Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Royal Trend Watch: Elephant Parade Edition

In this month's "Not Your Typical Royal Event" news...

The Elephant Parade must be one of the most curious charitable events I've ever heard of.  Artists put their own mark on elephant sculptures, which are then put on display and are later auctioned off to benefit endangered elephants.  I have so many questions about this. 


Who buys these elephants?  Is there a whole rash of London gardens filled with oversize pachyderm sculptures?  And how did so many royals get involved?

Actually, I know the answer to that last question.  Camilla's brother, sister and daughter are all involved with the Elephant Family charity, as is the Duchess of York and Lady Annabel Goldsmith (dear friend of Princess Michael of Kent).  So, naturally, a whole mess of royals showed up to parade themselves for the good of the elephants; and bless them, they made sure to match the curiousness of their outfits to the curiousness of the elephants on parade.  An elephant trend has run amok through the Windsor family.  So very many questions:

Charles, did you pose by the shiny black elephant just so your tux wouldn't look so out of place?  Better showing than the rest of the family, I suppose....

Are we channeling the elephant's natural habitat here, with the Asian-inspired getup?  Usually I like these outfits on Camilla, but I think she might have forgotten to take the wind into consideration here.  This makes me nervous, as does....

This.  Talk about a wardrobe malfunction waiting to happen.  Eugenie, are you afraid to stand up straight, lest you reveal uncoordinated underpants?  Have you decided to rely on the photographer's sense of decency to preserve your dignity?  Because that is not going to work out for you.  Neither are those shoes.  And Beatrice, those yellow strings (ribbons?) on the front of your dress - why?  This confuses me.

Of course, Eugenie is equally capable of confusing me, as at the launch party for the event back in March she saw fit to throw a random flower into her hair to cap off an otherwise biker babe ensemble. Why?  Though I suppose if there was any event for which a leather princess outfit would have been appropriate it would have been the one at which this occurred.....
Presented without comment.

Princess Michael, of course, had to prove herself the most puzzling of them all:
Are those elastic pants, or just pants designed to look like they might have an elastic waist?  And which case is worse?  Also, we're just coming off this gem of an outfit:
Seen in Zurich, and apparently attributed to the weather there.  So now the weather in London is also at fault?  I can't imagine what sort of meteorological condition prompts one to dress up like the second coming of Madame Cleo, so I have to ask - are we entering a fortune teller phase of dress?  (I really, really hope we are, friends.  Oh, what fun we'll have.)

Photos:  Pool/Indigo/Getty Images/WPA Pool/Fiona Hanson/Daniel Demme/Wenn.com/Belga/Stuart Wilson/Dave M. Benett

ALBERT& CHARLENE

Prince Albert and his fiancee Charlene Wittstock attend a synchronized swimming event at Louis II stadium in Monaco

photos(daylife:reuters)

FELİPE&LETİZİA

Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia attended the meeting of the patronage of the foundation Prince of Girona in Girona

photos(terra es)

PRİNCESS MADELEİNE

Princess Madeleine attends The World Childhood Foundation Fundraising Ball at The Northumberland in London
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PHİLİPPE& MATHİLDE

Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde attends the gala evening at the 8th European Business Summit, organised by BusinessEurope and the federation of Entreprises in Belgium

Week in Review: Crown Princess Mette-Marit, 20-26 June

Here's what Crown Princess Mette-Marit wore the week of 20-26 June:
  1. Leaving Stockholm, 20 June.  Like there weren't enough people questioning whether she has a case of the pregnants last week, now this?  I won't go too far along that line (because if anyone were to analyze my belly, I'd shoot 'em) but suffice to say she's not doing herself any favors.
And that's it!  Boo.  This week was no fun.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Week in Review: Princess Mathilde, 20-26 June

Here's what Princess Mathilde wore the week of 20-26 June:
  1. Shopping in Stockholm with Princess Claire, 20 June.  Yellow jacket's too short, but I like her in bright colors. 
    And that's it for Mathilde this week - she too took some time off, giving us nothing to play with and no bests and worsts to name this week.  So let's talk about this instead:  I read that Mathilde brought 17 suitcases with her to the wedding.  SEVENTEEN!  Now that we've seen everything she wore in Stockholm, can you even guess what could have been in all of them?  My entire wardrobe could fit in 17 suitcases, shoes and all, with at least 10 suitcases to spare.....

    Photos: Wire Image /Adam Osterman

    Monday, June 28, 2010

    My Recent Covers...




    Hi ! Here are the covers which I just received from my friends, Edmund – Singapore & Limanski – Riga, Latvia. Thanks to both of you for these nice Covers ! I have also received a complete set of recent stamps issued on Common Trees of Singapore. The set is very beautiful. Thanks Edmund for selecting such a nice set for me. Limanski has sent two wonderful FDCs issued on Birds. My Sincere thanks for these nice covers & stamps ! This is all for Today….Till Next Post …Have a Nice Time !


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    Thanks to Edmund , Singapore

    Read details about these trees …

    http://ednfen.blogspot.com/2010/06/know-10-trees-covers-from-singapore.html

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    Thanks to Limanski E N, Riga - Latvia


    Week in Review: Crown Princess Mary, 20-26 June

    Here's what Crown Princess Mary wore the week of 20-26 June:
    1. Out and about in Stockholm, 20 June.  Looks a whole lot like the Heartmade top she wore 2 days earlier, but it's not.  Now, that's just excessive packing.
    2. Opening of Project Copenhagen Fortifications at Trekroner, 25 June.  The dress is lovely, but I think the intricate detailing on the bodice makes it difficult to match with the cardigan. 
    Best and Worst of the Week
    Man, these royals must have really partied hard in Stockholm last weekend. They all seem to have taken some extra time off this week.  There's not much to work with here, but I like the casual thing going on in #1 best.  The cardigan is really not working over that blue dress for me.

    Photos: Polfoto

        PRİNCESS LETİZİA

        Princess Letizia attended several audience at the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid