This ^^ was literally the first photo I saw of Duchess Kate’s first big charitable visit since her “maternity leave.” It gave me a sense that all was right with the world. Like, Kate’s going to be fine no matter what, you guys. She’s still not going to weigh down her hems, she’s still going to wear dresses with biscuit-grazing slits and she’s still going to flash everybody. Bless her.
Anyway, after months of hype and bad press, Kate has finally gone back to work. Her emphasis now, we are told, is on mental health, specifically children’s mental health. Her visit today was to the Anna Freud Centre in London – you can read more about her visit here at the Mail. She will also be making an appearance tomorrow at the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup, with William and Harry.
Superficial notes… this is also Kate’s first event since she got bangs/fringe. In the UK, they’re referring to the bangs as a “gringe.” It seems like an all-together different hair look from Kate. She stopped sausage-curling her hair a while back, but now she’s curling her hair to give it a “flip” at the ends. Even now that I’m seeing the gringe at different angles, I still kind of hate it. In the photos from Scotland, I thought the bangs aged her. In these photos, they just give her an immature look, like a hair-twirling co-ed.
Kate’s dress in these photos is a £1,245 Ralph Lauren houndstooth shirtdress. That’s about… what? $1800 for a light dress? Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the fact that she didn’t do a repeat, and I’ve always said that the jig is up, we know she shops all the time and has a closet full of clothes we’ve never seen. So I like that she’s wearing something new, and I actually like this shirtdress a lot. But she could have gotten it tailored so she wasn’t showing so much thigh, you know? If you’re spending $1800 on a dress, you can get some specifications, like “I don’t want to flash everybody at the children’s mental health facility.”
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I saw the header and I was like, HER HAIR! Sleepy eyes made me think she’d gone The Weeknd, or something.
I am loving this header photo so hard!
I think her hair looks messy still and the Thigh display SIGH,
Hari in eyes , skirt without weights , Thigh Flash.
No, I meant I adore the pic with the flyaway bangs that look like horns.
That header snap was The Best.
I’m just throwing this out there: when I had my kid I had a LOT of hair loss and my bangs basically cut themselves. She may have been forced to cut bangs to cover bald spots (that’s what happened to me). My hair never looked worse than the year after having my kid. Never.
I have really really thick hair and you could see my scalp all around my hairline from pp hair loss. Plus the giant bald spot front and center. I can’t imagine having so many people rejoice every time I f up
I also had a lot of hair loss about 5 months after both of my kids were born. One year I cut bangs to help hide it. When it happens it is difficult to cover, and it takes about 6 months to a year to have “normal” hair again.
I don’t always defend her hair, I am just saying it would be normal to have weird hair post partum.
I’m currently going through this. I can’t decide if I want to get bangs or if I want to just ride it out for awhile since summer is coming and 99.9% of the time I wear my hair in a pony tail.
More like while sketching, PG took to her hair testing how to use/hold and cut online with his scissor…
Ughhhh… I’m preg again and I totally forgot about this! I looked like I had mange last time around! Princess flippy skirt looks downright LUSH compared.
I agree! It was terrible–I had two balds spots right at the front. I was pretty shocked.
That pic is giving me Picachu vibes for real.
LOL!
Hahaha!
We are all undrer the table in my house! Best comment ever! I have tears in my eyes and kids present spit their ice cream. ROFL So true, Pikachu it is!
When I saw the thumb, I thought she had a stick or something in her hair LOL.
That is a funny pic !Wonder what SILLY BILLY thinks of it –
Cousin It.
ohh emm gee you guys are killing me! lmfao! im in the social security office getting my name changed and im laughing so hard im shaking. dude! i figured it out! she looks like one of those doll a ventriloquist uses…
Just saw the Broadway play “Wicked” and I have the song “Defying Gravity” running through my brain at the sight of those airborne hair wings. But the hairstyle is just too long and heavy for her, teamed with those long sleeves and oversized dress. And trust our Kate to cover her arms and have a high-buttoned neck, but to flash us nearly up to her crotch with that slit. I hope she didn’t wear that just to tease young children with her vampy ways. Get a slip or button that slit!
Those bangs are secret service evacuation propellers from Kate’s boring Royal Duties.
These brilliant bangs will wisk Kate away to a deserted island with the sexy-funny Ginger Harry.
Kate is tired of being stuck with the boring-grumpy brother Willy.
Kate wants to get away – fly away.
Fly away, be free!!!! LOL
I think she tweaked her nose and the fringe is supposed to distract.
She had the nose work years ago, allegedly during the dating years.
I don’t like the hair, still too messy, too heavy,looks like it’s weighs her down and why does this woman still have Thigh flashing on Royal outings?
Will she ever learn? ( hem weights!)
Or a button.
The dress in an eyesore . Personally I hate those kind of patterns they make me dizzy . It doesn’t look bad to anyone who doesn’t get vertigo looking at it
The thigh sticking out… well let’s be prepared for another ass flash headline with the royals suing whoever got the bony ass pic
2nd pic with the fringe in the air like a helicopter.. not sure what to say ; it looks funny though
I generally dislike those dresses from RL that stop with buttons to expose more leg. Just a personal preference.
On another note, She takes such long strides. Just an obbservation.
That dress is ugly and ill fitting. It’s at least a size too big.
If it had been a few inches higher, she would have been serving us a bowl of groin-ola. Not appropriate for that type of outing.
Very expensive for something so meh. Hem weights and an extra button fer sure.
I think there’s something different about her nose–didn’t notice it until seeing that second picture. Bangs do distract.
…and distraction from maybe her teeth as well. Such an expensive dress – the fit was off and lacking. HM- The Firm/POW must be sooo disappointed.
It’s sad – she is suppose to bring attention to Charities /causes today a very worthy serious illness – mental health… but bc she goes away more than half the year for the past years, and ignore her duties/charities, when she appears the attention is all on her sad state as a RF – representing HM/POW Line /BRF to the world.
Instead, we see all the mistakes/missteps from lack of practice with duties, dedication, with the people – proper royal protocol – dress – after 15 years chasing and marry into the RF. Such shame and cringe worthy.
