Anne Boleyn Dresses
Posted By Claire on January 4, 2010
Happy New Year!
I’m starting the New Year off with exciting news – Kris, the lady who makes our French hoods, is going to make custom, handmade-to-order Tudor gowns for the site! Yay!
Obviously we want to start off with Anne Boleyn and we also want to start by launching one gown so that Kris can get material sorted and get herself organised, so we want to know which of the five following gowns you would like her to make first. All you have to to do is view the slideshows at the bottom of the post and then vote for your favourite, the one you think we should launch first. Please vote and help us out with this.
Dress Details
The Anne Boleyn Red DressThis lovely red dress is worn by Natalie Dormer in the promo shot for “The Tudors – Season 1″ and in the scene with her father, Thomas Boleyn. |  |
The Anne Boleyn Blue DressThis pretty blue dress is worn by Natalie in Season 2 when she hints that she is pregnant by saying to Thomas Wyatt that she “has a hankering for apples”. This dress is also featured on the cover of Philippa Gregory’s “The Virgin’s Lover”. | |
The Marquess of Pembroke DressThis gorgeous red dress is worn by Natalie Dormer in Season 2 when Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke. | |
The Anne Boleyn Yellow DressThis stunning dress is worn by Natalie Dormer in the Season 2 scene when Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn celebrate after hearing of Catherine of Aragon’s death. | |
The Anne Boleyn Execution DressNatalie Dormer wears this elegant dress in the tragic Anne Boleyn execution scene in Season 2. | |
Remember, we already offer “The Tudors” replica jewelry and headdresses, and also handmade French Hoods. See our Products Page for details. Thanks for your help!
I voted the execution dress. Natalie looked stunning in that dress and it was so beautiful. If I had the money I’d buy it lol.
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I voted for the Marquess of Pembroke dress!! It’s gorgeous!
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Yellow is not my colour but she seems freerer in that dress
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I voted for the red dress (maybe because it’s the first one I saw), but I’d be thrilled to have any of them! I hope you make them all so that I can order them!
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I’m with Jenny — I love her attitude in the yellow dress.
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I voted the yellow because it is very elegant with those long full sleeves, and the head dress is fun. And I also thought of the seamstress having to make some of the others I felt they may have been more involved and harder to make!
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I voted the execution dress, but I love the Marquess of Pembroke too… I choose the execution one because of her sober colours.
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I voted for the blue dress, but “our” Anne is such a beauty she could wear any color and style. So can you, Natalie!
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The execution dress… or the Marquis of Pembroke.. I would be happy with either one… .
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Yellow dress.
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i voted Anne Boleyn Blue Dress
This pretty blue dress is worn by Natalie in Season 2 when she hints that she is pregnant by saying to Thomas Wyatt that she “has a hankering for apples”. This dress is also featured on the cover of Philippa Gregory’s “The Virgin’s Lover”.
Read more: http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/anne-boleyn-dresses/3850/#ixzz0bf6rSWOX
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I voted for the Marquess of Pembroke!! It is stunning and (sentimentally) I would like to see a dress from a “High Point” in her life. The execution dress is very lovely as well, but it brings a tear to my eye.
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I voted for the blue dress too. I am thinking the v-shape would be slimming. Plus, I love that color.
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Well, this was a tough decision because I love all of these!!! I would wear any of them. But I vote for the blue dress, as I’m sure Henry was most pleased to see his Anne in this beautiful gown!! Thank you, Winter Blessings to all of you!
Carol
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I was torn between the yellow gown and the execution dress but eventually went for the latter. It’s so elegant!
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The execution dress. Simply stunning.
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Thanks for all the votes and comments, ladies. It is so hard to choose isn’t it? I am tempted to get Kris to make me the Marquess of Pembroke dress to wear one evening at Hever Castle on The Anne Boleyn Experience in May. Can you imagine wearing an Anne Boleyn gown at Hever?!!! I also like the yellow one but I’m not sure it would suit my colouring, never really worn yellow.
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I vote for the Execution Dress.I love lovely <3
but also I want all the dresses.
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I voted the Marquis of Pembroke Dress It has a Beautiful Luxurious look to it and is very regal looking in its stunning Red Colour, but they ae basically all beautiful dresses
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I voted for the Marquis of Pembroke Dress – I thought it was absolutely stunning when
Natalie wore iit in The Tudors..
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Marquis Of Pembroke Dress – Extremely Regal (without the furs) Stunning and she was at one of her happiest moments in her life (I would imagine) Natalie carries it off beautifully.
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I loved them all and dearly hope I can afford to buy the chosen one (and others!) but I voted for the yellow because she looks so joyful and it is a ‘happy’ colour.
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I have to choose only one! that is sooo unfair! lol. its hard they are all so beautiful, but I choose the Marquess of Pembroke dress, though her yellow one is close behind
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Me, Cindy Fuerst, My first choice would be Marquess of Pembroke second the exacution, third yellow , are you going to make yellow head dress too?I ready when you are . You know I am your favorite fan.
