Renaissance royal costumes sparkle again in Dresden

Power dressing during the Renaissance required sequins, embroidery, yards of silk and velvet, lace ruffs and swishy short capes. Fans of the costumes in period television dramas can now go to Dresden to see the genuine articlescodpieces and all.
Twenty-seven sumptuous outfits once worn by the Saxon electors for weddings, parades and imperial visits have gone on permanent display in the eastern German city for the first time since the Second World War. The exhibition, The Electoral Wardrobe, ope