In 1879, on the Saturday of the fifth week of June, the long-awaited night banquet of the Taigong Palace officially kicked off.

Since it was a dinner without a ball, the official start of the banquet was scheduled for 8 p.m. Out of respect for the host, invited guests usually come to the host's house half an hour to an hour early to show the necessary respect.

As the protagonists of tonight's dinner, General Shuvalov and Grand Duke Sergei arrived at the palace nearly two hours early, that is, at the beginning of the lanterns. Originally, according to the wishes of Grand Duke Sergei, in fact, he wanted to go to the palace to meet Princess Elizabeth in the morning.

Under the constant persuasion of General Shuvalov, he endured until the afternoon. When the sun set in Berlin, Grand Duke Sergei, who had prepared everything early, began to urge General Shuvalov to travel. In the end, it was the first spectacle of the Taigong tonight, and the protagonist of the dinner invitation was the first to come to the Taigong among all the invited guests.

Informed by the entourage of the Russian mission, Crown Prince Frederick and his children waited early in the foyer for the protagonists of today's dinner.

Crown Prince Frederick was still not wearing a military uniform, but a modest three-piece black tuxedo with a white diamond bow, a white silk shirt, a white waistcoat, and white chest buttons and cufflinks.

As necessary for the ceremonial rites of state and nobility, the Order of the Black Eagle of the First Class was worn at a slightly higher position on the chest of the left chest, a Vladimir Order of the Star of the First Class was worn a slightly lower position, a red ribbon with a wide black brim slanted from the left side of the right shoulder, and the Order of Vladimir of the 1st Class was worn at the waist position.

This military medal, known as the "Grand Duke of St. Vladimir's Order of Merit for the Saints of Merit", was awarded by Alexander II in recognition of Crown Prince Frederick's military exploits in the Franco-Prussian War.

The bottom body is black satin pants with straps of the same material and texture as the pants, and a pair of lacquered calfskin shoes on the feet. Dress in the most typical formal banquet attire.

Crown Princess Victoria wore a floor-length dress influenced by the Art Nouveau movement, which is currently the most popular in Western Europe.

At the end of the 19th century, all art or ideas with the word "new" were considered to be synonymous with avant-garde and fashion, such as "new art", "new era", "new woman", "new youth", etc., and completely advocated a style of "close to nature" in terms of artistic concepts.

From the perspective of women's clothing design, all lines should follow the forms of plants and animals in nature, and show delicate and elegant wavy lines on clothing, or dynamic and energetic spiral lines.

Corresponding to the wearing of women's clothing, it is through the corset, the chest is held high, the abdomen is flattened, and the back is close, and the exaggerated skirt and hip pads are removed, and the buttocks are tilted back through proper tailoring, so that the human body forms a beautiful and smooth "S" shaped curve with lordosis and backwards.

In the nineteenth century, women's clothing has finally been freed from the shackles of skirts, and Joey is in favor of this change in women's clothing, and Joey also believes that at her mother's age, she has long passed the era of wearing corsets.

However, the history of women's corsets has not yet evolved to modern styles. According to Joey's knowledge of the climbing trajectory of the tech tree, it was not until at least the beginning of the twentieth century that the French solved the problem.

If it weren't for the pressure of public opinion in this era, Joey would have had a lot of motivation to set up a corset design company to bring the 21st century women's lingerie experience to the women of the 19th century, and even privately moved the idea of a Victoria's Secret lingerie show.

But this is only an idea, and at best Joy can only think about it, after all, the German Empire, and especially Prussia, was in many ways traditional. Therefore, the breakthrough in women's clothing really needs the fertile soil for the freedom and liberation of the French.

Today, Crown Princess Victoria wears an Art Nouveau sleeveless dress made of light red silk, with a corset on the upper body, and a light pink lace trim pattern on the square neckline, highlighting the elegant curves of the crown princess, the skirt from the waist down is open like a trumpet flower, and the enlarged skirt behind her forms a graceful fishtail wave.

With a well-groomed hairstyle and a delicate tiara, and a beautiful pearl necklace hanging around her neck, the whole person presents a gorgeous and elegant, relying on this dress through graceful and smooth lines and rich natural curves to decorate the skirt, the crown princess seems to be ten years younger.

