The Opulence of the Romanov's Royal Costume Ball 1903

jaydee zantua

#Russians #Romanov #ImperialRussia #TsarNicholasII #EmpressAlexandra
#royalty #royaldresses

[icebergrose]

That was stunning, thank you, the colour was beautiful. It really brings it to life. I think you'll find those weren't beads, they're precious stones.

[sooz]

What an impressive presentation. This is just incredibly beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing your video with us ❤️

[karodora]

I would love to see these costumes up close; the fabrics and workmanship are magnificent. I can’t imagine how long it took to make them. I wonder about the fate of these people. After the deaths of the Tsar and his family, Bolshevik revolutionaries considered members of the aristocracy “Former People.” Their wealth and property were seized and many who were unable or unwilling to leave Russia were imprisoned and/or executed.

[siegfried]

The Ostrich feather Fan carried by GD Xenia is by Faberge and has at its centre a small mirror allowing the carrier to observe what is going on behind her without making it obvious, l Princess Zenaida Yussopova wears the famous Yussopov pearls

[onitasanders]

These ensembles are absolutely timeless. Love them.

[Vivianemme]

Je pense aux tisserands, brodeuses, tailleurs et couturières qui ont travaillé pour ces splendeurs: en espérant qu’ils ont tous été appréciés à leur juste valeur.

[jenn.i]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😇😥😪🤧👑🥂Thankyou you all what a emotional and beautiful videotape. I cried all the way thru this videotape

[gerardoarenasss]

It's amazing how the royals look, like something out of this world, so much jewels and gold thread, I've read that the costume designer for Star Wars got inspiration from this ball and it's era to desing the clothes that Natalie Portman wore in the first movie and the subsequent queens of naboo also

[dianeruiz]

Wow, absolutely magnificent, and stunning clothing that was created for these fine ladies and gentlemen. Truly breathtaking in color! No wonder the working class folks revolted. Poor people didn’t even have bread to eat.

[thrwisemonks]

Love the craftsmanship. Love the designs. I mean the jewelries that were embedded into the costumes. All that hard work.

[conningdale]

Good video. Very well done. Have seen many of these photographs from an album issued soon after the event. This was the last major party given during the reign of Nicholas II - it certainly wasn't a regular event. Thanks for posting these beautiful photographs.

[cathyholveck]

It is unbelievable how beautiful they look

[tomadalove]

Imagine how much all that weighed...wow...how were they able to dance in all that. Have you ever seen Russian stamps..they are works of art...also Russian Fairy Tale plates are stunning.

[veronicamorrison]

How much did these outfits weigh? They look extremely heavy.

[YourExcellency]

Their clothes are beyond magnificent. It took my breath away. They just knew they were the cats meow.

[jeffrey]

Thanks for the video!!! Their costumes are stunning😍

[stevyd]

If these costumes represent the period dress 290 years previous to 1903, that time period would be about 1620. These costumes show a much more modest or chaste style than what was being worn by French female nobility of that era. French couture more clearly defined the actual waist, highlighted and shaped the bodice, exposed the lower arm, and often showed a very revealed décolleté. In the use of pearls though, the Russian's win by far.

[grammy]

My grandparents on my dad's side immigrated to the U.S. in the early 1900's from Russia .I love this video ❤️

[whatadollslife]

8:53 Grand Duchess Ksenia Alexandrovna {Tsar Nicholas's elder sister}, also called Xenia was stunningly beautiful, she traveled to live in London and passed away in 1960 ....its so sad that the British Royal Family did not do everything in their power to save the Tsar's own family, their own relatives . Even if they didn't deserve to stay in power in Russia because of politics, they deserved to live

[daniel_sc]

Tsar Nicholas II wanted to at least briefly harken back to another era, to escape the contemporary problems he was facing, to a time when he thought the people and their tsar were closer; the time chosen was the reign of his ancestor Tsar Alexis (second Romanov ruler, and father of Peter the Great). For some reason Nicholas had an affinity for him, and would name his son after him. For a (very brief) time after the ball he toyed with the idea of replacing Imperial Court dress with those costumes, but had to drop it when presented with the enormous cost it would entail.
The video is a little bit misleading when mentioning the sumptuous parties. Although the extended family gave parties and lived gaily, after 1905 the Tsar and his wife retreated to seclusion at Tsarskoe Selo and other country palaces, they very rarely visited St. Petersburg or the Winter Palace, and the lavish court balls and receptions ceased to take place. They still lived rather lavishly (they were rulers of one of the most powerful empires, after all, and the Tsar was probably the richest man in the world), but the extravagant court life ceased to exist.