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Ruth MacKay
A BEAUTIFUL DRESS AT THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY Spanish royal court, to be worn at a reception, a religious festival, or a masquerade, could be immensely complex, with hundreds of details that might escape the admirer's eye. The sources of the fabrics, the choice of color, the invisible seams, the multitude of decorations, the shape of the neckline, the cut of the sleeve, the labor of fitting hundreds of pieces that led to that great moment when the queen entered the room: these are the facets and folds of royal fashion that Amanda Wunder presents in her splendid new book, a creation worthy of master tailor Mateo Aguado, who sits at its center.
