ROBES IMPERIALES de Maria FEDEROVNA, Tsarine de Russie, mère de NICOLAS II

This 1892 Worth evening dress has a lace bertha and epaulettes complemented by engageantes above a bodice and skirt of mildly contrasting materials.

Keywords: 1892, Worth, Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), Princess, Tsaritsa, Glucksberg family, Romanov family, off shoulder scoop neckline, bertha, lace, epaulettes, elbow length leg-o-mutton sleeves, engageantes, vee waistline, A-line skirt, bustle, train, ruffles, floral bodice ornament

This 1894 Worth dress worn by Maria Feodorovna has pronounced leg-o-mutton sleeves and a waist band to set off her waistline. The color selection had to have been difficult for the Worth staff.

Keywords: 1894, Worth, Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), Princess, Tsaritsa, Glucksberg family, Romanov family, vee neckline, fichu, lace, elbow length close leg-o-mutton sleeves, bows, cuffs, engageantes, waist band, A-line skirt, bustle

Maria Feodorovna's 1898 Worth dress has much reduced leg-o-mutton sleeves and the bodice forms the turn-of-the-century shallow-vee waistline.

Keywords: 1898, Worth, Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), Princess, Tsaritsa, Glucksberg family, Romanov family, under-bodice, high enclosing neckline, fichu, lace, long tight high leg-o-mutton sleeves, cuffs, over-bodice, shallow-vee waistline, A-line skirt, bustle, ruffles

Elizabeth Ann Coleman wrote in The Opulent Era — Fashions of Worth, Doucet and Pingat pp. 68-69 (1989), "Charles Frederick Worth made it a principle to encourage the various industries related to the dressmaking trades in France in response to the ongoing support he received from them. The greatest benefactors were to be the textile mills in Lyon. Worth and his heirs sought to bring renewed and continuing prosperity to this city long famed for its fine textile commodities. Upon the death of Charles Frederick, one of the first actions of the Worth sons was to send a substantial order for the most magnificent materials known to the silk manufacturers of Lyon, affirming that the house would carry on its tradition of employing only the very best. For the next twenty years, up to World War I, singular fabrics were one of the glories of Maison Worth." The attention paid by Worth to opulent materials shows in this dress worn by Maria Feodorovna in 1898.

Keywords: 1898, Worth, Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), Princess, Tsaritsa, Glucksberg family, Romanov family, vee neckline, modesty piece, bertha, lace, strap sleeves, criss-cross bodice, downturned waistline, A-line skirt, bustle, ruffles

 

Compared to the mind-blowing dresses made using luxurious materials often worn by Maria Feodorovna, this dress is comparatively modest. The jacket forms a shallow-vee waistline that, with the sleeves, leads me to believe this dress was made around 1900.

Keywords: Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), Princess, Tsaritsa, Glucksberg family, Romanov family, jacket bodice, high neckline, buttons, long close sleeves, natural waistline, A-line skirt

  

 

 

Here is another gorgeous Worth dress worn by Maria Feodorovna, this time in the 1900s, with close sleeves adorned with beaded tulle and lace. Her large jabot is hung like a cone with the apex at her neckline so large parts of the inside are visible; it is so large that it hides most of the lapels of what could be her jacket bodice. Panels of beaded tulle rest on her jacket bodice like the panels of a vest.

Keywords: Worth, Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), Princess, Tsaritsa, Glucksberg family, Romanov family, under-bodice, high enclosing neckline, jabot, lace, long tight sleeves, cuffs, shallow-vee waistline, A-line skirt

 

This mono-colored Brisac of St. Petersburg dress looks like a hybrid of a French high fashion gown and Russian court dress.

Keywords: Brisac - Auguste, Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), Princess, Tsaritsa, Glucksberg family, Romanov family, bateau neckline, revers, elbow length close sleeves, engageantes, shallow-vee waistline, A-line skirt, train

 

  

  

 

This selection shows how Maria Feodorovna liked white dresses with substantial trimming, but always showed good taste. The right dress uses spangled muslin to cover a petticoat with a pleated edge. The left dress is from the 1900s, and I believe the right dress is from the later 1890s due to the waistlines of both dresses.

Keywords: Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), Princess, Tsaritsa, Glucksberg family, Romanov family, bateau neckline, high neckline, ruffles, elbow length close sleeves, quarter length close sleeves, blouson bodice, waist band, shallow-vee waistline, A-line skirt, train

 

 

 

Maria Feodorovna dressed to impress in 1912 in this green column-skirted dress with gold trim; the dress has an over hanging bodice.

Keywords: 1912, Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), Princess, Tsaritsa, Glucksberg family, Romanov family, ruffles, elbow length close sleeves, over hanging bodice, tight skirt, over-skirt, train

 

  

  

 

This mono-colored court dress worn by Maria Feodorovna has long fur-trimmed sleeves, straight off-shoulder neckline, vee waistline, and train.

Keywords: Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), Princess, Tsaritsa, Glucksberg family, Romanov family, off shoulder straight neckline, split bodice. Russian sleeves, fur, shallow-vee waistline, full skirt, over-skirt, train

  

The main justification for the Tsar being national defense, the Tsaritsa joined in occasionally wearing uniform dresses like the one in this photo. According to Daniel Briere's posting, Marie Feodorovna was "Shef" (Colonel-in-Chief) of 2 of the 4 Guards’ Cuirassier regiments. The regiment’s lace was gold and their distinctive colour was mid-blue, hence their nickname of "Blue Cuirassiers." Daniel Briere advised that the gold lace did tarnish somewhat and has taken an orange shade (seen in this photo), possibly due to some copper content.

 

 

Keywords: Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), Princess, Tsaritsa, Glucksberg family, Romanov family, high enclosing neckline, long close sleeves, cuffs, buttons, cuirasse bodice, natural waistline, close skirt, uniform dress

 

 

 

Daniel Briere advised the Alexander Palace Time Machine Discussion Forum on 26 November 2009 that this is the dress shown in the last image.

 

Keywords: Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), Princess, Tsaritsa, Glucksberg family, Romanov family, high enclosing neckline, long close sleeves, cuffs, buttons, cuirasse bodice, be;t, natural waistline, close skirt, order sash, order star, uniform dress

 

  

 

 

Keywords: Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), Princess, Tsaritsa, Glucksberg family, Romanov family, high neckline, robes, fur

  

 

 

Fans were important female dress accessories and this spectacular example was used by Empress Maria Feodorovna.

Keywords: Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), Princess, Tsaritsa, Glucksberg family, Romanov family

 

 

 

 

 

 

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