Author: Claudia Carletti Camponeschi
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Elizabeth of Austria: Stars Above the Self

She did not wear them at the throat or the wrist. Elisabeth’s stars were scattered through her hair, elevated above the body — present to the eye, yet kept at a remove. Long before image hardened into myth, they marked a way of being seen without being possessed.
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The Jewels She Wore: Princess Alexandra of Denmark

Long before pearls would come to define her public image, this discreet brooch accompanied Princess Alexandra at the moment when becoming began.