Royal style: we want more salwars and we're not sari about it!

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I did wonder if after the royal tours they would take a bit of a break and I guess the Cambridge's are on half term which Kate tends to keep free if I remember correctly.

I'm obviously old fashioned but I don't like seeing the royal family in strapless dresses. Just don't seem very elegant to me!

I think you'd have to go back pretty far to see strapless as new-fangled fashion. I think the 1950s was when strapless evening dresses first became very fashionable (as in pictures above).

If I had the lovely shoulders and arms of Catherine or Meghan I'd happily go strapless.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strapless_dress

Strapless dress invented in 1930’s

Maybe old fashioned is the wrong word then, but I just don't find strapless dresses as elegant or particularly nice to look at. The ones of the Queen with the sash over one shoulder or even one sided are nice, but I don't like completely strapless at all.

I’ve only ever encountered strapless hate on MN.

Those pictures of HM are testament to how elegant and gorgeous the look can be.

Although, of course, like anything it can look shit on the wrong person.

I do like Kate in the black dresses, particularly the strapless one and my personal opinion is that she could be far more 'daring' with her evening wear and could definitely pull it off.

And yes, itswinetime that OdlR butterfly dress is beautiful on Meghan.

That ruby and diamond set that Kate is wearing in the first photo is the one and only time she's worn it.

It's presumed to be a wedding gift. It's a commercial piece, I think someone found it listed online. Hold on, I'll have a rummage.

Yep, it's by Mouwad and includes a bracelet and was confirmed to be a wedding gift by a "friend" . Price not disclosed! 😂

I think the key to doing strapless right is all in the proportions. I think that sometimes designers get a bit OTT with the skirt because there is so much less variation that you can do with the bodice.

I think it's strapless bridal gowns that people object to. They can look cheap, especially on a fuller figure and without enough structure and support.

With really good boning and on a slighter frame strapless can look very elegant. You absolutely need a long slender neck though.

Much £££ Elspeth I'm sure. I never liked those rubies. Too spikey for my taste.

So why Muz for Ms? I just find it very perplexing.

I think it's strapless bridal gowns that people object to. They can look cheap, especially on a fuller figure and without enough structure and support.

I do think it's the fit in general. I don't like them when they are constantly being fiddled with and dragged up a bit; when they are waist doesn't quite sit in the right place; when they are laced up so tightly that the front looks lovely but it all explodes out of the back or when the front 'stands out' so much that it looks great in the photos but anyone taller than the wearer gets a proper 'eyeful' of cleavage.

Sorry it looks like I'm posted something on the wrong thread.

I agree it is often the fit with strapless wedding dresses. I'm seeing fewer of them these days though. Lately it seems that a bit of sleeve is back in fashion.

the queen rocked some very elegant strapless gowns in her youth. And not just in the crown!

The dresses in the Crown are replicas of dresses HM actually wore.

Speaking of which when does The Crown start?

November 17th I think!

Agree with your comments @BlingLoving.

@StCharlotte

The original dresses worn by HM and Jackie Kennedy are nicer than the Crown copies.
Although I’ve always wondered why HMs dress always had those giant blue straps. They look a bit incongruous.

Angela Kelly’s book is out tomorrow dm link
Looks like a really interesting read.
Apparently she is the “flunky” who wears in the Queen’s shoes

HM was quite busty, maybe she needed the support of thicker straps!

I honestly think the straps make the dress look so much nicer than the strapless one. Just personal preference, no hate for strapless dresses, just don't think they look as nice or elegant as the wearer thinks they do!

Imagine how frustrating it must be to design beautiful dresses then seeing them with those bloody Garter sashes all over them...