‘It is a beautiful gown — its size, its craftsmanship and the fact that Billie Eilish looked like Marilyn Monroe’
You might think that the red carpet is a modern phenomenon, but the glittering world of the Georgian court was putting on a spectacle long before the likes of Lady Gaga, Lizzo and Billie Eilish became household names.
Crown To Couture is a stunning new exhibition at Kensington Palace that explores fascinating parallels between the contemporary red carpet and the world of the 18th-century royal court.
“One of the things that fascinates me is that today we have all these social media videos of celebrities getting ready but, weirdly, it was also quite.