Soon the BRF will become less valued compared to the other EU Royal Houses – Sweden, Denmark, Jordan, Norway, Spain ..
Note – we don’t see these kind of missteps, insincere facial grins/gestures when she is out with celebs – at fun and red carpet events – strange (or deliberate around the ‘regular’ people funding her pampered lifestyle?) … This wont end well!
+100
Pipa
We see horrible gestures and cringeworthy actions or face from celbs all the time on the red carpet. Tom Cruise with the water mic. JLaw, Swifty. E blunt, K Perry, etc… It would be dozens of names. And they mess up far worse.
I do agree with her lack of dedication, but I wonder. Maybe to her who has never worked this is hard work. Her body language looks of a woman who is there to get to work and brass tacts. The results is pull out the best toys to entertain her for the photogs without her discussing how she can help them.
I do a lot of charity work. I use to work for a charity that was large. I’d visit donors or possible supporters to give the rundown. Then they would say (if they were interested) “what can I do to help you guys out.” Or “what do you need form me.”
I get the sense Kate never reaches that. Or wrongfully assumes this is all she needs to do. She shows up. They greet her. They don’t ask her why it’s been a year since they saw her with no action to support their cause. She just gets praised and leaves rather quickly. I just wonder if she brings anything to the table that helps them more than herself. Or if she really understands her job as just a photo op and that solves the charities problems?
In truth we can’t know. Only speculate Jason does I assume.
FLORC
Not gestures from celebs (they are allowed – after all they work and are not representing HM-BRF); kate is better dressed/different at red carpet celeb events ….
Yes, she had nose job years ago but she has very recently done it again. It is far less bulbous. This was done in the last couple of months.
As a mother of identical twins who has had to perfect her attention detail skills, ITA.
I am shaking my head at that unnecessarily high slit in her skirt. Why does she like to tempt fate so much?!
I know! All she needed was one more button~that all!!
At this point, it’s a hissy fit, as in “You’re not the boss of me!”.
i hereby offer myself to the Queen for employment. For a price, I wIll serve as Kate’s attitude adjuster.
Because she desperately needs one.
She’s fulfilled her most important royal duty- the heir and spare. That thigh slit is part of the Cambridges’ new FU campaign. Who can take someone who comes on like a dollymop seriously? And this, to a mental health facility?
So much for the PPD.
I had to go look dollymop up. I’ve never heard the expression.
I’m betting its strictly for attention. I doubt anything she wears isn’t carefully thought out. She had to have been aware of it. Nasty thing to choose while being around children. Classless but certainly not clueless.
I think it’s international too, she does it maybe to keep Willies attention , he probably sees it as sticking another finger to the Royal establishment when she flashes a Thigh ,…up accidentially, on purpose.
She’s so unprofessional – why not a black slip, or another button while visiting children. Her dress hit as high as short-shorts, and that’s how we dress when we want a little action. She’s not with Will, so I’m wondering why she needs to be sooo flirtatious. She’s probably not even wearing panties, as usual. She’s gross.
But what do we expect from someone who spent 10 years by the phone waiting for her Prince to come.
I could spend all afternoon listing previous examples of classless and unprofessional behaviour from her (lying spreadeagled on the floor in front of the paps wear short shorts at the roller disco being one that springs to mind).
She’s frankly an embarrassment not only to the BRF and the nation, but to herself. She has always always loved the press attention and this just shows that – she knows that she will be splashed all over the news tomorrow. She does it as she wants to people to know that SHE won the prize, such as he is. Its showing off.
I guess this is the Dolittles’ modernisation of the RF. The fact that the very senior royals don’t stop this type of behaviour reflects very poorly on them and the monarchy. Are they all that indifferent/weak-willed? She’s a growing embarrassment.
One more button. That’s all. She didn’t even need a hem weight. Ugh….
Not only is the thigh exposure completely inappropriate for the official work at hand, the dress itself is ill fitting, poorly tailored, and at least a size too big for her. The fabric at the waist is too big, it’s not supposed to fold like that.
more tha £1.000? dAfuq?it looks like someone made it in 7th grade home economics with fabric and a dress pattern from JoAnn fabrics…
The belt is making it all bunchy! And the ungodly pattern just makes it even worse. Isn’t there ANYONE who can advise her on anything?
No kidding and why is that dressed not lined like on the RL web site. She’s so embarrassingly unprofessional and a joke at this point. Grow up already!
Spot on Vava.
It’s as if she didn’t care – no respect representing HM /POW – The British Monarchy – UK/GB.
This public ‘outing’ was planned days ago, ma carol could or staff had the dress tailored to her weight loss.
Sad – it’s as if she is giving the world a ‘finger’!
In all fairness Pipa
If Kate had the dress tailored to her weight loss there would be an uproar on how she was showing off her weight loss.
and the finger? Really? By showing up to work and not flashing her bottom or bits? The nerve! How insulting!
Ditto. It’s as if she just can’t stop playing the ingénue. It’s the Anna Freud Center, FFS. We all know she’s got nice legs. The short skirt would have been fine.
Eh. It happens to all of them … even the Queen …
http://wpmedia.o.canada.com/2014/05/107933942.jpg
I can recall it happening to the Queen twice in 60+ years. How many times does this make for KM? 16 or 17 in four years?
I don’t think it’s a fair comparison between the two regarding this topic.
The Queen takes preventative measures including adding weights to her hems, wearing slips, and doing whatever else to make sure to reduce the number of accidents, and thus they’re very rare. It’s part of her psyche to be modest when it comes to such things. When mistakes happen, they’re HONEST and regrettable mistakes and preparations are made to make sure to reduce future risks.
Whereas with Kate, no matter how many times it happens to her, she continues not to put weights in her hems, doesn’t wear butt-check covering underwear, doesn’t even wear a slip while wearing fly-away dresses made of lightweight fabric, possibly removes a button or two or refuses to add any to cut down the length of her deep slits, etc. So when faux pas happen with her, there are questions as to her motive since she doesn’t seem to want to take preventative measures to stop the continuation of such exposures.