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I love all the choices, but I feel the Anne Boleyn Red Dress would be flattering on almost any figure because of the exquisite details that surround the bodice. Beautiful!!
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i picked the pembroke dress. i love that dress on her soo much!!! what dresses i want are the brown dress anne wears in the winter time when her and henry are walking out in the snow and her tower of london black dress!!! i love those ones, because they look like real tudor dresses. of course i love all of the anne boleyn costumes!!! i can’t wait to get enough money to get one!!!!
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I voted for the execution dress; it’s just so elegant. But I liked the Marquess of Pembroke dress equally well.
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They are all lovely, but I voted for the Marquess of Pembroke dress – it just has such a beautiful rich scarlet color!
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Wow!!! Now I have to find some way to get money for a dress!! I voted for the Marquess dress, I love red, it just looks so elegant and beautiful!!
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The red dress, it’s something I know I could wear( shorter sleeves)
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I vote all of the above! Seriously, I can’t decide which one I like best.
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I think you should get a dress for Hever Claire. I have a very simple dress and an equally cheap French hood and I can guarantee that you feel differently in these clothes than in jeans and a t shirt! I stood up straighter and felt more beautiful. I would love to hear from others how they feel in their dresses. I felt like a princess LOL! All the dresses that Natalie wore were gorgeous, but she is so pretty that she would look good in anything! You might want to think about shoes – the ones I found online looked like brown ballet flats. I am not sure what shoes Natalie wore but would love to know if she wore heels at all.
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I voted for the Pembroke dress. Natalie looked absolutely striking in it and the red screams out the passion between her and Henry…the love, hate and everything in between. I look forward to seeing the finished product and possibly owning one someday. Thank you Kris for making such beautiful products to honor Anne and Claire…your site is perfection. You give us all an open door to the history of Anne that we thirst for. I light up whenever I receive an update on latest news, merchandise and especially your insight into Anne herself. You do a beautiful job in keeping her legacy alive.
Thank you so much!
May receive all the blessings you deserve in your New Year!
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The Marquis of Pembroke! No doubt about it!
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blue dress….it’s just so romantic
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I liked all of the dresses too, hard to chose, but I prefer the yellow dress, with the execution dress a close second. I am with Ashley, hope I can afford one, it would be nice to have, only us Anne Bolelyn fans would understand!LOL.
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I chose the blue dress- i like the detail on it! But all of them are beautiful!
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oh this just made the site even better!
i already adore this site but oh my goodness now we are gonna have Anne’s gowns!!!
love it.
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I voted for the execution dress – elegant in its simplicity and by far the most historically accurate. One thing that bugs me about The Tudors is the inaccuracy of the costumes – though they are stunning (and to actually own any of the dresses would be amazing!) So being the complete pedant I am about the Tudor period -LOL- the execution dress just beats out the Pembroke dress (my second favourite!)
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I voted for the blue dress because it is absolutely stunning..
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all of the dresses are gorgeous, but i voted for the red dress- because the deep crimson type of red was anne’s favorite color(:
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Marquess of Pembroke dress, it is stunning!
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Voted for The Marquess of Pembroke Dress. Love the dress and the colour.
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Hello Belle!
Could you explain to me what is “wrong” about the other dresses (except for the execution one)? Which element is not historically accurate? I’m really interested in knowing more about the actual Tudor dresses!
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Hi Eliza,
I think that Belle means that these dresses were not the style worn in the reign of Henry VIII. Michael Hirst has been quoted as saying that he used costume styles from a slightly later period, more Elizabethan, because they were more beautiful. I think the show took many liberties but I love the dresses anyway, fabulous! I can’t wait to wear one!
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Claire – you are correct in your response to Eliza – Tudor gowns were much more sedate – and most of the styles used in the Tudor’s were a combination of Tudor and Elizabethan with some modern elements included…a great example is the headpieces from the show – no respecting young women or old would have worn their hair down – a proper Tudor women always have their hair covered..but like most of you I also love the look and am looking forward to drafting these pattens out and creating an adaptation of each of them….
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Thanks for the answer, Claire! I just wanted to know what was different in the original Tudor dresses. For example, were the originals’ sleeves longer etc. or the neckline not so deep?
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I can’t decide between the Marquess and yellow one. She looks so happy in the yellow one. But, as it is in celebration of Katherine’s death, it’s sad too as she was a victim of Henry’s too.
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Hi Eliza!
Claire and Kris are both right in saying that The Tudors took a lot of liberties with the costumes – many of the elements didn’t come into vogue until later in Elizabeths reign (for example ruffs and lace) and even later. Another example would be the sleeves – several of the dresses pictured have very tight sleeves when the fashion in the 1530′s was for the hanging sleeves. A very good example of this is in Holbeins portrait of Jane Seymour. I hope this helps!
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They are all lovely
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