Sartorial diplomacy—the art of using fashion as a diplomatic tool—is a very royal way of dressing. While First Ladies and female diplomats can use this soft diplomacy tool to their advantage, royal women seem to have a knack for sending messages of respect and patriotism with what they choose to wear.
Thanks to her lengthy, historic reign, and the modernization of news media, photography, and videography, Queen Elizabeth II was the first of her kind to master sartorial diplomacy with the way she dressed. In an exclusive conversation with Marie Claire, Caroline de Guitaut, Surveyor of The King's Works of Art, shares that “the idea of [fashion] diplomacy was something that she turned into an art form.”