It’s the difference between two cyclists, one who wears all the protective gear and makes sure the brakes are in working order and the other who refuses protective gear and possibly fiddles with his own brakes.
Of course, there might be times when the former cyclist might get hurt, but those times are far fewer in number than what happens with the latter.
If ‘it happens to all of them,’ it’s not because most of them are careless like Kate is in these cases.
Apples and oranges.
Anne exactly.
Sometimes with all the preventative measures it still happens. The thing that draws criticism is when no preventative measures are taken.
Kate had a skirt fly up once and her slip did its job. No criticism. Just praise she wore a slip. When there’s no slip and no undergarments while gettng off an aircraft? How could you not prepare for that? Or expect it?
Marilyn moments brought to you by Camilla, Sophie, Beatrice, Eugenie, and even Diana.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3149959/Camilla-s-close-shave-Duchess-Cornwall-suffers-Monroe-moment-arrives-Princess-Charlotte-s-christening.html
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/326340/Sophie-Countess-of-Wessex-has-Marilyn-Monroe-moment-on-tour-of-Gibraltar
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/royals/2290849/Princesses-Beatrice-and-Eugenie-suffer-a-Marilyn-Monroe-moment-at-th-premiere-of-movie-The-Young-Victoria.html
http://indulgy.com/post/nUqpfe3kW2/princess-diana-having-a-blue-white-marilyn-monro
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/420382946444342928/
Beatrice and Eugenie are private citizens not working royals. They don’t get to be used here.
Again, Megan, if you add all of the working royal women’s moments up, they are still fewer than the ones KM has done solo. Weather happens, we get that. Do you see that they’re wearing slips? And this isn’t a weather moment. This was deliberately choosing a dress with a mid-thigh slit and possibly leaving buttons undone.
If she’s going to be forced into doing something that isn’t fun for her, then she’s going to make it fun for herself.
Video shows the “I’m so interested mask” slipping before she finished getting into the car. Over an hour late, expected to stay for several hours, left in under 60 minutes.
Don’t like the bangs. Her hair looks gorgeous styled that way though.
Looks like a mop of hair with Bangs . I think it looks awful.
I have to say the photo with the wind blowing her hair back does make it look like a bad wig. The colour is just not right for her. In some aspects, she reminds me of vintage Fergie minus the weight bit.
She’s probably at a “look” loss. It always takes me more than average time to bounce back after a baby so maybe she’s still trying to find herself again.
@joaneu, you don’t like the color? i think it’s actually kinda pretty with that bit of red in it, matches her skin tone. the cut is distracting but i don’t mind the color. i think it softens her and she needs that.
@jeanne – The second pic makes her highlights look more orangey. Maybe her highlights will look better in a week or so, since they tend to grow out fast. I agree that her pale skin tone is actually complimentary to redder hues.
Did she happen to do something to her teeth as well?
There really is something sort of Fergie-esque about her in these pictures. Creepy!
It’s kind of sheepdoggish.
And heavy bangs with no graduation ie there’s such a contrast beside the long hair.
I wish Kate would just go for it and cut layers throughout her hair and at least three inches shorter all round. You can tell from the Christening photos (Charlotte) she would look a lot better with it shorter.
Yes, if she cut her hair in layers to complement the length of those bangs, it would be such an improved look.
I think she looks fine *shrug*
You don’t think that slit is too high? I don’t care one bit about her hair, her make-up, but that is a high slit for a visit for children’s mental health center.
Not her best look for me overall…
Jeez I don’t usually give her too much of a hard time even though she annoys the hell out of me but that slit is WAY too high. Inappropriate.
+1 I honestly think she didn’t mind how high it was, but in photos at an event for children’s mental health, the dress does miss the mark
How sad that this future Queen flashes her ass numerous times ,Flash her crotch,not weight her skirts and Upper thighs still exposed into her fifth year as a Royal and future Consort, ( and don’t get me started on her going topless sunbathing after becoming future Consort)
Hardly ever works in her Royal role and still goes out with hair hanging in her face, shows up late and it’s all supposed to be explained by ,..she’s just being normal and young!
WTF!
I give up.
Let’s just say she certainly know what to wear when she wants attention even if it is inappropriate *cough pink coat New York cough cough*
So distracting. Perfect dress were it not for the slit.
Scary skinny.
I’ve seen more meat on a butcher’s apron! And what’s with her teeth – they look fake.
She’s definitely had veneers put in– if you google early pictures of her you can see the difference in her natural teeth. I thought they were perfectly fine before, and now they look painfully fake. Way too big for her face. It looks like it hurts her to smile, and I almost feel bad that she felt like she had to get them.
You can see where the veneers end and her real teeth begin in a photo of George’s christening. She is in profile smiling down on the baby. The photographer didn’t bother to photoshop her tooth to match the Chiclets.
I don’t think she’s so much scary skinny as using the ‘wear something one size too big and belt it and pretend to be surprised when there’s weird pleating going on in the front’ to look smaller than she is.
yes. I agree.
I think her weight looks pretty good.
Not at all. Perfectly fine to me.
The queen wont be happy with that much thigh showing….I am sure a call has been made already and we wont be seeing that dress again, at least not without alterations of thick black tights and boots in winter.
Queen’s probably given up on advise to Kate. Lol
Queen’s busy going after Emily Blunt for renouncing her.
LOL. This may be another 400+ comment post too.
I actually like the dress. I don’t see her flashing anything except a little leg, no biggie imo.
I agree Tulip Garden! I think she looks cute a fresh with the new do’! And I love the dress! We must be the only ones not getting the vapors because a young royal wore a cute dress with a slit!
Agree. Number 1, the photographers wait to catch the worst possible moment she could ever have; it’s not like you try on the dress and stride and look at the side back view. And agree that it didn’t get anywhere near her biscuit, didn’t look tacky at all. Most posters here either say she dresses like a wanton hussy or she looks matronly and boring. I like the dress.
