Harper Valley PTA

sartorialadventure:

Russian court dresses, late 19–early 20th centuries

1. Court dress worn by Maria Feodorova, 1880s
2, 4, 5, 7. Court dress of Grand Duchess Xenia, sister of Nicholas II
3. Court dress of Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas I
6. Court dress of Tsarina Alexandra, 1905-06, produced under Olga Bulbenkova’s supervision, embroidery probably by nuns of Novotikhvinsky Convent
8. Court dress of a maid of honor, late 19th–early 20th century