Bygone Years

Michael Stennet designed this costume for Alfonso d’Este in Donizetti’s opera Lucrezia Borgia, for the Royal Opera in 1980.

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Power dressing, Renaissance-style…
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This is clearly the most Costume Porntastic dress that has ever been.
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so much velvettt
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