Anne of Cleves' Portrait Gown

This is the Anne of Cleves the "Tudors" tv show depicted. I found it fascinating that she was 1 of the only characters w/ historically accurate clothes for the time, rofl. Guess the costume designers figured that since most ppl don't know about 16th century German & Low Country fashions (unless you're actually from those places & like Renaissance art), that it was okay to use them for the show. Plus they look kinda bizarre compared to the English Tudor court clothes.

I read on the "Tudors" wiki that Anne never technically wears this dress on the show. You just see it in her portrait, tho they got some really good pictures of the costume nevertheless. It's an interesting contrast to the famous portrait of her in real life; b/c she's wearing green in this version, compared to the famous red gown she has in the real painting. The dress was relatively easy in the game, & the 1 in the pictures actually looks pretty . There weren't any vertical stripes available, so I used the wavy leaf pattern & it turned out ok.

The headdress is especially bizarre. It either reminds me of a baker's hat, or she's wearing a white jeweled flower pot on her head. It was the hardest part of this picture b/c I had to make it almost entirely out of pearls. However, it was a huge help that the game had 2 straight, vertical strings of pearls available in the beads menu, so I just used the larger 1 for around her head. I think what makes the hat look so strange is the fact that it hides her hair in the front. On the other hand, I saw a side-view of it in the behind-the-scenes pictures, and it shows she's wearing a low hair bun. I'm guessing the headdress is actually flexible enough to place on the front of her head & secure in the back w/ either ties or hooks.

On Doll-Divine this image of Anne got 1 Crown for Pretty, 1 for Accurate, & 1 for Intricate.