In your opinion it didn’t look tacky. Obviously many of us hold the opposite opinion. It isn’t just one photo, it is clear from many photos and the video that this dress needed tailoring before it was worn.
Diana and her staff used to test every outfit. She would put it on and walk around, go up stairs, etc. while they took video. Then they could fix whatever problems there would be.
Nikki: actually any basic stylist and dresser knows to check for these potential pitfalls. They dress their client according to occasion and check the clothes won’t embarrass the client no matter what. Heck, Rachel Zoe, hollywood stylist, discusses this aspect of her job in her docu-series.
To say that Kate couldn’t have possibly known that photographers are out to catch her is to pretend she hasn’t been in the public eye for the past 14yrs or been caught out on numerous occasions before.
At this point, we have to conclude that despite belonging to one of the most conservative institutions in the country, that comes with conservative dress code, she wants to flash us.
And this isn’t new behaviour. She was known to flash at school too and was given a nickname for it.
Nota: there are documetaries on youtube about HM’s clothes, and the dresser discusses all these things and what they do to prevent any potential unfortunate slip ups.
Tulip, snarky and Nikki – A sincere question. What types of workplaces do you think would not be concerned by a senior level employee revealing most of their upper thigh?
@MinnFinn,
If it matters, I am self employed. I mean I can see where some people find this too much leg but it’s fine as far as I am concerned. Kate is not an employee so much as a representative, imo, she looks good. It wouldn’t bother me if a female working for me represented my company wearing this.
This look overall is a massive improvement. I think any well above the knee exposing brings fashbacks to all the various photos over all the years that have displayed even Kate’s grooming habits in that biscuit region.
I still think Kate would look amazing in some well tailored trousers. IMO the right trousers display you’re thoughtful in your clothing selection for the occasion and showing the people you’re meeting respect. Also, if you have legs and a bottom like Kate it’s incredibly flattering without showing anything.
Although, I wonder if it’s her half and half proportions that keeps her from those?
Dresses like these are office outing or relaxed work environment.
A bottom like Kate’s??? Surely you jest. She’s flat as a board back there. She USED to have a bottom before she lost all that weight, so she’s better off in loose, flowy clothing to add some volume to her skeletal frame.
If we go along with the excuse that Kate shouldn’t be expected to learn from past faux pas and thus shouldn’t be expected to use the knowledge in the present, then is it because her brain resets itself every night at midnight?
And if we go along with the excuse that neither Kate nor the people around her can be expected to know if a thigh-high slit dress will show too much when she moves around in it, is it because she and the others are not rocket scientists? Because it takes a lot of education in physics to know how a dress will react while in movement?
The slit in front is too high for a work outfit. I can tell you it would be frowned upon at my law firm and we don’t dress as conservatively as the RF is expected to.
I don’t jest. It’s flat when poured into jeggins because she lacks balanced muscle tone. And muscles aren’t always flexing. Like how your thighs could be really musclular and shapely, but when you sit down they look wider with no tone.
Or your upper arm looks shapeless, but do a 3 minute plank and then look at the tone and definition.
And yea. Her muscle tone is pure cardio from the looks of it. Her arms show minimal tone. I doubt she takes in the proper nutrition to maintain or does much resistance training at all.
So if your child’s teacher wore that dress to school, you would think it was cute? Showing that much thigh? I think it’s a cute dress, too, but adults with roles in the world need to dress appropriately. She was making a visit to a CHILDREN’s mental health center. Not out to dinner with her husband. Time and place for everything.
Me neither….she’s young, it’s 2015, I don’t get ‘omg leeeeeg’ panic.
I love the dress and I’m jealous of her hair!!
I get that she’s young and wants to dress fresh but it never really looks put together with Kate. See Princess Mary of Denmark. That’s the way to do it right and look young and chic and professional. Queen Letizia’s style is a little too old and serious for Kate right now but Mary is definitely someone she could emulate.
She’s not THAT young, though. She’s 33. She’s certainly too old to be showing up looking a. unfinished b. unprofessional c. twee. If this were the first time I would give her a pass. It’s not… its become expected and frankly there’s no reason for it.
Please! My 17 year old daughter who is slimmer and younger than Kate dresses more carefully for her college interviews; and would certainly not wear a dress that falls open at the crotch while seated (dresses ride up in that position). It is not even a wrap with enough depth to the front pleat that you can risk this. She’s oblivious and an idiot. What an ornament to Britain!
She looks unprofessional flashing Thigh and should not be flashing Anything at this point, it is a big deal because she continually does it.
unprofessional and unfinished. ALWAYS so damned unfinished
She cheapens any designer dress she wears, regardless if she’s had it tailored or not. Both she and her sister make most outfits blah – they don’t wear the outfit, the outfit wears them and badly.
Yeah, she has access to the best of the best (of everything) and this is what she comes up with?
Agreed. IMO, us women are only hurting ourselves when we freak out over some thigh. Yes, yes, some people think it is “inappropriate!” It would be inappropriate if she showed up dressed like Coco T (whom I love, btw). This conservative shirt dress is far from inappropriate. I wonder if opinions on the “dress length” are regionally significant. Like, I wonder if it is mostly Americans who are so put off by it. It feels — FEELS (I may be wrong) — like the American press outlets are the ones that focus on that aspect of “Kate hate.”
The problem isn’t the length. The problem is the slit-to-high-thigh. That slit makes it anything but conservative. Many of the commenters on here at from the UK and they are lambasting this government employee for her inability to follow a basic dress code.
Criticism is not hate. Please play another tune.
I agree that there seems to be a very broad view of flashing if this qualifies. I don’t agree that it is inappropriate but I can see where others disagree but flashing? That’s just a stretch too far, imp.
BTW, I am American😁.
Also agree with your larger point about being this up in arms over some leg (haha) is a like a throwback, retro attitude.
There are photos on DK site with lots more leg. The thing that grosses me out with the duchess is that she has let her dresses reveal her bum and biscuit on many occasions. It appears from those past appearances that she goes commando, and that’s just gross to imagine on a professional gig with children.
