Fine portraits from the Tudor and Stuart dynasties offer a fascinating insight into how royals used fashion to denote status ... red collar embroidered with pearls. Cloth of gold really was ...

For the wealthy Tudor ... of pearls. In a painting by French artist Francois Clouet from around 1560, Mary, Queen of Scots is pictured dressed in white aristocratic mourning clothes known as ...

It seems well-placed, prominent collars and pearls still frame your face ... In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion is at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, SW1A 1AA ...

A new exhibit at the Queen’s Gallery in London is titled In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion. It features portraits painted in the 16th and 17th century — Tudors and Stuarts ...