{"id":194521,"date":"2026-04-12T17:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/194521\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T17:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:00:32","slug":"queen-elizabeths-fashion-was-considered-too-modern-for-its-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/194521\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s fashion was considered too modern for it&#8217;s time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/659659_092257_updates.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Queen Elizabeth's fashion was considered too modern for it's time\"\/>Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s off-shoulder moment that ran the show at film night<\/p>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s wardrobe choices have long carried a sense of occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Few of the Queen\u2019s looks have achieved the lasting fame of the black off-the-shoulder gown she wore in 1956 for the Royal Film Performance of The Battle of the River Plate at London\u2019s Empire Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Designed by Sir Norman Hartnell, the elegant Bardot-style dress marked a bold departure from the more traditional silhouettes of the era.<\/p>\n<p>The event, held on 29 October 1956, brought together members of the Royal Family including Princess Margaret and the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most talked-about moments of the evening came when Queen Elizabeth II met Marilyn Monroe, the American screen icon whose star power defined Hollywood\u2019s golden age.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two women both born in 1926 represented very different worlds of influence, yet their brief encounter became one of the most photographed royal-cinema meetings of the decade.<\/p>\n<p>The gown itself, preserved in royal fashion history archives, continues to be referenced as one of Hartnell\u2019s most daring royal creations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Its sleek black design, paired with the Queen\u2019s tiara helped cement the image of a monarch equally at home in ceremonial duty and cultural events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s off-shoulder moment that ran the show at film night Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s wardrobe choices have long&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-194521","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-queens","12":"tag-queens-headlines","13":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}