If there is a costume that defines the image that we all have of the Empress Elizabeth of Austria, Sisi, it is this one represented in the famous painting by Winterhalter. This spectacular silk and tulle dress embroidered with silver stars was surely the creation of the famous Parisian couturier Charles Frederick Worth. Sisi wore it for the wedding of his brother Carlos Teodoro with Princess Sofia of Saxony on February 11, 1865 in Dresden. Did you know that her sister Elena, Nené, wore the exact
same dress that day? Obviously Nené did not cause the same sensation as her beautiful sister. Also very famous are the 27 diamond stars from Köchert jewelry that adorn the Empress's hair.
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