1662年，凯瑟琳公主下嫁英国的查理斯二世，她穿了一条用鲸骨圆环扩大的粉红色裙子行礼，结果被视为过于寒酸。

• This happened to poor Catherine of Braganza at her wedding to Charles II of Britain in 1662, when her pink farthingale was castigated as dowdy.