The dress she wore to the flower show is made by a favorite of the Queen's designers, London-based Fiona Clare. The pattern repeats various shades of blue peacock feathers, and the dress construction includes a vivid blue accent lining along the edges of the collar and down the center of the bodice. It is terribly English, calling to mind the famed English textile designer William Morris. The other peacock dress, the one she wore to Charleston House with a brilliant green pashmina over it, is fashioned in a silk Liberty print, from the classic English dry goods seller of the same name. Both dresses are tasteful midi length with long sleeves, as befitting a dignified senior royal.
It makes perfect sense that the Queen would wear such resonantly English dresses to her recent events, including visits to the historic Charleston House, home of British artists, and the Chelsea Flower Show, a world-renowned showplace for that most English of pastimes, gardening. And there's a likely unintentional resonance to the rich print that Netflix watchers will appreciate: Queen Camilla's peacock dress is similar in hue (and eye-catching impact) to the intense blue-green ball gown that Penelope Featherington wears, stunningly, in the Season 3 Bridgerton premiere episode.
We're sure Lady Whistledown would approve Queen Camilla's fashionable turns of late; we certainly do.
