Exhibition catalogue. Empress Elisabeth was considered one of the most beautiful women of her time, but neither her slender figure nor her clothing corresponded to the general ideal of beauty of the time. Sisi not only had her own ideas about her lifestyle, but also about her styling. She refused appropriate clothes and developed her own personal style, which corresponded to her own ideas and extraordinary demands. New, historically authentic reconstructions allow for the first time a living representation of the Imperial attire - from her engagement dress and her Hungarian coronation dress to her private riding and hiking attire to the famous "star dress" - which, however, according to the latest research, shows no stars. ... Hardback edition, in German, size 15.8 x 1.9 x 22.8 cm, 176 pages, fully illustrated.