Victoria Starmer’s dress

[Fe2O3Girl]

It’s this:

Missing the point. Akshata attracted a huge amount of attention because she is worth substantially more than her husband, and was a non-dom. This was in the press and caused negative publicity for Sunak so care had to be taken about how his wife presented in a different way to many other prime-minister's spouses in order to manage his image.

I thought Victoria totally nailed it

not a fan of Akshata’s dress, though normally she also looks lovely

Akshata’s dress choice was interesting, because of the TV angle all I saw was a bunch of downward pointing blue arrows.

Awkward.

She’s an attractive woman with a lovely face. I thought she looked classy and elegant

You don't think Sam Cam is and was bought up with luxury /wealth. Put research glasses on.
You're right about negative wealth optics Carries' wallpaper choice came out negatively.

Yes a lovely dress.

We should pass a veil over the monstrosity that Akshata Murty was wearing.

Not veiled insult, transparent observation about dresses NHS workers should buy/ wear.

Re the previous price comment - I think most people would cobble together a decent budget for an outfit if they knew they’d be on the front of every national newspaper in it! She’s obviously taken care to pick something high street/relatable etc.

I liked both dresses, I think it’s quite common to go red/white/blue (flag/party colours) in the circumstances (although didn’t notice the blue downward arrows point above which is pretty funny).

Very striking, she looked good in it

Bless you for your low opinion of your fellow MN users, @LadeOde!

Do you honestly think we don’t know women can do things other than stand silently wearing clothes?

Both women appeared, this morning, in very specific roles for which their outfits would have been carefully thought out. Do you also honestly think they hoped to go unnoticed or unremarked upon? I haven’t found it necessary or entertaining to discuss their husbands’ clothes because they were completely uniform and unremarkable - and because I’m unlikely to wear a man’s suit myself. (Tweed jacket would be a different matter!)

I can assure you if I were to encounter either woman in a professional capacity I probably could turn my pretty little head to whatever subject was under discussion. I used to find myself in court with Cherie Blair in the past. We definitely didn’t talk about clothes …

There are so many articles, he owns the land and property it is publicly avail info, google yourself if you prefer your articles to my articles,

bloody hell.😂

I completely agree. When I first saw it and she was standing in front of the iron fence it my first thought was - ugh, I don't like that dress. It's so busy. But then when I saw the band of red on the bottom and walked away I thought she looked sensational. I really love it. I wonder what it would look like with a belt.

As for the polyester, unfortunately it seems like a fabric that's pretty hard to get away from now. Lots of designers use it now and their clothing is also a few £££ per item 😕

She looked lovely and her dress was great too

Agreed.

I liked both BS and AM’s dresses.
I was struck by how much VS looks like the actress Ruth Wilson.

She’s my age, I am suddenly feeling very fat and frumpy.

I guess the issue is, do you care about accuracy or do you just want to sling mud?

The articles you've quoted are malicious clickbait designed to make the labour leader look like a hypocrite.

My second article is from a source which is not aligned with Labour but shows the multi millionaire claim to be false.

I care about this because I think "fake news" is s threat to our democracy. You don't seem to care about provenance and are happy to pass on inaccurate and unproven allegations.

Yes, Google, but Google with a view to discovering the truth.

It was always going to be a red dress for this occasion!

Don’t worry, you’ll never have to think about it!

@WhatWillIWear Glad you got that off your chest.

I’m extremely glad you feel you’re contributing to the thread!

I like the black version of this dress.

Apologies if not accessible to all:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/akshata-murty-leaves-downing-street-dress/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/news/victoria-starmer-me-em-dress-enter-downing-street/

Sophie Raworth was wearing a pink dress that I really like on TV this morning, she's previously worn it at Chelsea Flower Show - anyone know where this one is from?

Can’t recall - but there was A Whole Thread About It recently!

Another one from Me+En

https://www.meandem.com/linen-blend-lace-midi-shirt-dress-belt-lilac-red-cream