NOTA,
No, criticism is not “hate” in the traditional sense; but language changes with the times — and “hater” and “hating” are now common colloquialisms for “criticism” — plus “kate hate” rhymes!
@ladyg
Sounds like dumbing down of the language and a way to shut down debate. It may be colloquial but it is not shared by all and is not reasonable. I hope you’re wrong.
It is not the thigh showing that is the problem. The slit is up front and threatens to show the crotch area. Why do designers also place women’s bodies on display in their fashions? That is the real feminist issue.
Hmmmm,
Here’s a list of some of the new words that made it into the OED this year. For better or worse, the English language is definitely adopting “twitter talk” and other online colloquialisms….I believe “hater” actually made it in a few years ago, and one of the definitions is a “critical person” or something.
http://public.oed.com/the-oed-today/recent-updates-to-the-oed/june-2015-update/new-words-list-june-2015/
Thanks, ladyg. So twitterspeak is the new classic literature? The short version? I have no words (less than 140 characters).
I agree…I don’t think she looks bad at all. I think she looks fine in the dress, slit and all. She has long legs so she can pull it off and I don’t hate the hair. I know everyone here and there likes to try something new and sometimes its not a good look, but I can’t fault her for trying something new. Sometimes after you have a baby you get in a funk and want to switch things up a bit. Overall, I think she looks fine. I mean I could nitpick, but I won’t.
@MinnFinn – a sincere question, how old are you? Dress codes are kinda a thing of the past. I work for a huge international company and we have a relaxed dress code, we can wear whatever we want from jean shorts and sweats to strapless sundresses and flip flops. Our CEO comes into the office in shorts and a polo everyday. You guys are all acting like she’s dressed in hooker garb walking the streets, when in reality her dress is to her knees!
Her work dress code is different than yours. Why is this so difficult for some people to understand?
In my office, we have to follow a dress code. No shorts or miniskirts, no flipflops of tevas, no strappy dresses or tops that reveal lingerie, no tshirts with political slogans, and we are only allowed to wear jeans on Fridays if our boss approves it. They are not a thing of the past in every profession.
+1
Snarky
By that logic I could wear a mullet dress to the knees and underneath wear a mini skirt you see when I walk or a breeze comes along. To the knees means coverage on the legs. The slit removes that defense.
Ohreallynow
because someone has great features does not give them a pass to expose those features when it’s not really appropriate or can lead to an exposure. Like a visit with very small children. Do you wear high heels and a short flowy skirt on a breezy day because you can pull it off, but risk exposing yourself to kids? No.
Because you can doesn’t mean you should.
Now this dress. Minimal issue other than I don’t like RL styles as for many reasons people state here in criticism of RL and not Kate.
Your argument though falls short with the “why not” approach because she has a dress code. And when around the Queen. She follows it to the letter.
snarky, I disagree that dress codes are passe’. Every workplace has one that is either formalized in writing (even Hooters has a written dress code) or implied.
Your anecdote about your workplace (in CA of FL, yes?) does not support your belief that they are a thing of the past.
My personal opinion is that Kate’s dress is appropriate for representing one of the most conservative western institutions in the world if she had not removed the bottom buttons on the skirt.
And how ridiculous would it be if Willy or Harry arrived at a childrens’ charity with his shirt unbuttoned down to his navel. That is the male equivalent to what Kate did.
@snarky
Well it sounds unprofessional to me. Are you meeting with clients in your jean shorts? Are you part of a fortune 500 company? Dress codes are *not* a thing of the past. They are everywhere, across all sorts of social groups.
Dress codes are not a thing of the past in certain workplaces. Go to a law firm, a bank, an accounting firm and you will see dress codes. Tech companies may have relaxed ones, but most workplaces have one.
@notasugarhere – please don’t be condescending. I am not uneducated, nor do I find things hard to understand. Why does what she wears have to meet YOUR dress code standards??
@Florc – no, to the knee actually means TO THE KNEE – not to the ankle!
@MinnFinn – I do not live in CA or FL – but thanks for the laugh! You did sidestep my question about your age, you seem to have pretty antiquated views of the world!
@hmmm – I actually do work for a fortune 500, with several write ups in Forbes and Time throughout our 20 year history, just to name a few. I do meet clients in my jean shorts they are usually jealous I am allowed to be comfortable while kicking butt at my job! And I manage a department of 23 if anyone wants to ask my position next. Also, what sort of social groups have dress codes and why would I want to be part of a social group that judges how I dress in my day to day life?
You guys have really given me the chuckles today, that people are still so narrow minded and offended by an outfit for gawd sakes! Oh well Rome wasn’t built in a day ….
“International Company” could be WalMart or McDonalds. Although even they have strict employee dress codes. Based on her desc of her workplace environment I doubt she’s employed by BCG or Accenture. MOST professional workplaces, even in the ‘creative’ sphere require some level of decorum.
You don’t have to dress according to the code at my workplace, I do. Kate Middleton has to dress according to the dress code at her workplace, not the one at yours. That would seem to have been self-explanatory, but here I am having to explain it.
Snarky
You’ve missed the point. The hem is to the knee, but the slit negates the purpose of a hem to the knee. So the hem does not matter at all because the slit exists.
Your tone exclamation point and use of caps feels condescending.And no one said anything about ankle. That’s excessive and a tactic to take it to the extreme to better defend your side of the argument.
Also, laughing at our comments to you shows an immaturity level. It’s certainly a factor meant to belittle us because you can’t take our comments seriously you must only laugh. Yet you still can’t challenge our arguments on facts or reason. Just dismissive laughter.
And while you’re probably not uneducated in general you are on this topic. Kate has a dress code. It’s actually written out with details for every occasion. Being a senior royal she must follow this. When William is King she can do whatever she wants. Until then The Queen has dictated the dress code. It’s not Nota’s desires. It’s Protocol.
Nota
I have a dress code. Sometimes I can wear dresses if just doing exams or meeting with clients. Other times scrubs and my hair must be worn very specific ways for practical purposes.
Kate has a dress code for practical purposes too. To show you’re respectful. To show dedication. To show you honor the presence of the people and places you are going to.
