Showing posts with label Royal Wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Royal Wedding. Show all posts

Royal Wedding: Best and Worst Dressed!

Saturday, April 30, 2011
With each passing moment, we see newer photographs coming in of the royal wedding, and I can't help commenting about them :) Honestly I was not so excited about this wedding till Friday. But the wacky hats inspired me to write a post and now I am back with another one!

 I guess that by now we have seen so many pictures that I actually might not even have too many readers for this post. Nevertheless being a risk analyst by profession, I tend to analyse everything and hence decided to give my result :)
Key Trends
Dressy Frocks, 
Pale Colors, 
Wacky Hats, 
Classy Stiletoes, 
Simple Jewelery

Typically, these would cover almost all the royal guests. Isn't it so different from our Big Fat Indian Weddings (they don't even have to be royal :)) where we typically see heavy sarees, bright colors, overbearing jewelery, ornamental sandals. Neverthess, they are absolute fun! Now coming back to the main subject.

The Best

Zara Philips
The grooms cousin looks chic and elegant in her fitted silver Paul Costello outfit and makes a bold statement with her classy Philip Treacy hat, super-long leopard print clutch and Mary Jane heels. Her make-up is simple and elegant. I think she's looking gorgeous!



Lady Frederick Windsor
I think I am biased here because of the awesome hat again. Though she is wearing a rather conservative outfit in the form of a navy blue checked suit, her glowing skin and the interesting hat makes her stand out. She looks royal indeed.

The Only Full Length Picture I saw! We can see the Jimmy Choo shoes here!


Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
The English socialite, television presenter, columnist and model wore cobalt head to toe, with her body hugging Deborah Milner dress matching her Philip Treacy hat, gloves, shoes and clutch.


Joss Stone
I know what she is wearing is not exactly fantastic, but I simply like because it's adding some color to the entire amongst amongst the pale outfit. 

The singer goes for a bright red, spring appropriate dress from High Street store Hobbs. She has nicely matched her outfit with  red peep-toes and a red clutch. The ornamental hat brings about the 'sober' color aspect.




Samantha Cameron

Prime Minister David Cameron's wife hit the Abbey in Burberry's aqua ruched short-sleeve dress. She chicly eschewed the fascinator craze, opting instead for a whimsical hairpiece and matching necklace by Erickson Beamon for Erdem. In a nod to High Street, Samantha finished her look with nude sandals from Aldo.

She has been criticized for not wearing a hat as stipulated, but that doesn't stop her from looking gorgeous.



Princess Letizia



The Princess of Spain stepped out in a blush monochrome look. Letizia wore and elegant sheer-and-lace dress with floral embroidery accessorized with matching satin pumps and a netted-feathered hat.



 The Worst

Chelsy Davy
Being Prince Harry's girlfriend people thought she was under pressure to look elegant and royal. But she did not seem to really care. She arrived in a blue Alberta Ferreti skirt, but looked like she had forgotten to set her alarm right and did not have enough time to complete the hairdo


Frances Osborne
The wife of the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, wore a rather ordinary and casual grey dress. The not so tidy hair and the funny feather cap did not do any good either.

So who will you vote for hot and not?

Also read my take on the Royal Hats the guests wore in the Royal Wedding here.


Pictures from eonline.com and other internet sources

Royal Wedding, Royal Hats!

Friday, April 29, 2011
Everyone's going crazy about the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton! Since no fashion blog is complete without covering the wedding of the century, it is highly likely that we would end up looking at the same pictures over and over. However, we may have different stories to tell!

When I was going through the live updates of the wedding in office, along with thoroughly enjoying looking at the lovely dresses the VIP guests were wearing I was also thinking how they could bring about novelty in almost every single thing they were donning including the hats! Let's take a look here.

The Sailor Hat
Left: Victoria Beckham in a Philip Treacy Hat
Right: Guy Ritchi with a Friend in Something Similar but with a Rose

The Bushy and Flowery Hats
Left: The Bushy Hat (House of Commons Speaker John Bercow & Sally Bercow)
Right: The Flowery Hat (MiriamGonzalez with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg)


The Boat Hats 

Left: Tara Palmer-Tomkinson in a Boat Hat
(The English socialite, television presenter, columnist and model was also the face of Walkers Crisps, replacing Victoria Beckham)

Right: Princess Eugenie in a Boat Hat with Princess Beatrice. 
Some said it looked like a bird nest..

The Big Bow Hat
 Princess Beatrice in a Philip Treacy Hat. The Bow Hat is the Talk of the Critics everywhere!!


The Traditional Hats 
 Left: Earl Charles Spencer (Princess Diana's Brother) & Karen Gordon (his FiancĂ©e)
Right: Crown Princess Victoria & Prince Daniel of Sweden


Prince and Princess Michael of Kent


My Absolute Favorite..
The Classy and Fabulous Hat :  Lady Frederick Windsor

Princess Mathilde of Belgium in  another Philip Treacy hat. Don't they look similar!

The Horny Hat :  Princess Letizia

The Rosy Hats
Clockwise from Left Corner: The Queen, 
Autumn Kelly,
Sophie (Countess of Essex with Princess Anne) 

Mary Chantal of Greece

The Ornamental Hats
Earl's Girls

Zara Philip, Groom's Cousin in a Philip Treacy Hat

The Christmas Hat :  Not a Royal Guest, But What a Hat!
So which is your favorite?

Also see my verdict on the best and worst dressed guest at the Royal Wedding here.
And by the way, if you wanna know a little bit about who Philip Treacy is, read my post here.


Pictures from eonline.com and other internet sources