Royal Style: More Summer Bling please

[Maireas]

That caught me by surprise! We had a flurry!
New thread.

This is gorgeous on Elisabeth of Belgium, even though she looks like a very chic giant next to the Imperial couple!

I like it, the jacket is a nice style. The Japanese couple must be tiny!

Masako: the last time I saw you, you were only this high!

I wonder if, for a moment, she looked at Elisabeth and thought that her daughter should be in the same position?

True, and true.

A history of Kate at Wimbledon. The yellow dress in 2018 and spotty one in 2017 are still my favourites. The shorter hair looked really good on her too.
https://www.tatler.com/gallery/every-outfit-the-princess-of-wales-has-worn-to-wimbledon

Thanks, Deftly - that 2018 yellow Dolce dress is my favourite. I love her hair as well.
I also like the 2022 Alessandra Rich blue polka dot.

I like a lot of them. I did notice that her hemlines have come down over the years though.

I like a lot of them but I do think the patterned ones tend to be less successful than the block ones. It's odd, Sophie is at home in and generally looks good in patterns - Kate much less so. Least bang for buck for me is the 2018 Jenny Packham tennis ball patterned one - absolutely hideous and manages to make the very slender Kate look average sized.

I think that she has lost a bit of weight too

That’s fashion though! All my work dresses now are mid—calf length.

Yes, all longer lengths in the shops. The knee length looks a bit dated now.

The mini has made a comeback this summer too - maybe we'll soon see Kate in one 😆

Yeah right, and Max will stick to navy and beige 😉

I would live in a mini with Catherine's legs!

And Zaras.

I loved the purple one, worn in 2024
The tennis ball one that @SqueakyDinosaur disliked so much. She wore that in June 2018 and Louis was born in April 2018 iirc. Perhaps she was breast feeding hence the fit ?

https://www.queenletiziastyle.com/blog/queen-letizia-in-yolanda-floral-dress-for-student-residence-board-meeting
Leti in a floral shirt dress....

I think the dress is just a bit much, although I like shirt dresses, this one seems to overwhelm Leti. It's a mixture of the pattern and the fit.

Meanwhile there’s another state dinner for teh Japanese imperial couple in Belgium tonight, and all of Mathilde’s and Phillippe’s children attended. Elisabeth wore her mother’s laurel wreath tiara, and Eleanore turned up in a brand new tiara! Both daughters seem to have received a tiara as an 18th birthday gift.

Mathilde has a lovely pale pink.pale green ombré dress with stunning beaded decorations around the neck.

That's a very pretty tiara, and I like her dress.

Lovely pic of Daisy and Isabella to commemorate the latter's graduation from secondary school. Is it my imagination or does Isabella look like Martha Louise of Norway? I know they're all related but I think only distantly.

She definitely does! I really like Daisy's yellow dress.

The Belgian offspring all look fabulous. Eleanore’s tiara cost €26k in 2019. And Mathilde is wearing my tiara 😍

I love Elisabeth's dress, she's so stylish. And clearly a brain box too!

Pity the Empress didn't choose a darker dress to display the fabulous necklace. It looks as if it's part of a diamond honeysuckle parure as the earrings also seem to match her tiara.