It’s not about showing off your body. It’s about showing you take your job seriously like a professional. You aren’t there to play with your hair or hold your dress down. You’re there to focus, listen, absorb, and think about wha impact you can have to improve the cause you claim to want to help.
People dress more formally in the UK in general than in the US. Business people, unless they are in the tech or creative industries, are expected to wear suits to work. And royals are expected to dress formally when they’re doing events, unless they are explicitly sporty events.
@notasugarhere – Apparently I need to explain to you what I meant by YOUR dress code, I meant YOUR personal standards dress code, not your workplace standards or mine.
@Florc – I can’t take your comments seriously because they are comical serious to me. You guys act like she dresses like Miley Cyrus! I laugh when I find things funny, not because I’m immature. So sorry I find yours and others comments highly laughable and old fashioned. Are you the laughing police as well as? Do you want to regulate how loud or soft I laugh or chuckle?
@speshul – I don’t work for Walmart or McDonalds but I certainly don’t think any less of people that do. Seems you can’t say the same.
Dress codes come and go and age has nothing to do with it. I recall very casual dress being current, followed by much more formal dressing. You dress for your audience, and if your audience wants shorts and flip flops, that’s what you wear. In this case she’s visiting a charity trying to bring attention to children’s mental health issues. And instead of that, we’ve got a flowing skirt with higher buttons taking up all the discussion. That’s the problem I have with it, if I have one. I think she looks fine; personally don’t like the dress, but that’s no big deal. A good stylist would have placed one more button so she could sit without a gap or bend without the skirt gaping open so far, and it would have given more freedom of movement without having to grab the skirt to make sure it doesn’t gape everywhere. That being said, I just went and looked on the DM and her skirt isn’t flying everywhere in most of the photos.
snarky, When I asked in what places of work would exposing upper thigh be acceptable among senior staff, I was trying to not point out your naivete and get you to expand your thinking specifically about 2 things 1. what is appropriate attire for the British monarchy which is the most conservative institution I know of in the West and 2. to think outside of your own work place and social sphere. And your response was to tell us about what people wear at your job, ask my age, and tell me I’m out of touch. Focusing only on your life and believing it’s relevant everywhere, jumping to conclusions and your ageism, even though you have no idea what my age is, are part of why others are speculating that you are immature, young and have very little work experience.
Actually, some international corporations, law firms – high end Hotels, etc. frown at such daytime wear, and do not consider showing the inner thigh slit (crotch area) as daytime and professional dress code.
Well I posted a response. It was up. I think someon reported it rather than respond.
The sum stated the extreme examples like MC to compare and putting words in my mouth rather than stick to the talking points and not laugh dismissively. The lack of foundation to argue the point shines through.
Anyways i’m done. Open to anyone that wants to debate the points without dismissing facts that counter their points.
MinnFinn
Their whole time and the way they put out their thoughts seems more likely they’re not the professional claimed. You can be a lot of people online. Claim even more.
@Snaky mcsnark, you are very condescending to older people. wow! very offensive!
I’m a teacher and in my school,I can wear shorts but it would be discussed with me if I had a slit that high in my dress. It’s called “inappropriate for work.”
Are dress codes really dead? Will my doctor come in showing cleavage and a slit this high? With heels? My lawyer?
And my 21 year old daughter is an art major and lives in NYC and would never wear a slit so high for any work. So I don’t think it’s an age thing. It’s your company. But thanks for the ageism anyway. You’re good at it. It’s the last allowable prejudice.
Nonsense. Don’t know which “international company” this is but out of three European offices of multinational corporations, one big law firm, and two big movie distribution companies in Canada none would have allowed shorts strapy tops, or short dresses. None.
i wish i was there with the Queen when she saw these pics
LOL
And double the fun when Liz finds out Kate **removed** at least the bottom 2 buttons on the skirt.
To see what I’m talking about, watch the video of the model walking in the dress at this link.
http://www.ralphlauren.com/product/index.jsp?productId=61899816&SiteId=QFGLnEolOWg-rmyO8RybeTNAmzD4ODSP8w&utm_source=Affiliate&utm_medium=QFGLnEolOWg-rmyO8RybeTNAmzD4ODSP8w&eESource=LINK_AD:Z:POLO:QFGLnEolOWg
It looks like she removed at least two of the buttons!!! HAHAHA! What a silly “duchess”.
Hard to imagine Kate removing a button.
She probably just undid them.
The reason I emphasized that she removed some buttons is that action was premeditated. In other words it removes all doubt that exposing that much upper thigh was an accident.
:0)
Lovely dress, if worn as a professional, day wear.
Wolfie, MinnFinn
+1000
Beginning to feel she is deliberate – her slit -flashing, other missteps – disrespect/ lack of royal protocol, to p…. off HM /POW /The Firm (grey suits) – Balmoral visit was ‘serious’ … Maybe looking for a way out (?!) after delivering two babies (higher lifetime funding…)
I feel she’s taking little baby steps re- changing her hair. She should just go for it and get an entire new look.
Why does a wide skirt like this even need a slit? Seriously I really like the dress but the slit kind of ruins it, did she add this or was this dress designed this way?
Agree, the slit is redundant and looks more like she’s missing a button or two. I like houndstooth, too.
Her hair looks like a wig to me.
The back looks like a bit of add ins somewhere.
A cruise on the HMS Wiglet Wayfarer anyone?
Yeah, the wiglet is back.
It’s not a slit. It buttons all the way down the front. Kate removed the bottom 2 or 3 buttons of the skirt. She did not just leave them unbuttoned. Zoom in and you can see there are no buttons.
Watch the video of a model walking in the dress and it will be clear.
http://www.ralphlauren.com/product/index.jsp?productId=61899816&SiteId=QFGLnEolOWg-rmyO8RybeTNAmzD4ODSP8w&utm_source=Affiliate&utm_medium=QFGLnEolOWg-rmyO8RybeTNAmzD4ODSP8w&eESource=LINK_AD:Z:POLO:QFGLnEolOWg
I would have removed two or three buttons as well, if I were on a date and I wanted him to think nasty thoughts. All the angles and poses I could do would have him climbing walls. Without panties, even more fun! In all fairness, I would undone one or two more buttons on the shirt.
Wolfie, who is she trying to seduce then? Looks to me she’s working the dollymop stroll.
I hope that she is flirting with Will, but your guess is as good as mine. I wonder if Will gets poetic at the public sight of her inner thighs.
The split is quite high, but she’s young and has a very slim figure and long legs, so I think she can pull it off. I actually really like her look here. She looks good, I think, fashion wise, hair wise, and facially too.
She’s the royal kardashian. I bet she has lots of fans.
That one picture looks as if her bangs are going to helicopter her off.
Y’all, she’s just obeying the fashion rules of showing either the top or the bottom, but not both. And notice how buttoned up she is on top? (j/k)
Yes those flying bangs are just like the wings on Sally Fields’ habit in the Flying Nun. I used to wonder why all nuns didn’t have those.
Thirty years ago, when I was a little child, a flasher was a mythological creature that was rumoured to live in the local park. Gaggles of us would secretly hope to see this creature so that we could point and laugh at his bits hanging out as he opened his dirty mac. But we never did see him.
Fast forward a few decades and a flasher is now Spouse to the Heir of the Heir. No longer mythological and you can see her flashing any time, any place, anywhere. And the mac isn’t even dirty. All the mystery has gone.
It’s like J G Ballard on progress, or somesuch.
We had a flasher at school. Every Friday evening for a year. Stood outside the dorm and flashed us. We all thought it was terribly amusing and never took it seriously. The innocence of youth.
I’d be alarmed now if I had a weekly resident flasher outside my window.
We actually used to call one particular park the flasher park. And we did hope to see the flasher. Our mothers would have had forty fits had they known!
Have I told you lately that you’re fabulous, Sixer?
I aim to please!
LOL – so very true. At the very least she should have added another button.
That 2nd photo of her ‘smiling’ – she has a habit of shoving her lower jaw forward that makes her look like she gritting her teeth. I know she has an over bite and is over compensating for it.
I really wish she’d do something else with her hair but Willy likes it like that so its all about pleasing him.
She can wear it up for work and down for him in private.
I think the least she could do for the watching public is get the uniform right. I want to see a dirty mac!
If we’re going down the dirty mac route I want to see stubble as well. She could at least sponge on a bit of stubble, just for the look of the thing.
She overpaid for that boring-as-hell dress.
Ralph Lauren is so overrated and overpriced. I’m telling you, I had that exact. Same. Dress. When I was 24. It was Ralph Lauren shirt dress exactly like that one except Kelly green. It wasn’t nearly as expensive back then but I still ate pbj sandwiches for two months to buy it. He has no imagination.
GNAT
With you.
RL repeats styles almost exactly and far more often than other lines.
They’re overrated like JCrew imo.
And on a side note… Why the belt? Why not just put in some trimming and tailoring. I think the best fit is called french something (darts?).
I hate having to wear a belt to have it fit on my waist.
FLORC,
Princess seams? Is that what you are thinking of? Instead of darts. Doesn’t look as if Kate’s dress has princess seams, though.
French seams can be used elsewhere on garments – it’s a sewing technique for covering raw edges.
Vava
I guess so. I’m a lover of fitted shirts at Express and Banana Republic. I think BR called them French darts. Express’s Essential Shirt shows the princess seam perfectly.
And if you love them like I do wait until it’s a buy 1 get 1 50% off. And go a size or 2 down. I’m a 2, but a 00 in their clothes.
This one is not as bad as the maternity brown shirt dress but it’s not great. Too much leg showing. The dress doesn’t fit her properly.
Our dear dependable darling duchess. LOL
LOL.
She’s so predictable. Had to flash the thigh. She’s either into showing off, or she’s just plain stupid. This sort of does look like she’s flipping the royals off by doing this, because she is well aware of the dress code she just refuses to follow it. Royals don’t do the cheek kisses, do they? She seems so incredibly awkward – the video on the Daily Fail certainly shows that.
This style of dress looks good on her, though. If she’d just keep her legs under wrap. Luckily we didn’t have to see her cleavage, too.
The hairstyle is aging on her, but she doesn’t look as if she’s starved herself down to an unhealthy weight which is the only positive thing I can say about her at the moment.
I think she went with a shirt dress bc Carole wore one to Wimbledon and it was well received…. I was wondering if that ornery PGTips removed the two bottom buttons and cut mummy’s hair? Maybe he is channeling his inner Sheridan self and will be a designer/stylist?
Sofia did too and was well received. I hate the shirt dress like I hate “boyfriend” cclothes. They’re just oversized and poorly made.
All I can say about the dress is that she must be frozen… it’s not warm in London at the moment. The hair looks 70s, so not a fan. Her hair is also too long still. In the car photo it looked as if she’d had it chopped a few inches, but not so.
That was my first thought too.
I know she always stands/holds herself this way, but at this event she looks cold.
Rebecca is in wearing thick tights despite her short dress.
awesome thumbnail bahahah
I think at this point we just have to take what we are given..Kate likes to show skin, she cant resist it despite her position and she will never tame her hair..she looks healthy and pretty too
We’ve already seen everything the duchess has to offer. All that is left is laughter.
Yes as a palace courtier once said via Whitaker ‘she’s easy with her wares’ and we’ve all seen her wares.
Not a Kate apologist – she should have had the good judgement to have a tailor add a button – but can we please acknowledge that the manufacturer left the bottom of the dress too open? I can easily see a professional woman (with the ability to purchase this) wearing it unaltered and nobody would bat an eye, although I agree, why the heck is the dress lacking the bottom button(s)? This is a day wear shirtdress, and why would anyone want to show so much leg?
