Royal Style: We Love the Boldness, Bring it on!

[Maireas]

Well style mavens, that last thread went quickly! Let's hope we get more royal fashion to analyse. I think we need some tiara action, though.

I joined this thread because, unlike most people whose clothes feature regularly in the media, the royals aren't all young, slim and good-looking

That's why I love Q Maximas style. It's really refreshing to see an older woman who is a normal size use colour & have fun. I do think she is very attractive though.

I surprised myself by liking Kate’s outfit today, it’s not the sort of thing I normally go for but it looked so smart. I really felt for Amanda Anisimova today - I saw her on Thursday in the s/f and she was brilliant. I’m sure there’s lots more to come from her. To go back a few conversations, I have to say I thought Carole M’s Wimbledon outfit was a bit of a miss, she has such a lovely figure and there are plenty of other dresses that will really suit her. Next year maybe!

The top half of Kate's outfits is nearly always fitted or tailored. Smart, sometimes elegant, but it contributes to a general impression of conservatism. As does the lack of variety

Yes, she favours high necks & the bodice is often fitted with a high waistband but I do think that shape suits her best.

Dress to your good points is something learnt through trial and error. I'm only 5' tall. Used to always wear heels for work and nights out. Certain fashion trends, colours, patterns just didn't work for me.

Leti is very petite and dresses in fitted clothes with shorter hemlines as does Mary. Catherine goes for column style fashion. Max can wear anything. Daisy wears everything with aplomb.

Sophie is a bit of a seesaw with separates.
The queen gets the job done depending on the day, task, but can surprise us evening wear wise.

Different women who have different dressers and different tastes. And of course different climates.

Leti is very petite and dresses in fitted clothes with shorter hemlines as does Mary.

L has really good proportions which imo often makes more of a difference to how you look in your clothes as opposed to height or size.

i thought that was Victoria Beckham?

@justasking111 - you've missed out Anne, the Empress of the rewear! Sometimes hits, sometimes misses, but always value for money! I just love someone who can wear the same outfit 45 years on.

Was it VB? My bad, as the kids say.
I loved it.

Absolutely.
It’s taken me 4 decades to realise both what suits me and what I feel good in.
And then tweaking it to adjust a menopausal body!

I'm only 5' tall.

Kylie is small but has excellent proportions eg long legs for her height, shoulders in line with hips, slimmer bottom limbs vs the top etc. It's why she looks modelesque in photos.

@MaireasI loved it too 😊

I hear you, my friend! I think also, as you get older, you get more confident and can develop your own style. When you're younger you tend to follow what's fashionable. At least that's what I did and it didn't always work....

I've been following a poster on Instagram who does birthstone tiaras. This month Ruby. She faithfully follows the tiaras and their wearers through history.

I have to say a century or more back there were some very odd looking aristocrats, royals a good visual case for not marrying your cousins. Things improved for some when they started marrying commoners bringing in fresh blood and good looks.

Must have improved their health too.

Never mind Leti. Felipe is my royalty crush.💕🤣

😆😆 he's a bit old for me but he's a very attractive man!

I did. Anne has a fine figure tall, neat, toned. Clothes hang so well on her frame. She did wear some horrors in her youth, frills, puffed sleeves, once she stripped that away she found her groove.

Leti is very petite and dresses in fitted clothes with shorter hemlines as does Mary.

They are only about an inch and a half apart in height! Leti is not short.

Yes, she rewears the classics.

He always looks sharp. We love his tailoring! Do we think he's shared the number with Albert of Monaco yet?

A few of Anne’s rewears stretching up to almost 40 years between first and most recent wear!

The chartreuse suit was Victoria Beckham - I checked the website to see if the blouse also was. Didn’t find that but did spot the dress the Lord Mayors wife wore to the Guildhall Banquet with the Macrons. It’s definitely a dress you need to be tall and slim for.
https://www.victoriabeckham.com/products/gathered-waist-floor-length-dress-in-heather-20758

For that price I'd expect silk!

Thanks for that, @Choux - amazing!

I thought I'd seen VB in that dress, at a BP reception? She looked fabulous.

Good memory. It was the Italian dinner back in Feb at Highgrove. I recall Stanley Tucci also attended. Different sleeves but otherwise the same dress.
Unless there was another event a Buck House?