Edward and Mrs Simpson

Just wanted to share an image of Edward and Mrs Simpson, that is King Edward VIII who abdicated in 1936 to marry Wallace Simpson*.  Wallace was a twice divorced American and entirely unsuitable to be Queen- more recently there was some chatter about Prince Charles re-marrying Camilla Parker Bowles as divorce and remarriage made him entirely unsuitable to be King, no one seemed to mind when he was boffing her behind Diana's back though...  Anyway, the Duke and Duchess, as they became, married in France in 1937, and looked rather stylish imo.  Simpson wore a bias-cut dress and jacket in silk crepe designed by Paris-based American couturier Mainboucher, in 'Wallace blue'.

I'm not sure if this is a replica or the original which has lost its colour...

This replica was held by National Museum of Scotland until Madonna borrowed it for her new film...

The Duke wore a black cashmere herringbone weave tailcoat , grey waistcoat, blue and white pinstripe shirt with white collar, blue and white chequered silk tie, and grey striped worsted trousers.  The Duke (as I'm sure his friends called him) was quite the trend setter; he loved bright colours and prints, wore his trousers with belts instead of braces (the American way, Wallace was clearly a bad influence), and even replaced his trouser buttons with zips.

Striking how thin she is...also it is a dress not trousers.

 

*Yes this was the sub-plot to the King's Speech