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Kates dress

185 replies

MintyGreenDream · 19/05/2022 20:23

How gorgeous does the duchess of Cambridge look

Dazzling Kate Middleton joins William at Top Gun: Maverick premiere mol.im/a/10834371 via dailym.ai/android

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Mercurial123 · 20/05/2022 14:49

huffyhufferson · 20/05/2022 14:31

Ooooh! Lots of green eyed monsters raising their ugly heads! 🤣🤣🤣

That's so lazy. She has lost weight. Am I jealous. No.

fellrunner85 · 20/05/2022 14:52

@mistermagpie Eilish is brilliant. I've been at a lot of the events she's at, and she's very lovely IRL. And yes she's thin, but has been built that way since being a kid - there are pics of her racing as a junior and she's always had those incredibly long legs (and amazing form!)

fellrunner85 · 20/05/2022 14:54

@LilythePunk Manchester. I was working at an event she was at.

Lolliepoppie · 20/05/2022 15:02

I think she looks stunning, a very different look for her.

Vohgue · 20/05/2022 15:28

I like Roland M and the dress and I don't she looks at all haggard for a 40 year old. No, she's not perfectly smooth skinned but she has three kids and is in her 40s, not her 20s.

KimikosNightmare · 20/05/2022 15:55

MissTrip82 · 20/05/2022 01:58

It was a struggle to get a size 8 in 1997?

That wasn’t my experience at all.

I think she looks good. I would spend more time pursuing thinness (separate to health) if I were constantly photographed as well.

I'm not counting back far enough,. Size 8 was rare in the 80s and even into the 90s but beyond that my point stands. I have a ball gown from the late 80s which says it's a 10. It isn't- it's a modern 4 or 6. I've got skirts and dresses from the early 90s which say they are 10s. They are modern 4s or 6s.

KimikosNightmare · 20/05/2022 15:57

Your 1997 "size 8" was probably what would have been a 10 in 1987 or 1977. It's painfully obvious if you buy vintage clothes just how much sizes have expanded.

LilythePunk · 20/05/2022 15:57

I would agree with you about the sizing. Size ten thirty five years ago was much smaller than it is now.

mistermagpie · 20/05/2022 16:03

fellrunner85 · 20/05/2022 14:52

@mistermagpie Eilish is brilliant. I've been at a lot of the events she's at, and she's very lovely IRL. And yes she's thin, but has been built that way since being a kid - there are pics of her racing as a junior and she's always had those incredibly long legs (and amazing form!)

I'm a big fan too, I'm a runner and I love how honest she is about things like periods and weight and what kind of training she does. She always answers questions on Facebook and things too, she's brilliant.

balalake · 20/05/2022 17:55

I'm not keen on the dress, an exception to my usual view of what the Duchess of Cambridge wears though.

josil · 20/05/2022 18:08

huffyhufferson · 20/05/2022 14:31

Ooooh! Lots of green eyed monsters raising their ugly heads! 🤣🤣🤣

Lots, I'd love to see what these green eyed posters look like! Must make them feel better about themselves putting Kate down

Mercurial123 · 20/05/2022 18:19

josil · 20/05/2022 18:08

Lots, I'd love to see what these green eyed posters look like! Must make them feel better about themselves putting Kate down

I'm sure anyone on who has nannies private chef, PT, dietician, stylist, hairdresser, dermatologist etc on their payroll would look amazing.

GreenLunchBox · 20/05/2022 18:31

Those pics seem airbrushed

Here's some more candid ones

twitter.com/Fustany/status/1527387969946099713?t=skZjRfwgX2iXSOWQgFJ1Dg&s=19

KimikosNightmare · 20/05/2022 18:44

GreenLunchBox · 20/05/2022 18:31

Those pics seem airbrushed

Here's some more candid ones

twitter.com/Fustany/status/1527387969946099713?t=skZjRfwgX2iXSOWQgFJ1Dg&s=19

They look exactly the same. I don't like that dress as much as others she has worn but she still looks lovely.

There's some really sour faced posts on this thread.

GreenLunchBox · 20/05/2022 19:08

I didn't click on the Daily Fail link, I was going off the screenshot someone posted

josil · 20/05/2022 21:06

@Mercurial123 nope, I am not sure that's the case. Even if it was then why are so many people on the thread saying how awful she looks?

Threads like this trying to tear a woman down because she's healthy BMI!

I'd rather look like Kate and have her physique than most 41 year old women - give me a toned body anyway instead of a tyre for a belly

Mystery2345 · 20/05/2022 21:34

I’m not keen on the dress on her, but I love her hair and earrings!

Pegasaurus · 20/05/2022 21:40

I love the dress and think she looks great.

AledsiPad · 20/05/2022 21:49

I thought it was awful on her! She's beautiful and seems like a lovely if bland lady, but the hair and eyeliner do her no favours.

She is incredibly slim, and it's unlikely to be a healthy weight. This is beginning to show and, actually, I know many women aged 40 with 3 children who have aged better.

I preferred her bouncy curls, personally, they softened her features. The dress colours don't do her any favours either.

AledsiPad · 20/05/2022 21:58

No green eyed monster here, before anyone starts. If anything I feel quite sorry for her. The pressure to perform/conform must be huge and, if the rumours are true they more than likely are she's put up with plenty from those who are supposed to love and protect her in the last 10 years... I certainly wouldn't swap places!

josil · 20/05/2022 22:08

@AledsiPad what rumours?

DietrichandDiMaggio · 20/05/2022 22:16

ShirleyPhallus · 19/05/2022 22:36

Her waist is literally twice the width of her elbow. She is significantly thinner than she has been most of her life. It is concerning.

People do also comment when someone’s weight is excessively high too - Tess Halliday for example.

Tess Holliday is known because she's fat and promotes being overweight.

The previous poster is correct that if people pointed out that someone in the public eye for other reasons looked fat/overweight, there would be an outcry.

Iknowthis1 · 20/05/2022 22:16

I think she looks gorgeous. Green eyed monster? - Yes. I'd love to have those toned arms ( but obviously not enough to do the work involved in having them).

NorthFaceofthelaundrypile · 20/05/2022 22:17

The dress and hair look lovely, and when she smiles it lights up her face. However, the make up does her no favours and is quite ageing. The heavy eyeliner on the lower lid, just doesn’t seem to work for her like it once did.

OneCup · 20/05/2022 22:36

Not keen on the white band. She looks restrained and it cuts her body in two. Nice earrings!