Alexander I of Yugoslavia & Princess Marie (Mignon) of Romania

[KarlandZita]

Well...It was a dynastic marriage as great Serbia (Yugoslavia) entered into a relationship with Romania. Yes, Francoise would the the kind of thin, sophisticated woman that Alexander I admired. It was also in vogue to look lean and elagant--women like Wallis Simpson, Edwina Mountbatten (slim down after her marriage) and of course Olga of Greece. People wrote back thinking I was against women of the more fleshy type. But the vogue of beauty had always been slim (From Triggy, Audrey Hepburn to Kate Moss).

Well, the canons of beauty have changed dramatically in just a few centuries. The cult of thinness is a relatively recent dates only since the twentieth century. Previously, especially in XV-XVII centuries, the beauty of a woman is judged by her complexion pale, her hair blond and buxom. Thin women were perceived as weak and ailing and unattractive look at some exception.

If she had lived during the Renaissance and the Grand Century, Mignon would have been considered one of the most beautiful women of her time.

[Eric_Lowe]

Yes. It was Mignon's misfortune that she was born in a century that thinness was admired. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (the most fashionable woman of her generation) once said "A woman can never be too thin or too rich." Even Missy was bothered by Mignon & Elisabetta's plumpness and sent her daughters to a fat farm to lose weight. Even today in the age of Oprah, woman are still struggling with weight.

[Carolath Habsburg]

Little Mignon with brother Nicolae playing in the beach. Courtesy of Fabian from Realeza`s board




 

[miki_nastya]

wow never see this one. Where was taken? constanta maybe?

[Carolath Habsburg]

Was taken in Mamaia. ;-D

[miki_nastya]

thanks..:P...from were did you know?

[Carolath Habsburg]

From the description of the image.

I googled it and its a wonderful place!

http://www.romaniaincoming.com/images/mamaia2.jpg

[miki_nastya]

Do you mean that Mamaia it's a wonderful place? Well it is...I'm from Romania and I can tell you that. Also is one of the most expensive towns
in the Romanian seaside. Funny how it's name means grandmother in romanian.

[Carolath Habsburg]

Peter & Tomislav



 

[Eric_Lowe]

Were the brothers close ?

[KarlandZita]

Mignon -at left- with her mother Marie of Romania and her sister Ileana, during engagement with King Aleksander of Serbia, 1922 :

[Carolath Habsburg]

Mignon and Alexander with Boris and Giovana of Bulgaria.



 

[KarlandZita]

Mignon and others Royals on balcony in 1922 :

[Eric_Lowe]

The man on the left looked like George of Greece.

[voyageroffreedom]

Mignon and Alexander: