Duchess Kate made another public appearance yesterday in London, at a garden party for the Queen‘s Jubilee. Note her dress – it’s the same $1500-2000 Emilia Wickstead coatdress dress that Kate wore less than two weeks ago, at the Buckingham Palace cocktail party for international royalty – go here to see the photos from that event. For yesterday’s event, Kate only changed up the shoes and she wore this fruity hat. You know I think Kate has a face for hats – she can pull off hats like few women. But this hat is WAY too frilly and little-girl-ish for my taste. I’m surprised it’s not covered in buttons too.
So, should we even discuss the whole “Kate repeats a dress” issue? I don’t even think it’s an issue, really. She’s repeated clothes before, and it’s fine. She spends a lot of time shopping and planning out her outfits, and she spends a lot of money on this stuff – why shouldn’t she wear some pieces more than once? The only thing I object to is the timing – I don’t think she should do repeats so quickly in succession. I mean, this garden party was only her second public appearance in two weeks’ time, and she’s wearing the same dress that she wore for the last appearance. So while it’s fine with me if she repeats a look, don’t do it so quickly. Why not wear a dress that she wore for one of her February public appearances?
Anything to say about her makeup? Too much eyeliner for a day event, in my opinion. But she loves that eyeliner so much. She loves it so much she’ll wait around for nine years to marry that eyeliner. Something nice: I love her pearl-drop earrings.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I think she looks great and the hat is fine, too. I like that dress on her, but I agree that she should wait longer to repeat an outfit.
um too farty, magilla camilla looks better
Oh corny, your comment made my day! Thanks for the laughs!
Camilla Gorilla! Thanks for that!
Monarchy is dated. It’s waste of money.
Here, here!
complete waste.
I think she should wait more too, she is known as Waity after all (oops, did I say that?). I don’t even rotate my outfits for dress up occasions that frequently and I’m not even a tiny bit as well known as Kate.
I may be mistaken..but it seems to me.. that Kate cares too much what the media and people say and think about her. I say this.. because when famous make up artists in Britian and other people were commenting on her too harsh eyeliner, and she needs to smudge it out.. i notice on one occasion she did. Other times.. people have commented not just here but elsewhere that she needs to do something with her hair..and then she put it all the way up for another event.
This is the first time.. i’ve seen pictures of Kate.. looking this ecstatic and lively and touching people.. I almost want to say she probably paid attention to the book that is to be released the ‘dull, serious..’ attributes.
I would make sense if she is this much of a people pleaser.. mainly in fact that she did everything she could to keep the relationship going with Prince William.
I think it’s fine. The dress is pretty, in a reserved, Royal kind of way. And really, who doesn’t wear the same thing twice? Could you image buying a dress you loved and only getting to wear it once? Famous or not, I’d sure re-wear clothes I love.
Also, why do Camilla’s legs look so orange?
support hose..they are very thick. that’s why Camilla’s legs look orange.
Yup, Granny hose, straight out of the L’eggs egg.
Would these women please (and I said this on another thread) take a cue from Dita von Teese and wear the super sheer nudes that look incredibly natural? All of them just age themselves so prematurely.
PS – I still don’t get the hate towards Kate though. She’s not nearly as annoying as these reality stars that are thrown in our faces every second of the day.
I agree that Kate IS NOT ANNOYING. I think she is representing her country well. And, she isn’t wearing support hose..only Camilla is. And, she may be wearing them for medical reasons that we don’t know about. So, I shall cut her some slack re the support hose. 🙂
No, Kate is not annoying. That would presume a personality.
agree. i think she looks good. Camilla looks good too. i actually think she has gotten better as she’s aged.
Kate looks fabulous!! Sorry to say..I’m not a big Camilla fan..I guess she looks alright.
I dislike the neck shape on that dress, anyone else agree? It doesn’t do anything to emphasize her beauty
She looks beautiful, relaxed and at ease. Go Kate!! 🙂
Nitpicky detail but… Even though there were officially released snaps, the monarch dinner was not a public event/appearance
Camilla looks like a peeled potato in that white dress. Looks horrid on her. I like Kates hat, but the dress is meh.
Agree on all counts… hat is way too frilly, eye makeup is way too heavy, and way too soon to recycle a dress. I am all for her wearing her clothes on multiple occasions, in fact, I think she SHOULD do this. If she were having to dress up every single day, then having this dress in the rotation so soon would seem fine… but I think she has plenty of clothing to be able to space the ‘repeats’ out a bit more.
Agreed that the too small, frilly hat doesn’t remotely fit with the architectural spare, clean lines of the coat dress. It looks ridiculous. And she looks awful in pink.
I think she did her own makeup again. She looked really great from the neck up on her last public outings, so I think someone else did her makeup back then.
I’m a bit skeptical why she would recycle so quickly. Surely she (and her staff) would keep a checklist of everything she wears, so the cynic in me thinks this is a PR stunt. Or maybe they just f***ed up big time.
Camilla looks nice too, I’m sure that’s the hat she wore when she married Prince charles in the Guild Hall.
Camilla looks a million times better than Dolittle.
Ewww. Camilla will never be attractive. Sure, it’s not her fault. And it’s great she accepts herself but no, even when she was young. She was no beauty. You people need to get your eyes examined.
I know it’s mean, but oh well.
Kate looks nice but yes, to repeat she should wait. She has plenty of clothes. But maybe she was making a point. There were complaints to the amount spent on this dress. So maybe she did this to show people that even though this dress is costly they will get their money’s worth for it.
Hair pulled back! Keep it up Kate!
(-_- positive reinforcement)
Agreed re the pulled-back hair! Yeh!
I still can’t get over how matronly and blah Kate looks compared to Princess Mary of Denmark. It’s not rocket science to punch it up a bit.
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We get it, you don’t like her eyeliner. She looks great and has more class and style in her pinkie finger than half of the celebrities we read about everyday.
How do you know? All she does is walk around, smile and shake a few hands. Vanna White with a title.
from reading the comments i feel really sorry for her…she seems like a lovely young women..but shes in this position where ‘you’re damned if you do and damned if you dont’…she can never satisfy everyone..people need to leave her alone and stop critisizing her…its ok to have an opinion on her since she is in the public eye..but some ppl are just so mean…get off your high horse…you think you can do better if you were in her position??
“Leave Waity aloooone!”
We’d get off her case if she got off her bum and started working properly. I’m still waiting to see those amazing serious charities of hers.
agrees with enough already…Kate seems to be a natural. William chose well. IMO
I LOVE that hat! Love it! The dress is super cute, as are the shoes. I think her makeup is lovely. When you are being photographed that closely you must wear that sort of makeup, otherwise you look less polished. Its not that heavy and compliments the dress nicely.
Stunning! Yay Kate!
I agree…the make up this time is more natural…and she looks beautiful more than 2 weeks ago in the same dress IMHO!
I think the makeup has been put on with a trowel. However, I think she cares nothing for the plebes she has to associate with or what they think of her close up. The heavy makeup is all for photos and video.
I think it’s fine for her to repeat dresses but I agree that doing it too soon looks tacky. Also I really dislike that dress, it is just really ugly in my opinion. As for the eyeliner– I’m an eyeliner freak myself so I can’t judge.
It’s a lovely dress, i would or worn it twice, she should wear what makes her comfortable. Considering that she defaults to greys and blues she needs something in the pastel range for these types of events.
On another note i thought it was nice when Harry(who “hates” her) says that Diana would have loved Kate. Those brits and their hatred.
William said that he hope Diana would be proud of them (him and Kate) not Harry.i don’t think Harry hates Kate because she might not hold that much importance in his life but he do not line her or at least did not use to according to 8 years long reporting by media.i am curious are you a republican or a democrat because I would like to know who do find a hater or a jealous people democrats or republican as in your opinion if one criticize a public figure whom they don’t even get to elect by voting is a hater or a jealous person.
Are you kidding? Harry’s probably ready to kiss her feet because once she has a child, he’s set free!
I don’t think Harry wants to be free because imo he enjoys what he does and it shows in videos and in photos.he enjoys himself in public and do not complain about every thing that comes with being a royal, good or bad.
This is Harry’s Quote:
“She would have loved to been there, she would have loved Kate.”
@angelic he complained about not being able to find a partner who wants to take on the family business.
COMPLAINED about not getting a partner not about the job, and that was just one interview, he got so much heat for his actions from so early on but still he do more work them the pr golden prince even though he knows that he will not be king.William on the other hand had complained about his work aa royal and his unwillingness to do royal duties in interviews again and again and support his thinking by his actions.
I think she looks just wonderfull.
Don’t be selfconscious Kate, I often wear my dresses more than once but seldom to a garden party….bee stings.
I think that dress is totally appropriate for the occasion, and I like the shoes much better than the ones she wore a couple of weeks ago. I also like the fact that she does not over accessorize, but I know I’m in the minority on that one.
As for hats, I wish they were more fashionable. I can wear them. We’re going to England to inter my father’s ashes with his mother and grandmother this fall, and I may have to buy one. I see myself in a lovely black fascinator thingy with some netting over my face. 😉
Hey there. It’s so hard to lose a parent when your older, especially one you loved. My Bf was catatonic for weeks, so i really feel for you and am sending you lots of internet hugs. Be strong.
The weather is really good at the moment. You are coming over at a really lovely time.
On the fascinator front, Debenhams is doing a great range from lots of different people. Personally i am not a hat person, but i am definitely a fascinator person.
One more thing. Whilst i do not like the hat our dear duchess is wearing and she could do with turning down the tan, i do think she’s looking good.
Arm Candy Huzzah!!:)
Unfortunately, we won’t be coming now. I’ve seen how lovely it’s been, much nicer than out here! We will probably wait until after the Olympics hoopla dies down, so probably somewhere in the September-October range. The weather isn’t really that different from here, actually. Not really looking forward to it, but am at the same time. It’s strange.
But, yes, huzzah for good arm candy!!
I see nothing wrong with repeating an outfit. I think it sends a responsible message, although I’m not sure I can say that was her aim. It’s nice to see her look animated for once.
She is gorgeous. Love that she repeats..
I thought I read somewhere a long time ago that it’s actually permanent eyeliner so it’s not like she can go lighter unless she does the tatoo remover route.
I REALLY doubt that.
me too!
The hat and the makeup are great. She looks very good; however, what’s up with the maniacal grin in the 4th photo? She looks like she’s on speed or something.
Camilla needs to hit the gym.
Please Camilla has never pretended to be a great beauty or model type. She looks good.
I always despised Camilla and Charles, but lately I am rooting for them. I like how no matter how hard the queen and the public tried, no one could keep them apart ultimately. Just goes to show you, when two people really love each other, they won’t give up until they are together. My favorite part is that unlike William and Harry, Charles is clearly attracted to Camilla based on who she is, not on what she looks like.
Being European, I would say the dress in itself is great, but on her it is way too boxy over shoulders, makes her hands look manly and overall just a boring look. She looks exactly like her mother! Also her accessories are boring, the shoes almost dowdy, and the hat something from the eighties….sorry!
She may like the dress and think that it is the best one she has for the occasion. Plus, Britain is in a financial crisis currently. The austerity program has not been successful. Wearing the same dress shows a willingness to acknowledge hard times in her country.
Except that her hat and bag are new. She tends to the £300-£500 price range for those. If you add up all the new hats/bags, and she always gets a new combo per outing, then she really isn’t being austere is she?
She’s royalty…that’s what they do. She will be damned if she does and damned if she doesn’t.
Sweetheart don’t tell us what royalty do because we are the one s that actually understand what they are supposed to do and hence we criticise her and do not drool over her because she is pretty.the reason lak and sachi are complaining because her pr and tabloids keep giving statements and articles about how normal and hard working these two are.the fact is no body expect them to be normal or to be suffering through financial crisis but because their pr insists and thinks that we are stupid enough to buy this we complain.no she will not be damned if she do some thing, even if she will make mistakes out wear ugly clothes I will not criticize her and appreciate her efforts because I am so tiered o of talking about a30 years old woman clothes, make up, weight, pregnancy, real or fake hairs, fake tan etc.she is starting to make Camilla look good.
Oh yes, austere measures by buying a dress that costs thousands of $$$ and wearing it twice. If Kate is truly observing austerity, she’d not go shopping for new clothes again for the next 3 months and wear the clothes she’s worn last Summer in her North American tour…or at least shop for much, much cheaper clothes.
Most of her clothes range upwards of $500. Her shoes also cost upwards of $800. Her bags, hats, and other accessories are also not cheap.
She’s only repeated an outfit TWICE so far. The rest of the time she’s been out for ‘work’ she’s worn brand-new clothes that cost thousands of $$$ for each piece of clothing. She doesn’t have a lot of duties, and yet she shows up in brand-new clothes all the time.
Will she be wearing brand-new, designer clothes as her duties increase, or is she going to continue recycling her clothes 3-4 times a month?
The only royal who successful recycles among the Windsors is Princess Anne. Her clothes from the ’80s still get worn today.
For the rest of the royals all over, it’s Princess Letizia…and her clothes are truly “austere”, since she mostly buys from Zara, Mango and other very cheap and affordable Spanish brands to help Spanish businesses and economy and to show an awareness for the mess that is Spain’s recession.
Kate, on the other hand, I would not say is austere…yet. Wearing a dress that expensive over and over again is just rational. It doesn’t make her special. Let’s see if she’ll recycle the rest of her expensive, branded clothes.
I actually like the dress better now that her hair is up because you can actually see the top of the dress. I think it’s just fine to wear the dress again. I wish the look was more exciting but this compaired to the see through feathered mess Beyonce wore to the Met Ball~ I’ll take this any day.
It is a lovely dress. And I even like her hat.
I hope Kate wears this dress once a week for the next month. If only to watch people harp about it.
There is nothing tacky about wearing it again so soon. It is not as if she wore the dress for more than a few hours, at a dinner party.
I agree!! I think she looks fantastic here… The hat is not my taste, but it looks really good on her.. she has such a great forehead for hats!! GO KATE!!
What I like about the hat is that it matches flawlessly. But I agree it is too soon to repeat an outfit, which is a shame because it is far more suited to a garden party than a reception with international monarchy.
we’ll be there on Sunday, I’ll tell Kate and the Queen you all say “hi”
Maybe it’s because I’m American, but I don’t understand why Kate gets criticized for being “waity.” As if no woman had ever been with a guy for a long time and, despite a breakup, still been interested. She’s what, 29? 30? So they started dating when she was what? 20? 21? If they’d gotten married really young everyone would’ve made a big deal about how William didn’t “play the field” enough.
on that special last night they stated the Queen and Prince Phillip waited 8 years to marry. Different times but still.
i’m not sure, if i understand you right, but you say that the queen waited for prince philip since she was 13 or so?
True so we can also erase 4 years from the Kate wait because generally college students wait until graduation and sometimes wait to be established in their careers?? so maybe we can shave 4 years and an additional 2 years from Kate Wait??
June, yes, the recurring story is the Queen first met him when she was 13. No romance, of course. That waited until she was older.
It’s not that she waited 10 years to marry. It’s because she did NOTHING but wait. That’s the issue. Nothing, nada, naught. It was her raison d’tre.
@Maemay – Different times but even then neither HM or DoE sat around waiting for someone to propose. I also fail to see how they could have waited 8 years to marry when they met when HM was 13, DoE was 18 and did not start dating till she was at least 18. They married when She was 21. So only 3 years of waiting.
Didn’t she work in her family’s business?
Only her family says so on their Web site.people who follow her life for a living example paparazzi and her biographers says in very clear words that the whole working for the family business was a cover up to protect her from the criticism that she was receiving.these were the exact words said by the author of William’s princess and Katie Nichol who always kiss Middleton’s ass said the same exact thing, the only account of get real work was 3 days a weak at jigsaw fashion house whose boss said in an interview that she refused to go from back door when offered and then complain about paparazzi and it was not working for her because she needed to be at William beck and call.
There is no evidence that she did. Her official title was photographer for her family business website and yet there are no bylines. Later it became marketing something or another but still you can not see it because the entire company’s accounts are sealed or private.
Many royal reporters, have said that it was a cover to try to tone down the waity negative press she was receiving.
When you do ask official sources ie The palace, they point you to Jigsaw. That is all. And her JIgsaw boss was less than flattering with regards her work ethic which points to the reason many are irritated with her, Her work Ethic
So using that logic we can erase 4 years for college…generally people wait til after college…and perhaps two years to get established after college…so we can erase 6 years from Kate’s wait list or at least 4 for college?? that makes her on par for a modern college grad or at least my friends.
@Maemay – Are you really comparing a teenage crush/infatuation where the other party is completely oblivious to feelings of the other for best part of 5 years to an adult situation where both parties were perfectly aware of their mutual feelings for 10 years???
Now i have heard every thing.
First you excuse Kate’s work ethic by comparing her to a 19year old, then you excuse her waiting by comparing her to a 13year old!!!!!
MAy i suggest you read the following book from a reputable biographer on the Queen’s life
http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Elizabeth-II-Life-Times/dp/B0071TCV9G/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1338400069&sr=8-4
No sycophancy, speculations etc. Only facts gleamed from the royal circle and archives.
@MayMae, as of last week, I too am 30. Class of 2004 and I have worked the 8 years since graduation, steadily moving up the ranks in my chosen profession. Same goes for my friends. In addition, I work with very wealthy girls whose parents make upwards of a million dollars a year and they still work hard to pursue their own accomplishments. So, no, Kate working 18 months at Jigsaw and part-time for her parents’ business (if she even did that) for a year or two hardly puts her on par with modern college grads. The lengths to which you will go to defend Kate are bordering on the ridiculous. If you like her, cool, but don’t spin it to make her look more accomplished than she is. She married well, that’s it. I only hope she does a lot more as a royal in the future and deem herself worthy of all this senseless praise.
Never said she was accomplished just trying to erase Kate Wait years…Ok so lets erase 2 years for career off her..keep the 4 years off her Wait…and that means she waited ?? 4 or 5 years to marry the prince??
@Meamay – once again you are comparing the waity’s relationship to that of someone whose relationship started at the earliest 3 years and at the latest one year ahead of her wedding.
HM may have been infatuated with DoE but he certainly wasn’t looking at her. THere is another book out, this one very pro Philip that says as much. Here is an extract http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1471019/Portrait-of-a-marriage.html
In my book, a love affair whether teen or not has to have two people in it. Not just one sided longing that the man you met once and possibly have a crush on, may look your way one day. And Phillip certainly wasn’t celibate as he was getting on with his life. Who knows if he may have turned to HM where it not for the machinations of his Uncle Dickie Mountbatten.
And for the record, Waity and PW did not start dating until mid-late college years so even if we are to take out the college years, we can only excuse 2. Which leaves 8 of her doing nothing.
umm kay so lets leave liz and phil out of this and just say we can absolve some of kate wait weight by 4 years since modern college educated adults at least wait until they graduate in order to marry. So given that is Kate horrendous crime of waiting for marriage horrible if we shave 4 years for college of her original wait?
Fair?? so the orignal wait for waity is 4 or 5 years minus the college years which don’t count. I would also say that some modern men want to be established in their careers before taking on the responsibility of marriage and family…so if we add the college wait and Williams career wait…because Waity has no career…we can shave 6 years of the Kate wait weight?
So there we have it Kate waited about 3 years for marriage.
@Maemay – even if we shave off the college years, she waited for minimum 6 years. You can not include a 2year after college period of experimentation with different jobs or trying to get that first job as per normal graduates because She never did that. She graduated and went back home to Wait William out.
William himself said he would not marry what ever the circumstances, and long before he met Kate until he was closer to 30. That fits in neatly with the timing of the wedding. In those circumstances, if marriage was a dead cert but not going to happen before 30 or in this case 29, that gave her ample time to do something with her time. She did not.
OK, I guess I have my answer 🙂
Lisa, last night’s special said that they did wait 8 years to marry. Yes the Queen was around 13 when she met Phillip..and THEY were BOTH interested in each other. Phillip wanted to date her when she was older and the Queens father told her no. Well, they spent time together and the Queen told her father that she loved Phillip and the rest, as they say, is history. So, it was around 8 years before they married.
Deep
It is a well known fact that hm had a crush on prince Phillip but if you consider a one sided teenage crush a relationship then really I have to wonder how old are you exactly? And if what you are saying is true about prince Phillip being interested in a13 years old girl athen that would make him a paedophile and even at that age and time and being a future Queen she did not sit on her ass all day long waiting for pp to give her a call
I am shocked that a major network would put out a programme cointaining the downright lie that HM and Philip were in some kind of relationship for 8 years. Or that there was some kind of tacit understanding between them to necessitate an 8 year wait.
There are many reliable biographies by respected authors on The Queen’s life that say nothing of the sort. That point to an unrequited for a very long time teenage crush by HM on philip. That tell how his uncle dickie manouvered and plotted, much like we are accusing Ma Middleton, to get Philip on board the royal train as soon as he became aware of HM’s teen crush. If not for him, we may have been looking at a very different Duke of Edinburgh because uncle dickie made it his life’s work. Philip wasn’t necessarily looking in that direction.
@LAK they actually said all of that last night on the special. So, if it’s a lie…the firm told it. Do you actually think this program took place without the Queen or someone in the firm approving it before it was shown? I think not. And, you are right about Dickie..he’s the one that pushed the relationship..as far as what they said last night on the special. And, yes the Queen was 13 and yes Phillip waited for her to get older. And, it was an eight year wait. If it’s a lie..they told it…
Deep
Do you know how rf works? The firm supervise the interviews not the whole show, other then interviews everything else is the producers research and interpretation.royals do not even sit with official biographers let alone discuss the age and time line of their relationships with tv shows producers.the biographers only get to speak with close family and friends, move in their circles, use contacts in media etc, rf never discuss the details of their relationships and personal lives.whatever extra information was aired was because of shows research not rf official words.
@deep – the rf would never give out interviews on their personal lives especially to an american tv show. That’s why diana and charles doing it was so shocking. The information they do give out is always to people who are known to them within their circle which is why sarah bradford got so close. Not anyone can get into the royal archives. Further, the firm would never involve themselves in the content of an american programme. The princes giving interviews is an unprecedented thing. The UK TV programme that had full backing of HM was The Diamond Queen for BBC by a respected news journalist Andrew Marr, and he mostly concentrated on work.
What you are talking about is sloppy journalism on the part of the producers who wanting to gild the lily filled it with unsubstantiated rumour and conjecture which if they had used the right sources would have probably painted quite a different picture.
She didn’t just wait. She waited with NO job.
She did nothing but flake off and keep herself available. But that’s her breeding.
The Middleton’s raised her to be a socialite. She knew from birth she’d always be taken care of so working was never an issue.
But in this day, being the girlfriend of a future king it looks ridiculous to be doing nothing of substance.
The future Queens, current princesses of The Netherlands, Denmark, hell freaking submissive women in royalty Japan were very career oriented and did something before giving it up to be a princess.
The crown princess of Sweden has done more than William. The princess of Norway, won’t even be Queen because her brother passed it up has a career and she doesn’t have to.
Kate was pathetic.
I think she’s honest. What is so wrong with the goal of marriage to the most eligible and arguably the most desirable man in her age group on the planet? AND she loves him. AND he loves her.
There are worse ways to get what you want out of life than marrying well.
Kate could have worked her whole life at a “respectable” career and never would she achieve the sort of fame, power, and historical significance she gained by marrying prince Wills.
I just don’t understand all the hate towards her. I think she set a lofty goal and attained it. He’s happy, she’s happy—end of story.
When Vikki flies a helicopter we can talk, Vikki is the Prince Charles of her country…she is NEXT. William will more than likely wait another 20 years or more before becoming King.
Yes, she gained all of those things (fame, power, and historical significance – BARF) at the cost of her self-respect and dignity.
I doubt she would’ve exhibited the ‘Waity Katie’ behavior if William was a regular guy and not the future King. I don’t think she would’ve endured the public mockery and criticism – of being called ‘Waity Katie’, Wisteria Sister, doors-to-manual – if there wasn’t a big pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
What’s more pathetic is that she sacrificed a lot of her time and herself to William, but William didn’t do the same to her. Have you ever heard William asking for more time-off from his job to spend time with Kate? Or be interested in any sort of hobbies Kate has? NO. Is that what you call an equal, loving, give-and-take relationship?
YES, if I want to be Queen of England–I do call that an equal “sacrifice”. And I think she does adore him; and she clearly loves the lifestyle, so to her it’s a fine relationship with a very respectful “give and take” aspect to it. I mean, she looks happy enough AND dignified if you ask me…
So it’s equal to you if only one person in a relationship sacrificed and gave everything while the other just sits around and expects everyone to kowtow to all his wishes? We must have very different standards then.
If she’s happy that she finally got the ring then it’s her so be it. IMO she’s just pathetic and a sad excuse for a modern, independent woman. She shouldn’t expect people to respect her for basically waitying her way to get to the very top. This love affair with the media will not last very long.
And I agree with you Goodcapon. Maybe she wouldn’t have waited so long for an average guy. But so what? So she’s turned on by princes, big deal. It’s her prerogative who she finds attractive enough to “wait” for. Maybe the chase and the wait was part of the thrill for her.
As Woody Allen famously has said “the heart wants what the heart wants.”
GoodCapon says:
“So it’s equal to you if only one person in a relationship sacrificed and gave everything while the other just sits around and expects everyone to kowtow to all his wishes? We must have very different standards then.”
—-My point is, I really don’t think she sees it that way. I think she really loves him and REALLY wants to be Queen. She was willing to wait for the man she loves–and knew what it was going to take to spend the rest of her life with him…and she didn’t mind doing it because SHE LOVES HIM. And turns out, he loves her or he never would have married her.
…and If they didn’t end up getting married, maybe then she could be called “pathetic”. As it is, she is the future Queen of England–which is about as far from “pathetic” a gal can get!
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I confess, I just end up feeling kind of bad for all the Royals – well. As bad as you can feel for people born into wealth and privilege – if she never wears an item more than once, she gets ripped apart for being a spoiled dilettante wasting money in a tough economic time in her country. If she repeats? She is a clueless bumpkin who is somehow disappointing those who turn out to see what new thing she is wearing. Kate (and all the rest) really can’t win, can she? No matter what, at the least, 50% of the people are going to be grumping and pissy about whatever she chooses to do, wear, or be.
Honestly, why anyone would want to be royal baffles me. It seems like signing up to be both in prison with no chance of parole as well as the proverbial goldfish bowl with your every single move watched, recorded, and chewed over by the public. The money just can’t be worth it, and there is no real actual power in thrones anymore, so why on earth bother? The ones born into can’t really escape – but marrying INTO it? Seems like that would be concrete proof of a serious mental illness!
I have no problem with her recycling outfits… but why recycle one from LAST WEEK???
I don’t care about repeating the redress, I just wish the dress was less matronly. I don’t get a little girl vibe at all. I could see Camilla wearing a dress like that in a periwinkle or something. It’s fine for the occasion, but you can still be appropriate and relatively youthful.
Maybe she just really loves the dress ok!
Oh please. I only have a few outfits that I can wear out and about. I rewear my clothes so often they actually….gasp…wear out! It’s wasteful to spend that kind of money on a dress only to wear it once.
I think it is a nice look, and it is appropriate for the occasion.
She looks pretty – love the hat. I agree with earlier poster: If I loved an outfit I would hate to only be able to wear it once. It makes her appear normal.
Repeating outfits is fine but not 2 public appearances in a row that are only 2 weeks apart! Put it in to ‘normal’ person perspective: I repeat clothes all the time but I wouldn’t wear the same dress 2 days in a row to work. I think the thing that is most annoying though, as Lainey points out, is that this wasn’t an accident . She didn’t just pull out any old dress from her wardrobe and only realize once she was in the car that she was wearing the same thing last time she was in public. Wearing the same dress twice was PLANNED, probably weeks in advance to try and give her a specific image. Ugh.
All that said I really hate the dress. I am not a pink girl anyway so I usually cannot stand grown women in baby pink and this is no exception. And the hat is terrible. She needed something much more chic to balance out all that baby pink. Blech.
*sigh* oh Camilla, you are never going to invest in a better bra are you?
To hate on Kate is like hating the popular girl at school. She is nice, normal, and pretty. I don’t get such the dislike. Slamming outfits is another story, though.
just how tall is she..?
The dress isnt my taste but I still think she looks beautiful. I also think Diana would have loved her. She seems a perfect choice for William. I don’t get all the snark directed at her.
Agree and me either
Kaiser that hook & eye stitch in the front make it look buttony. haha (why is it showing?? What’s the design concept behind that?) Nothing wrong with recycling but I agree that’s a little too close. That said, it looks better this time, like it’s fitted better.
More than fine in this day and age to show its ok to wear clothes twice. Good for her.
The hat is simply horrid! The lace on it reminds me of the one on my grand grand mother’s bloomers.
The Monarchy will ALWAYS FAIL with the public.
I don’t care how many favorable polls the Daily Mail puts out there. This family is wreckless because they’re their own worst enemy.
They’re dysfunctional people. And, you can’t control DP’s if they’re unwilling to see that they are self-destructive.
Believe me, I was raised by DPs.
If I worked PR at BP, I would be an alcoholic.
What people seem to have missed in all of this idiotic, juvenille talk about “haters hating on poor Katy,” is that Commoner Kate was supposed to be the link between the commoner public and the wealthy. She was supposed to help bridge that gap. It’s the family’s as well as BP’s fault for expecting that she would be able to do this on her own. She’s barmy and has no life experience outside getting wasted and partying.
It’s like Diana & Fergie all over again; Uh-oh, the public hates us again. I know! Let’s get one of our boys married and throw the girl out there and see if the public bites, then we’re good for another year and they’ll be no talk of ending the Monarchy.
Why not wait a year and groom her? She did nothing else last year but ride foats and flip pancakes O.O !
They could’ve spent that time keeping her OUT of the pub-eye in order to GROOM her.
But no, everything with this barmy bunch has to be timed; wedding-diamond jubilee-blah, blah, blah!
If you’re going to be calculated, at least have the sense to do it in a way that’s not so damn rushed. I mean, the countless misteps this family continues to make!
Britain/UK is in a recession, and, rather than have Kate wearing low-cost clothing made by LOCAL stores to show that she’s genuine and concerned she goes right for the couture closet. HRH The Duchess of Fashion. Pfft.
This whole look-at-me-I’m frugal-Katy- bit isn’t going to save face. It only shows the public that she’s shallow, and like her in-laws, feels self-entitled.
This family lacks empathy and possesses a self-entitlement attitude that is just dated.
I agree, people out of England and commonwealth countries do not really understand her role and the manipulative palace pr.here are the facts :
Monarchy’s approval rating according to bbc is 76% and this is after hm’s 60 years of service.
Scotland,a brother country is pushing for a republic .Jamaica is also not that far behind.Australian pm has said very clearly that she thinks Australia should be a republic after hm(Australia took a vote against monarchy in 90’$ but there were not a clear vote for how to choose a president so monarchy was not abolished).the same result is shown in Canada about the rf approval polls.
These numbers are going to go down with Charles a as king and if Scotland succeed in becoming a republic it would be apr disaster for rf.
The fact is William and Kate are the future of rf and they are supposed to work and set up an example irrespective of their position in the line of succession.Charles has done permanent damage to his image and if Mr and Mrs doolittle are not seen as relevant I.e.more then an are candy and attending only galas and parties them rf will not survive hm’s death.there are crisis in England, the whole country is going down the drain, now is the time to show that you care, that you understand people’s struggle , when the times are good you can relax and pretend to be normal.a friend in need is a friend indeed,i think this is one of the reasons she is so unpopular because in time of crisis she and William are choosing to hide and attend parties plus her lack of work history do not help.image is very important, once you got one you are stuck with it for life chuck and duchess of pork are best example of this fact.
Just so you’re aware, Jamaica is celebrating it’s 50th year of indepencence from England this August(Aug. 6th 1962). They did this long ago…. 🙂
Hk9
Check your Jamaica is independent just like Australia and Canada but hm is stillthere state head just like the other commonwealth countries that she represents.India is the example of what you are trying to say,a country ruled by british now independent and a part of commonwealth nations because of their history but do not have Queen as their state head.actually India was the first former colonised country to insist for complete and full independence and did not except royals as figure heads but India is the largest commonwealth country by population.
Very well put. I sincerely wish people would stop believing the PR spin. After Diana died, the RF hired an American PR company to improve their image.
The same approach is being taken with the Royals that the Hollywood stars take with their careers. Every week or so, a snipit of info or a photo is given or “leaked” to the press. Just like J. Anniston whips out the baby talk when she needs it, William makes sure to mention his mother in nearly every speech he does. Whatever keeps them in the public eye.
