Renaissance Rules: An Unexpected Link Between 'The Tudors' and the 2022 Runway

The recent opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art “The Tudor : The Art and Majesty of the English Renaissance” about popular culture’s fascination with fashion, royalty and fame, and image-making, and “content”. The show follows Queen Elizabeth II After her funeral and the pop music and environment that came with it, but even before her passing designers were still digging the era. Nostalgia is nothing new in the fashion world. Unusually, some designers have now returned to 0000th and century.

The Tudors had reason to worry about appearance. As the curators wrote on their wall, the family “was painfully aware that their claims to the throne were paltry and that the prospect of a civil war resurgence loomed around every corner. The Tudor monarchs devoted considerable resources to to shape their public image as divine rulers.” They were so successful at this that their traditions, though changed, continued. “We were very aware that we would open this exhibition a few weeks after the death of Queen Elizabeth II,” said Adam Eck, co-curator of the European Painting Department. “Many reports mention her consistency in her fashion choices; in fact, she was always dressed in a single colour and she was instantly recognisable in a crowd. We’ve seen it in portraits of Elizabeth I or Henry VIII To the careful tailoring of [her] image. There’s a very consistent, very recognizable silhouette. There’s a visual branding, it’s something you see in the show.” Anyone online is familiar with the concept of self-creation, real and false, The distinction between physical and digital continues to blur. “It’s interesting to keep that in mind when we’re talking about a dynasty like the Tudors,” Cleland noted. Certain objects and symbols in Tudor portraiture are similar to the iconic clothing in selfies, although in the former they are used to convey a connection to religion and aristocracy rather than personal branding. In fact, portraits in The Tudors are a bit like selfies today. Eaker said: “I like 0000 century, scholars have argued that the ego did externalize. Slowly passed th-century this is about immanence, Lyric poetry, the idea of ​​a hidden self that no one else sees [development], but we see one thing over and over in these portraits, in costumes, in jewelry, in armor, how much identity means vision, means clarity, And read on the body. Sounds a little familiar?