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THE WHITE QUEEN: Mary's White mourning Dress

posted 9 years ago by KassyL
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I love this season..., just realized it was airing. The characters have fully blossomed (obviously the production teamwork has too)-so fulfilling and rich-dontcha think?. I love the twists and turns of the true story intertwined with just the right dose of WISH FULFILLMENT Fantasy...dreaming of the beauty that can be when two people truly love each other, the fascinating tale of Mary Queen of Scots short marriage and REIGN as Queen, palace intrigue with an interesting cast of characters@ play... the stuff of awesome storytelling. (fine men!!!)
Anyway. While this show opened up a research portal for me to dazzle in, and yes, I'm absolutely in love with noble stories of kings queens, knights, wizards, princesses and princes, scribes, scholars, holy high priests and priestesses, fairies---(dazzling) through this research, I have now found REIGN to be more mystical and life-like everyday.

For instance, Mary's WHITE MOURNING DRESS which earned her the title of THE WHITE QUEEN (wow) is refreshingly indigenous and I'm sure quite different for modern culture with its' BLACK mourning attire standard. hmmm, was that a Catholic thing? Just curious?

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[–] maya-912-366050 9 years ago

French queens up until the 17th century were known for wearing white to mourn. There is actually a painting of Mary in white mourning clothes for Francis.

Some modern royals have worn white in mourning. The queen mother was known to, following the death of her mother, thinking black inappropriate during war time. Queen Beatrix's mother and grandmother wore white in mourning as well.

[–] cookiela2001 9 years ago

Mary's WHITE MOURNING DRESS which earned her the title of THE WHITE QUEEN (wow) is refreshingly indigenous...

Incidentally, I read that her favorite color to wear in general was white...it was very flattering to her red-gold hair. She also favored pearls for the same reason.

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[–] Uh_Oh_You_Too 9 years ago

No, it wasn't a Catholic thing, it was a French thing. When a French king died, his widow (if she was still in her childbearing years) became La Reine Blanche. She wore white and was confined indoors for two months. It was to make sure any child she might have been carrying was really her late husband's, and not someone else's. If a White Queen was pregnant, and had a son, then that son would be in the line of succession.

[–] beauty_underneath 9 years ago

Sorry, I don't recall her wearing white, I do recall her wearing black. What episode did she wear white?