At Smartgirl…..WOW! people call her “waity” and now the whole thing was rushed? Why all the hate? I don’t get it. She married her Prince. Obviously he loves her. So much anger. And, after the special that was aired in the US it appears that most people in the UK are very proud of the Royal family. And, it appears that Prince William is very proud of his lovely bride. Harry said he loves her too. If she dresses “common” people complain if she amps it up people complain…if she wears a dress twice..people complain. It seems as though people just like to complain. IMO
Really deep you are basing the opinion of a whole country on an American show that you saw? So maybe I should think that all republicans do not u use birth control or that they hate gays etc.the show was produced to represent a particular view and yes people are proud of hm and her service .for the last time just because some one do not share your opinion they do not become a hater or jealous person, it is called difference of opinion which everyone is allowed to have.when you call names to because someone do not share your opinion it shows your maturity level,i can also call you various things but I do not like to stoop to your level.last but not the least being in love is not considered as an extraordinary thing that everyone supposed to drool over, if they are good for them but that still do not make her great worthy of all the praise imo
Exactly. Common people work for a living. She was suppose to be a working girl, business woman, teacher, whatever and then give that up to be a princess. Like a normal, common woman.
A woman who takes care of herself, pays her own bills, gets dressed and goes to the grind. Not one who wakes up whenever to go to the salon for 3 hours then go on $20k a night vacations.
Be in grad school studying. She could have at least been working towards a Ph.D in Art History saying she wants to work for the British Museum. That would have sounded good. Like she wanted something. Doing internships at some of the world’s biggest museums, etc. Something! They have the money for her to play school but she didn’t even do that. She got a fluffy degree just so she could go to the University William went to and put herself in his path.
To think right accross the board, all the other royal houses have been welcoming accomplished inspiring ‘commoner’ individuals, and we get arm candy barbie!
Maybe she really is a total dimwit, (hell, maybe they both are) and marrying well is the absolute height of her capabilities.
Maybe staying interesting to Wills IS extremely hard work for her. I mean, not every woman is cut out to be a lawyer or professor or curator or doctor. Some women have simple goals and just want to marry well and have fun in life.
It’s not a crime to NOT be ambitious. She’s not hurting anyone by working out, primping, dressing up and then smiling pretty for the cameras.
@angelic 20 I NEVER called anyone a name. ??? That’s not my style. I don’t disrespect people on Celebitchy or in my day to day life. So, you must have me confused with another poster.
If someone have a different opinion you call that hate, so in my view that is calling name.
Yes to wish to marry well is not a crime but very regressive in this day and age especially when tabloids are trying to make you some sort of role model to young girls, it also makes you uninspiring and nothing special.this is not an ideal quality for a state head, you guys tell me will you elect a woman to be your country’s state head if her only goal in life was to marry well? And since you yourself have excepted that it was her only goal, them why am I supposed to drool over her because she married well and looks pretty and have nice hairs.i will come to this site and apologise to every doolittle fan the day she will start doing something of substance because I have been waiting for the last 10 years and my wait will not end any time soon given her resume.
@angelic20 why have you been waiting for Kate to do something for 10 years? She just married William a little over a year ago. She couldn’t take on Royal duties when she wasn’t Royal. LOL!
Because I expect an adult collage graduate woman to do more then just soot around, party, shopping, going on vacation, that is why I expected her to do something, I never said that I expected her to do royalduties.for the record her clothes are definitely not the greatest or latest, if you put her out of rf no one will give her a second look on the road with those clothing choices.
@angelic20 she dresses demure because she is a part of the royal family.
@deep-actually she dresses like a typical sloane ranger. There are a millions girl on the king’s road and the home counties who dress like that.I know people who live and work in the area and who send their children to the kinds of schools Kate attended. They all dress like that. 20, 30yrs etc makes no difference. It’s a uniform that immediately identifies a class of people eg wasps or white trash or ghetto in america. Diana also started out dressing like a sloane. With time, and especially after the separation and divorce, that’s when she dressed high fashion. The rules of royal dressing are conservative, kate is choosing to interprete them as conservative middle aged sloane eg she has to wear tights, no one said they had to be flesh coloured.
@Angelic20..I do remember people saying that about Diana..I’m talking about the way she dressed before her marriage. And, you are correct that Diana didn’t really amp it up until after she and Charles called it quits. Look, I am American and do not mean any disrespect to you or anyone else for that matter. And, I do so hope you do not take my comments re Kate personally. Maybe you do..I don’t know, if so I sincerely am sorry about that. I am an American that enjoys watching the RF from afar. I know that a lot of post on here are from people from the UK. And, that you guys are very serious re your views on Kate and the RF. And, I do respect that.
BRAVO!!! *slow clap*
She looks like a dude in drag. William must have some strange tastes.
She looks great! She wore the dress too soon after that other event, but it looks like it’s not bothering her. She looks very happy and confident! Good for her!
Are you kidding? She looks manic in pictures three and four
@ash She does not look manic! She looks like she is having an enthusiastic conversation. Some people are expressive when they speak. Still again, I do not understand the hate for this woman. It seems that no one is willing to give her a chance. The Queen will serve for life..then Prince Charles and Camilla will have the top spot. So, we are looking at at least 20 years or so before there will be a King William and Queen Kate. She has plenty of time to grow into her role. Which I might add, I think she is doing just fine. She is co sponsoring with William as far charity is concerned.
@ deep: oh, yes! we saw how expressive she is in her both interviews and given her first speech. the most expressive girl in the world! She always looks at the pictures very overacting.
I really like her dress and her facinator, but she should have not worn the dress again so soon. You’d think she could have worn another dress that she wore say, a year ago. I’m sure she has an extensive wardrobe to choose from. Camilla has really gotten pudgy since marrying Charles. Must be the lifestyle, she doesn’t have to lift a finger now.
Too soon for a repeat. Not that I don’t do it, but I do it when I know I won’t be in the same company. She does it & there are pictures to boot. Fail! I also am not really found of the hooks. It make the dress look weird.