Also out of the need for the ceremonial relationship between the state and the nobility, a white gold-rimmed ribbon slanted from the left side of the right shoulder was worn at the waist position, and the full name was "Order of St. Catherine the Great Martyr".

This medal was awarded to the newborn crown princess by Nicholas I during the honeymoon of the Anglo-Russian Holy Alliance at the time of the birth of Crown Princess Victoria.

Both in terms of the high and low order of the medals and the luxury of the medals, the Order of Catherine far surpasses the Order of Vladimir. To put it simply, the Catherine Medal is a dazzling dish with a diameter of 9 centimeters and set with diamonds, compared to the Vladimir Medal, which is small and only rubies and gold, is much more shabby.

Wilhelm was still in military uniform, and as the honorary commander of the Brandenburg Dragoons, he was the only person in Frederick's house today to wear a Prussian military uniform. A double-breasted light blue tuxedo top with gold Roman column embroidery on the cuffs and a delicate gold ribbon pattern around the waist, resembling a beautiful belt.

The black stand-up collar characteristic of the Brandenburg Dragoons is also embroidered with a golden pattern like a leaf. Under the epaulettes woven of gold thread on the shoulders, there are many golden tassels, and through the buckles on the chest, two beautiful acorn ropes fall.

William wore a Black Eagle Starlight Medal on his left chest, a red ribbon with gold trim slanted from his left shoulder to the right, and a blue Black Eagle Medal at his waist.

In his left hand, he holds a pair of thin white cotton gloves, and in his right hand, he holds a white cowhide armed belt around his waist, with a horn handle, carved with the golden gauntlet of the eagle of the Hohenzollern family, and a black lacquered metal sheath.

He wears a pair of crisp gray-black pants with red vertical lines, with a strap of the same material and texture as the pants. On a hot day, there is still a pair of black high leather boots in shiny calfskin that have been cared for.

I have to say, with a horned mustache that has begun to take shape, William, is very handsome today!

Princess Elizabeth, standing beside William, was wearing a golden silk leotard in the style of Basil today, with a white burqa of taffeta and lace on the outside, and the golden tight skirt and the white burqa were dragged into the skirt, and a tender yellow flower made of Zou silk was carefully tied.

Around the neck is also a beautiful ruby necklace, and even more dazzling is the ruby ring ring on the ring finger of the left hand. At the waist, he wears the Black Enamel Empress Louise medallion

Elizabeth, who is fair-skinned and beautiful, is like a golden Polo flower, blooming in the summer womb.

Because of the due date, Joey's second sister, Princess Charlotte, and her husband did not attend today's dinner.

The fifth sister, Princess Victoria, has recently been deeply influenced by Empress Eugenie, wearing a more retro white Crenolin dress, her long golden hair is carefully curled into hair and hanging down on the sides, with a crystal necklace, and she wears a black enamel Empress Louise medal on her left arm, and the whole person looks like a beautiful doll.

As for Joey, the same three-piece suit as his father, slightly distinguished by the shirt collar with lapels, was neither a bow tie nor a large silk scarf of "Skaf", but became "Neckayi", similar to today's wide tie. On his left chest, he wore only the Order of the Black Eagle Starlight, and did not wear a ribbon.

Strictly speaking, there is nothing Joey doing at this state banquet, and Joey's main job tonight is to take care of the two little princesses, Sophie and Margaret, who are wearing pink and light green silk princess dresses.

With the roll call of the attendants, "Winner of the Order of the Red Eagle of the German Grand Cross, Honorary Knight of the British Empire, Grand Duke of St. Vladimir of the Order of Merit of Russia, Commander of the Order of St. George of Russia, Commander of the Moscow Military District, Honorable Grand Duke Sergei Aleksandrovich arrived!" ”

"The Grand Duke of St. Vladimir, winner of the Order of St. Vladimir of the Order of Merit of the First Class of Russia, the Knight of the Order of the Bath of the British Empire, the German Order of the Red Eagle of the 1st Degree, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Russia, the Honorable General Pyotr Shuvalov is here!"

The two protagonists of today's banquet in the Imperial Palace, Grand Duke Sergei and General Shuvalov, finally arrived.