Royal Style: Stilettos or kittens? More royal style and beauty chat.

[Maireas]

Morning!
A new thread. Autumn beckons, lets hope we get some interesting looks to discuss!

in an emergency I will accept a DB jacket with a nipped in waist. But only in an emergency mind.

Agreed I bought a long hounds tooth coat which I absolutely love.

I think there's some DB clothes swapping going on (like the Sewing Bee transformation challenge) as William appears to be wearing one of Albert's old jackets and Charlene has repurposed one that belongs to Edward.

Not sure if this is a good or bad thing, but as we are the same age, same colouring and have the same hair that doesn’t really do a ponytail I could do a reasonable Sophie DOE stand in.

oh dear. You can almost hear the horn pipe.

The Times today has an article headlined “How Prince William made the double breasted jacket cool again”

I’m planning a protest march to Buckingham Palace..who’s with me?!

Fashion turns full circle, eh?

Just seen some footage of Princess Anne arriving in Sydney and you'll never guess what she too is wearing...

Noooo!

<grabs pitchfork >

At least hers is probably the original from several decades ago 😊

Yes, I was about to say the same. It sort of confirms her wardrobe approach.

<plays devil’s advocate>

This doesn’t look bad at all. But it’s well fitted, heavy fabric and he’s standing still for the camera. DB can go wrong in lighter fabrics, any scenario where you are moving your arms (including walking) and the fit is crucial

Yes, that’s the one I just posted.

I also think with DB that the exact length and angle of the lapels makes a big difference.

Three sets of buttons / high lapels = bad
Two sets of buttons / low lapels = much better

Paging Derek Guy.....! I love his stuff on X, especially his massive crush on Felipe's style.

I quite like the velvet jacket but the blue one is not good and seems better suited to Charles aboard the royal yacht in the 80s! William is only 43 so not sure why he's adopted the style of someone much older.

Catherine at the Remembrance service tonight. Can't see the dress very well but not keen on the white collar
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Kate’s puritan collar is so dowdy.

It's very Victorian governess

I'm not keen on the collar, but her hair looks lovely. Cams and Sophie both look good. I thought Sophie was carrying a fan, but it's a clutch bag. Nice.

The wearing of black in that lighting every year, means I can never pick out any details on the outfits.

I know it’s a solemn event so not a time for high fashion , but Kate’s dress is pretty awful. Her hair and makeup are fab though.

Sophie looks a bit dishevelled in some of the photos but I love her bag.

I wonder if Sophie uses a hairstylist? Her hair never looks ‘done’.

Not a fan of the collar on Kate’s dress. It’s a similar style to some of her other Alessandra Rich dresses but not sure this version works as well as, for example, the polka dot dress. Her hair and make up look good and it’s nice to see George there.

I thought Sophie looked a bit tired but she seems to have been doing a huge amount of travelling lately. Camilla looks great. Would quite like to see a better picture of the Duchess of Gloucester and also Victoria Starmer - both dresses look lovely.

Watching now. Hannah Waddingham's dress is wow, I'd like to see all of it not just the top half.

Agree about Sophie's hair. It looks fine and is a tricky length to put up I imagine.