Showing posts with label Project D. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Project D. Show all posts

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Royal Trip Report: The Cambridges in Asia, Part 4

Here we go again! This is our final installment of Cambridge trip fun. Take a look back if you like:


The trip’s over now, and they seem to have saved the best stuff for last. Dancing royals, coming atcha…

Day 7: Events in Honiara in the Solomon Islands
Sunshine yellow! And here we have a textbook example of why royals are great in bright colors: you can pick them out of a grass skirt line up, no problem.
Her Jaeger dress, and the necklace she was given
Even looks good with a floral headdress and a Princess Kate necklace. Perfect.

Day 7: Still in the Solomon Islands, en route to a private island for some down time
And then the couple switched roles, and she let William’s shirt be the guiding light.
Her Mulberry dress, with a look at the fabric and the necklace she was given
I even like the wedges with this one, so there.

Day 8: Leaving the Solomon Islands and arriving in Tuvalu for an evening of fun. Warning: this video contains royal dance moves, which you will find either adorable or embarrassing – definitely one of the two. You’ve been warned.
She’s amassing quite the collection of the little yellow dresses, isn’t she? There’s the one above, this one (by an “independent dressmaker”), plus the Jenny Packham spotted on the last tour. Of the three…this is definitely my least favorite. Nevertheless, it’s not a bad backdrop for her Island Queen for the Day accessories!
The evening dress and personalized fan, plus daytime accessories
Would never in a million years have picked this Alice by Temperley gown for the evening off a rack for her, but it works. It works perfectly, in fact. That Cathleen, she’s so clever.

Day 9: Leaving Tuvalu for home, with a stop at the Brisbane Airport
I say we officially dub this the trip of the shirt sort of dress, or the trip of the full-ish skirted dress. We can work on the name.
Her Project D dress for the farewell, and the more comfortable outfit seen in Brisbane
And that's that, the biggest dose of Cambridge you'll get all year. Big decision time now:

What was your favorite outfit from the Duchess this trip?

Photos: Jaeger/Mulberry/Net-a-porter/Bauer Griffin/Getty Images/Brisbane Airport

Monday, July 9, 2012

Royal Trend Watch: Wimbledon Style, Part Deux

Turns out, all you need to rustle up a bunch of Windsors is a Jubilee or a Brit in the Wimbledon finals. Scotland's own Andy Murray lost out to Roger Federer yesterday, but it wasn't for lack of (royal) support.

Left to right: Lord Frederick Windsor and Prince Michael of Kent, Tim Taylor, the Duke of Kent (presenting the trophy to Roger Federer with Andy Murray in the background)
Let's start with the gents and their suits, shall we? Your standard range of Kents, with a bonus Tim Taylor, which is always lovely to see.

L to R: Princess Alexandra of Kent, Princess Michael of Kent, Lady Frederick Windsor, Lady Helen Taylor
And then there were the Kent ladies, working their elegant style (well, except for the spot of bedhead on Helen there). Sophie Winkleman wins this for me, in her tennis whites.

L to R: the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Gloucester
And speaking of tennis whites, of course Kate showed up in hers. Repeating her outfit, of course, as was the Duchess of Gloucester (in her Jubilee outfit, again).

L to R: Pippa Middleton, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (at Princess Athena's christening)
I wouldn't normally throw Pippa in here, but I couldn't resist an informal style duel: who wore the Project D dress best?

Photos: Getty Images/Wimbledon Facebook/Reuters/PA

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

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

  1. a) The christening of Princess Athena, 20 May, b) wearing Project D.
  2. The christening of Princess Estelle, 22 May. An excellent set of christening appearances, if you ask me. I have come down firmly on the "like" side when it comes to outfit #1 there.
  3. Attending a concert of the Royal Life Guards Band, 24 May, wearing bits of the ruby parure again! I approve of this strategy.
  4. a) Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Danneborg royal yacht, 26 May, b) wearing Baum und Pferdgarten. Ahoy, matey! Nautical indeed.
Photos: Zimbio/Purepeople/Abaca