Royal Style: Never knowingly under-jewelled, let's be like Daisy and shine!

[Maireas]

New thread, thanks for the brilliant title suggestion, as ever!

I can't imagine what Samantha Cameron was thinking when she picked that dress. It's completely inappropriate.
Akshata looked stunning. That colour is great on her. She is quite a stylish dresser.

PA does a lot of sailing it's not unusual to have a tanned face and hands with the rest of you depressingly white when sailing in Scotland which she does in the summer.

@LadyEloise1 my fault! I happened to be looking at another link featuring Princess Anne at the same time and got confused between two totally different photographs! Yes I agree it does look quite stark.

Yes @justasking111 that was my thinking - sailing/horses/outdoorsy.

Just dumping this here for no particular reason.

I think I have identified the woman with Prince William - Elisabeth Mainelli - wife of the Lord Mayor of London. She is German and from Bavaria - so I think it is Bavarian folk costume and a rewear.

Although I think National costume is allowed under white tie rules

Excellent work, @Lunde ! Yes, that definitely looks like her, it makes sense that she's in Bavarian costume.

I think Mrs Sunak would look lovely in national dress. She looks so young...as does her husband.
I assumed the Camerons were a last minute invite and Sam didn't have time to nip to Harrods for a frock.
What's next...Christmas?

For the British royals there is usually the family lunch at BP in mid-December and then the Sandringham walk to church

We should see the Swedish royals in tiaras at the Nobel banquet on December 10th

She wore it the other day when they celebrated Diwali. I love the red on her though!

Sam Cam is a designer with her own clothes line, isn't she? Maybe it's from her collection.

It is.

But a shame she didn't pick a more appropriate full length, evening dress from her own collection.
https://www.cefinn.com/collections/occasionwear

I thought the annual diplomatic reception was usually held in late November or early December, but I may be wrong about that. It's usually a tiara event?

How do you pronounce Cefinn? I like to think the f is pronounced with a v as in Welsh. Oh is that a Dior? No, its a Kevin dress.

Sorry bad picture

Different skirts?

Your might want to ask MNHQ to remove that photo @justasking111 as it's got identifying information on it!

Have done. Kate has had a seamstress on the skirt. Looking at the model it's a panelled full skirt. The hemming is superior too.

https://mol.im/a/12779197I
An article about how one should wear one's tiara. It suggests they are not very comfy!

The POW always looks good because her tailoring is perfection.

I thought Kates hair was underwhelming last night.However since she’d had it up earlier maybe she had that hair headache thing…

I'm obviously the odd one out, but I really liked Catherine's red cape outfit from yesterday.

But I do like a cape - I had one when I was a student Nurse, and it was lovely.

I liked the colour and the fit of Catherine's - so I'm obviously a fashion misfit.

As we know, @MrsFinkelstein , taste and style are subjective! Just look at our responses to Erdem! It would be a very dull world indeed if we all had the same opinions.

Although I think National costume is allowed under white tie rules

It is - and Palace invitation dress codes make this clear. So if you come from the relevant area, a dirndl is perfectly appropriate wear to any event, no matter how formal. Which I kind of love. (Hugo Boss has a dirndl range for its German and Austrian markets! Quite a surprise if you idly wander into one of their boutiques in Vienna…).

From the current season’s range, for example…😀