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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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