In the public space of a city, architecture and clothing both provide the surfaces on which political, social and economic messages are conveyed in images and texts.Įspecially for 'The Sculpture Gallery', Schnitger has transformed her usual material into bronze and stainless steel. Schnitger sees clothing as a form of architecture in which the body is the construction that both carries and shapes the textile. After all, everyone covers themselves in fabric. The everydayness of textile makes it easy for the viewer to relate physically to her work. She makes flags and banners as well as installations and sculptures.

Since then, she has been living and working in Los Angeles.Īlthough textile is her medium of choice, her (sculptural) art borders on fashion, graphic design and architecture. After studying at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, this Dutch artist rapidly made an international career. With a sense of humour and in a language all her own, Lara Schnitger depicts in many of her works contemporary, topical discussions about gender inequality, role patterns, solidarity and security. Time to change old-fashioned fairy tales about princes who save princesses. The Princess has worn them on numerous occasions in the past, including the Remembrance Day service in 2022 and the BAFTAs in 2019.Around this bronze statue, the words 'This princess saves herself' are written in silver letters. Prince George, who is one of the King’s Pages of Honour, walked ahead of his parents in the procession and behind his grandfather, carrying his robes.Īs is tradition for the royal, Kate opted for a pair of meaningful pearl and diamond earrings which previously belonged to Princess Diana.

The royal arrived at the church with her husband, the Prince of Wales, and children Princess Charlotte-also wearing a matching floral headpiece-and Prince Louis. The same flowers appeared on the royal’s wedding dress in 2011, also designed by Sarah Burton. Kate wore a long Alexander McQueen dress in ivory crepe underneath her formal red and blue robes, adorned with embroidery featuring rose, thistle, daffodil, and shamrock motifs to represent the four nations of the United Kingdom. The Princess of Wales swapped her tiaras for a flower crown for King Charles III’s coronation at Westminster Abbey.

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