clapton (Game of Thrones)

in season one and Jane Petrie in

season two — took full advantage.

Costuming

The Crown

Clothing and jewelry in the popular

Netflix series By Cathleen McCarthy

A display of replicas of the coronation

robes of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with

an image of Elizabeth at her coronation

from The Crown.

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