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.

Oh, yes, thanks Papergirl.

It's a very pretty brooch.

😂@GetDressedYouMerryGentlemen

She's not kneeling on the earth, she's on a foam mat.

Well her actual knees might be on a foam mat but I still wouldn't want to risk my lower shins brushing the mulch/mud when I was kneeling down if I were her.

So IMHO brown was a sensible choice.

I didn't say brown wasn't a sensible choice, I said I didn't like the particular shade. You're assuming I think she should be wearing something lighter. Quite the opposite, actually.

Anyway, she's not that bothered about a bit of dirt. Her shins are hovering over the pavement. She's wearing white trainers and asks not to have to wear gardening gloves, preferring to feel the earth. Good on her.

The oddest design

Love Cam's brooch but then I love bees.

Hmm Leti's dress I do like the style but not that colour as it looks a bit too postulant nun too me, however in a bright jewel shade I think it would look amazing.

I’m not a fan of insect brooches. The Dutch Royal Family have some that Maxima sometimes wears. I recall a big spider and a stick insect. Yuk!

Edited to add a link
https://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/royal-style/516275/queen-maxima-horrifying-spider-brooches/

Oh Camilla has a stick insect
https://bugstack.substack.com/p/issue-32-spring-2024s-hottest-royal

Yes Camilla's stick insect brooch was a gift from her father IIRC.

I love the insect and arachnid brooches! I was peering at Camilla's pair trying to gauge how anatomically accurate they were (answer, so far as I can tell, is that effort has been made with at least some features - waist, eyes, no. of pairs of wings - which definitely ups my enthusiasm for them). I wonder if she has any hawker or chaser dragonfly ones? Lots of scope for coloured gems and the chasers have especially chunky bodies.

I agree. I have an aversion to asymmetric hems. To me it just looks like the dress maker got bored and hacked the bottom with scissors. I never think they look flattering either as they don’t really hit the sweet spot on anyone’s legs

I don’t like that dress on Leti and the colour doesn’t suit her.
Now back to Camilla’s coat - where is it from please, does anybody know. ?
Mind you I look like a sack of spuds when I wear something like that so I don’t know why I am asking 😀

@deeahgwitch I've looked but can't find info on the coat.

The ice blue trench coat is by Anna Valentine. Camilla wore it in a recent trip to Bradford, that time with dragonfly brooches.

@Papergirl1968i literally just found that pic and the coat ID and was about to post it referencing the dragonfly brooches!
https://www.purewow.com/fashion/queen-camilla-ice-blue-trench

Ah thanks @Papergirl1968! And there you go, that answers your musing on dragonfly brooches. I totally forgot about those. 🙂

If I were fantastically wealthy I'd have such a varied collection of brooches.

She’s also looking like Jill Biden again in that photo.

Big nope to Leti's purple dress. It's giving '80's vibes, but not the good sort.

That was meant to say there you go @Cassiope!

The skirt lovely, the smocking midriff fine. It all goes wrong in the boob area for me.

I actually like Leti’s dress! The colour is a bit different and the cut shows off her enviable figure.

Thank you @Papergirl1968and @Choux
I agree re the Jill Biden resemblance in that photo in Bradford.

I like it, too. And I really like her shoes. I know it's a result of foot issues, but the absence of outdated stilettos makes the overall look appealing to me.