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Vintage photos of the Romanovs at the 1903 Costume Ball

44 points by dsnr 4y ago

basicplus2 4y ago
Now we know where they got princess Padmé Amidala's costume ideas from.. particularly Grand Duchess Ksenia Alexandrovna
- antiterra 4y ago
  I’m sure they got ideas from multiple places, one of the most notable is a photo of a Mongolian noble often (incorrectly?) named as Queen Genepil. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genepil#/media/File%3AMongolian_lady.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genepil#/media/File%3AMongol...
  - irthomasthomas 4y ago
    Well, that's definitely the craziest head gear I've ever seen.
- gumby 4y ago
  That Baroness actually looks like Natalie Portman.
antiterra 4y ago
The idea that the adversarial removal of royal legitimacy calls for the execution of all the children of the royals sets me reeling. I think the idea was offensive at the time as well, since the clumsy and brutal killings of all but the tsar were covered up. Some of the people in the article survived the era. One notably died in Manhattan 1993 after settling down in the US and marrying a woman from Buffalo.
- LatteLazy 4y ago
  Crowns that slip become nooses. It's not right, but it's the predictable outcome of inherited power.
  - daveslash 4y ago
    Right. The idea of killing the children also sends me reeling, but I can see the thinking: if any heirs are allowed to live, there could be a movement to re-establish the royalty. Killing them nips that in the bud and makes whatever revolution feel a little more "permanent". Still... awful and tragic.
- ZeroGravitas 4y ago
  Killing the kids was standard practice for inter and intra royalty spats, presumably for similar reasons. See: The Princes in the Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_in_the_Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_in_the_Tower
animitronix 4y ago
- drekk 4y ago
  Yeah, I'm sure the feudal, illiterate serfs felt the same way
euroderf 4y ago
Great headdresses on the ladies.
- tanseydavid 4y ago
  Now those are COSTUMES. I need to rethink my Halloween plans.
theoa 4y ago
I'm a descendent of Princess Kudasheva (scroll down) She was the granddaughter of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Trepov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Trepov - last prime minister under the czar - just before Kerensky. She died of the Spanish Flu in 1918. The princess's daughter (my grandmother) married Norman Armour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Armour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Armour
- deleted 4y ago
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- warinukraine 4y ago
  Pretty cool! I notice that Kudasheva herself doesn't have a wiki page - care to start one?
marstall 4y ago
The women's faces are are all so ... samey?

44 points by dsnr 4y ago

basicplus2 4y ago

Now we know where they got princess Padmé Amidala's costume ideas from.. particularly Grand Duchess Ksenia Alexandrovna

antiterra 4y ago
I’m sure they got ideas from multiple places, one of the most notable is a photo of a Mongolian noble often (incorrectly?) named as Queen Genepil. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genepil#/media/File%3AMongolian_lady.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genepil#/media/File%3AMongol...
- irthomasthomas 4y ago
  Well, that's definitely the craziest head gear I've ever seen.
gumby 4y ago
That Baroness actually looks like Natalie Portman.

antiterra 4y ago

The idea that the adversarial removal of royal legitimacy calls for the execution of all the children of the royals sets me reeling. I think the idea was offensive at the time as well, since the clumsy and brutal killings of all but the tsar were covered up. Some of the people in the article survived the era. One notably died in Manhattan 1993 after settling down in the US and marrying a woman from Buffalo.

LatteLazy 4y ago
Crowns that slip become nooses. It's not right, but it's the predictable outcome of inherited power.
- daveslash 4y ago
  Right. The idea of killing the children also sends me reeling, but I can see the thinking: if any heirs are allowed to live, there could be a movement to re-establish the royalty. Killing them nips that in the bud and makes whatever revolution feel a little more "permanent". Still... awful and tragic.
ZeroGravitas 4y ago
Killing the kids was standard practice for inter and intra royalty spats, presumably for similar reasons. See: The Princes in the Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_in_the_Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_in_the_Tower

animitronix 4y ago

drekk 4y ago
Yeah, I'm sure the feudal, illiterate serfs felt the same way

euroderf 4y ago

Great headdresses on the ladies.

tanseydavid 4y ago
Now those are COSTUMES. I need to rethink my Halloween plans.

theoa 4y ago

I'm a descendent of Princess Kudasheva (scroll down) She was the granddaughter of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Trepov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Trepov - last prime minister under the czar - just before Kerensky. She died of the Spanish Flu in 1918. The princess's daughter (my grandmother) married Norman Armour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Armour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Armour

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warinukraine 4y ago
Pretty cool! I notice that Kudasheva herself doesn't have a wiki page - care to start one?

marstall 4y ago

The women's faces are are all so ... samey?