The Ornamented Being
Ornamented: -verb: Adorn; beautify. Be·ing: -noun: Fulfillment of possibilities; essential completeness.
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“Sisi fell to the ground, but was helped up by the Countess. “It was nothing”, she said to calm the lady down, and they went on board. Shortly after that she fainted. “It is nothing but the fright”, she insisted. But once they were sailing the Leman waters she felt a Sharp pain in her chest.
The Countess unbuttoned her dress and saw a stain of blood the size of a coin. The wound looked insignificant, the awl had just pierced her left ventricle, causing a slight bleeding, the blood was falling drop by drop on her pericardium, causing a slow heart failure.
Only then she identified herself to the ship’s captain, who immediately turned around towards Geneva. She was taken to her hotel where she died an hour later, without complaints. Death was perhaps liberating to her.
When Lucheni, who would be sentenced to life, found out about her personality during his trial, he said in dismay: “And for me to think I had killed a person who was arrogantly happy.”
He then committed suicide.”
The murder weapon on display at the Vienna Sissi Museum
“Death was perhaps liberating to her.” It is so tragic to think that she would have blithely embraced death to escape from such an unhappy life. My hearts mourns for her. No person should leave this Earth feeling so unloved.
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“This looks like a dress Sissi wore in mourning for her son’s death due to the colors, black veil, and the style is consistent with 1889.
Posted to the Alexander Palace Time Machine Discussion Forum by Madame-Sisi on 30 September 2009.”
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Empress Sissi’s coronation gown replica in Gödöllö Castle in Hungary
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Self Portrait, Maria Christine, Archduchess of Austria (1742-98). Oil on canvas, 1776. Kunsthistorisches Museum or Schönbrunn Palace.
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This is from Austria and I think it’s fascinating how they merged the current fashion with tradition.
This handsome piece incorporates an interesting combination of materials with lively patterning and embroidery. The puffed sleeves mimic the leg-o-mutton style prevalent in the 1890s. Regional costumes often evolved over time, incorporating fashionable trends with traditional forms.
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Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria
….big HIPS!
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