And the puff sleeves of the 1530s line up more directly with their audience's modern mental image of "pretty, pretty princesses." To my 21st century eye, some historically accurate Italian Renaissance fashions look simply ridiculous, like cod pieces (comically enlarged jock straps worn on the outside, sometimes used as coin purses), balzos (1530s ladies' turban thingies made of false hair, jewels, fabric, stuffing, broken dreams due to strict gender roles, and possibly helium), and zibellinis (what looks like a dead ferret with a bejeweled face attached on the end of a long decorative belt called a girdle, intended to distract fleas who weren't buying it, and apparently to creep people out in future generations)
She nailed quiet luxury in a stunning off-the-shoulder caramel dress by Proenza Schouler with the Proenza Schouler 'FLip Shoulder Bag' in black and the 'Dangerous Liaisons 105' black pumps from one of her favourite brands Aquazurra
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Monique Lhuillier Sparkle is a stunning ball gown of glitter tulle
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