Camilla looks nice. Matronly. She seems like she might be a fun to hang with.
I wonder if she thought that because she added a hat, different shoes, and darker pantyhose to the outfit that people wouldn’t recognize that it was the same dress? Kind of like Clark Kent putting on glasses.
Or maybe she couldn’t remember what she wore to the previous public outing because it was two weeks ago, which might be a very long time difference in her mind?
Or maybe because she got a new pink hat, she wasn’t imaginative enough to figure out which other dress would match with it, so she chose the pink dress because it was so fresh in her memory?
I really don’t know why a very vain person who spends hours on her hair and makeup every day and whose only hobby seems to be clothes-shopping thought wearing the same dress to ‘work’ two times in a row was a good idea.
Eyeroll. With her closet (which must be larger than the entire square footage of my house) she repeats a dress from an extremely high profile event less than two weeks ago? Transparent much, Palace PR? “Oooh! Look! We get austerity and the problems you little people are having with this double dip recession.” Please. Pathetic.
That said, I love the hat.
FOR all the haters and jealous people(eye roll) here is something funny I read on royal dish:
2nd photo, Kate: now they expect me to work
3rd photo, Kate: crazy right?
This is such apr move, she is all image and no substance, maybe if we just keep on comparing the pr might notice and force her to do anything but please don’t hold your breath for it.
This is her job…dress up, smile, shake hands, pop out a babyheir. it never was rocket science and it never will be. Perhaps she will develop on her own..but it’s only been a YEAR! People change but not in a year. The queen gave them a year to adjust i’m sure she is calling in her chips right now since they will be front and center during the jubilee.
Sorry 3rd and 4th photo.
Who said her job includes rocket science?i really hope maemay you find yourself someone more accomplished to root for because I an seeing this woman child for the last decade and being a former fan of hers I am afraid that she will disappoint you.i can bet everything that I own that even by next year she will not start doing anything more then she is doing right now, both Mr and Mrs doolittle will use their children as an excuse to not work.i have been seeing this for the last decade,i am guessing you are a Diana and hence your un dying admiration for these two but you are knocking on the wrong for because with all their flaws both Diana and Charles they worked hard, gave back and re in case of Charles
@maemay-actually they were given 2years with only canada and jubilee events to attend. She’s supposed to be living in wales being a housewife,remember?
When the public mood here in britain threatened to turn ugly, they pushed her out to do some work and to announce patronage of some charities. Which she hasn’t visited again even though she took however long to pick just 4.and as you point out, her job is fairly easy, and yet she can not do it unless she has to, and with minimal preparation for the substance but as long as the outfits are planned and the hair and make up are good, she’s good to go.
Not to sound patronising but really if you are going to fangirl these people and this institution please educate yourself on it and not what some gossip rags and palace pr puts out.
angelic2.0 yes thank you perhaps you can point out women of accomplishment on this website…I frankly don’t care. Kate is doing her job, shake hands, smile and pop out an heir, it is what it is. What she does in the future who knows it has only been one year.
I agree with Mich. Transparent much? Absolutely! To wear the same dress in two very close events is an attempt to pre-empt her critics who will complain about her lavish outfits this coming Jubilee weekend. And yes, that is the only way she will get away with displaying new additions to her wardrobe. In effect, she expects to be highly criticised, but she will have this “austerity” exercise to fall back on. Not that difficult to see through, really.
Maybe she woke up somewhere with no change of clothes. That happens to royals too, right?
That’s what I was thinking too. What else could explain this majorly gauche faux pas? I would never wear an outfit twice in a row, even if it was just my family members.
God, I hate this dress. It looks so cheap, like something you can buy online from one of those Chinese outlet websites.
Not only does the dress look cheap, it is also ill-fitting …
Is it my imagination or do pictures 3 & 4 look like Katy Perry?
It is your imagination. 🙂
Absolutly!! Was thinking the same!
Angelic 20
Well you better tell the Jamaicans to stop the party because they are ready to celebrate what you say doesn’t exist. Oh btw since I know some people in Ottawa I’m sure I can reschedule the Canada day celebrations
Angelic 20 speaks the truth. Google it. This isn’t the place to explain why even though they got their independence, hence their independence days, HM is still their head of state. It’s not just symbolic.
Wow hk9,
now I see what sort of people frown over doolittle, the ones that have no idea about rf and their position and role.do yourself a favour and go educate yourself about commonwealth nations, hm being head of state of 16 nations including Jamaica Australia and Canada even though they are independent.these are basic knowledge and Canada is America neighbour, you are starting to make Americans look stupid and dumb.read about what you are saying, google it and them comment.no wonder doolittle have a fan in you, go educate yourself seriously no offence intended you sound very ignorant.
Love her hair. Like her dress. Hate the hat.
The dress is boring and ageing, but repeating it is fine.
It’s the recessiony 2010sies… the Sex and the City compulsive-shopping decade is over, and I’m glad the Will&Kates are at least not sickening everyone with conspicuous overpriced consumption.
Can you really be serious, Ally? I estimated that her annual clothing expenditure must be about half a million dollars, including accessories. You think a $2000 or $5000 dress every few days is not “overpriced”? And her consumption couldn’t get more conspicuous, shopping in High Street for all to see, instead of at home or online. Some of you Royal sycophants are just a tad out of touch, with all due respect.
Not tacky in the least. Very real, and I like that.
She has enormous man hands…and 80s taste.
Why so rude? She does not have man hands. That’s just being mean for the sake of being mean. Not cool..not cool at all. And, 80’s taste? All of her clothes are the latest and greatest. So, I guess you are saying the style of clothing this season has an 80’s flair.