Alexandra Iosifovna's dress has a sheer covering ending with a high neckline and ruff while she wears a Renaissance style hair net. Many of the images in this sub-album show coiffures that required a hair net. The hair net is a 1500s revival.
Keywords: 1865, Alexandra Iosifovna, Grand Duchess, Wettin family, Romanov family, Russian, long coiffure, hair net, high neckline, modesty piece, long sleeves, necklace, bracelets
Apr 13, 2010 at 12:50 PM
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