[For the sake of context, Elizabeth I of Russia lived from 1709-1762.]
When she [Elizabeth I] died, she was survived by 15,000 dresses, not to mention the countless sets of men’s clothing she liked to wear, two trunks full of stockings, and several thousand pairs of shoes. Unsurprisingly, Elizabeth changed clothes multiple times a day and never wore the same outfit twice. She also took pains to ensure that of all the ladies at court, she was the most fashionable. She passed laws requiring foreign fabric salesmen to offer her first dibs, on pain of arrest. Wearing the same hairstyle or even a similar accessory or ensemble as the empress would spark her anger, so much so that she sometimes turned violent.
Source:
McRobbie, Linda Rodriguez. “Princess Excess.” Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories From History-- Without the Fairy-Tale Endings. MJF Books, 2013. 207. Print.
Elizabeth of Russia / Elizabeth Petrovna (Russian: Елизаве́та (Елисаве́та) Петро́вна)
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The Imelda Marcos of the sixteenth century.