Coronation Robes

circa 1952: Robes and ceremonial dress for the Queen's coronation. Top, left to right: Red velvet robe of a marchioness, trimmed with miniver and worn with a coronet; An approved alternative design for a baroness's robe, by Norman Hartnell, sleeveless, with a cape collar of miniver. Bottom, left to right: Full dress of a knight of the most noble Order of the Garter, with a blue velvet cloak and red hood; Full dress of a knight of the most honourable Order of the Bath, with red satin cloak and underdress of the George IV period. Supplement to the Illustrated London News - pub. 1952 (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)