But see, here’s the thing: If this were anyone else, most of the commenters here would argue with me that a woman can wear whatever she wants, la la la (I know I got backlash when I criticized Amy Schumer for saying “don’t judge me on my looks” but then showing up wearing the bondage type black leather dress…). So let’s try to be fair – this is a situation where Kate shows her usual poor judgement, but it’s also another example of women’s clothes being made to be sexy all the damn time. As far as I am concerned, I don’t much care, she’s just showing some leg, nothing we haven’t seen in beach photos, and her hair and makeup look good. I don’t mind the bangs, and if she want to wear her hair long, that’s her business.
The designer gets to design whatever they want. They are not at fault.
She has a work dress code, as much as some people like to pretend it doesn’t exist. The dress code of her work does not including flashing high thigh.
It has gotten so bad, there have been articles published in the newspapers instructing Kate Middleton in how to put hem weights in her dresses. She has three dozen staff, including a personal stylist and personal assistant. Adding one snap to the dress is apparently beyond the intelligence of all three of them.
After four years on the job, there is no excuse. She does these things deliberately because she wants to.
Exactly. A “normal” person going to work also is less likely to be outside for a period of time where the wind may catch them, and they are definitely less likely to be photographed from every possible angle. That’s part of the gig. She knows she is going to be outside for a bit, and she knows she is going to be photographed extensively at every angle. She chooses to wear things that expose her upper thighs and are inappropriate.
I personally would not wear this to work without opaque black tights underneath, because it would not be considered appropriate in my office.
Kate is saying ‘eff you’ to her critics. She might as well have her middle finger in the air.
Is there any other way to interpret this?
MinnFinn
I doubt there’s that much awareness. She just likes showing herself off. It’s been a nearly lifelong trait. Atleast she’s more covered here and we don’t know her waxing schedule like before.
@ FLORC………………….hahahahahahaha on the waxing schedule. Hilarious.
She obviously has never wanted to be taken seriously. She just wants to be a manufactured celebrity/star, an upscale Kardashian/WAG.
FLORC – LOL! And I see your point. I over estimated her brain power.
The website even shows the model wearing black tights with the dress, confirming that while the slit may be high wearing black tights addresses the issue.
Even though the dress is lined in black, she could have worn a half slip in black and there would be no issue. The Queen could give her some comportment lessons!
I’m with you vauvert.
She has a very pretty face, but that long drab hair does nothing for it. I think if she lightened it up, maybe something carmel colored or highlights, it would bring out her eyes more. She just bores me. Everything about her is so bland. Her hair, personality, clothes etc.
Her hair looks good in the side profile pic.
I wish there’s a photo which shows how her bangs look from the front without the wind blowing at her hair.
The dress is fine; I would wear it to work even with the slit but perhaps for someone representing the fuddy-duddly monarchy it’s a tad much. Thigh gasp.
That fuddy duddy monarchy gives her two free mansions, a $4.6 million a year allowance, and an unlimited credit card. The least she can do, on the rare occasions when she shows up to work for an hour, is adhere to the dress code.
True !
@notasugarhere
Perhaps you missed what I said when I wrote the dress is alright for normal office wear but “a tad much” for the monarchy. Or is it the modus operandi here to jump on anyone and everyone who doesn’t wail and gnash their teeth at Kate? Can you kindly point me to any part of my post that implies I think the perks she gets from her position are in any way deserved?
I’m not even a fan of Kate. You can rest easy and direct your indignance elsewhere.
My comment doesn’t disagree with what you said. It was directed at the general idea of some on here that her work dress code is old school and doesn’t matter since “she’s young”. I’m saying that, no matter whether or not she or anyone else likes the dress code, she needs to adhere to it.
Well, to me the monarchy dress code is indeed old school.
As to whether Kate should be excused just because she is young, no she shouldn’t. My original post didn’t suggest that either, so I wasn’t sure why you were responding to me instead of someone who may have actually made that point. But thanks for the clarification, at least now it’s clear we are on the same page.
Beth no 2: further to you comments regarding dress code being old school, I often wonder why it can’t be updated. Kate can’t seem to update it.
Conservative doesn’t mean fuddy duddy old school. Look at sheikha Mozah of the Qatari royals. She’s covered up completely and serving a conservative Muslim audience, and she’s incredibly stylish. Probably one of the more stylish royal women.
I look at how Carla Bruni worked the conservative vibe when she was first lady. Fuddy duddy was the last thing she conveyed.
I tend to throw our SamCam into these conversations, but SamCam has a direct link to Vogue where her sister is an editor.
There are lots of stylish, conservatively dressed young women everywhere. It shouldn’t be fuddy duddy as the only interpretation of ‘conservative’.
I agree one can still be polished and stylish even when adhering to a conservative dress code. I don’t follow Kate closely so I’m not the best person to ask about her wardrobe. I do enjoy fashion though and from what I’ve seen of her (which is 99% from Celebitchy), my main gripe with her choices is not so much that she is frumpy or fuddy-duddy – though there are occasions when she was indeed so, most recently at this year’s Trooping of the Colour where that upholstery she was wearing was ill-fitting and badly tailored. My main beef is that she looks boring and uninspired. And with the hordes of designers and dresses she conceivably has at her disposal, that is a pity.
Beth no 2: it’s all of it. She’s either fuddy duddy or uninspired or both. And all of it blamed on the ‘conservative’ label when really this is Kate.
http://sheikhamozahfashion.tumblr.com
It’s got other royals and celeb fashion mixed in, but highlights sheikah mozah. The woman has amazing style, but is also able to pull off some weird looks because she carries herself like she owns the look. She’s a stunningly beautiful woman on her own too.
Thanks for the link; she does look very good.
I should also clarify that my fuddy-duddy comment is not taken to mean that being conservative means one cannot be stylish, but is in relation to the thigh slit in Kate’s dress being something that would likely be frowned on because she is a royal when I doubt it would raise many eyebrows in a modern workplace.
Guys really notice. That’s *why* we do it – that is, dress with slits thigh high, etc.. They are either loving it (with furtive glances), or are irritated by the distraction.
Wolfie
There’s a betti Davis quote out there about showing a little being more sexy than showing a lot. There’s an allure. I never got why show it all.
Isn’t mystery attractive? Or enticing? I’m not sure on my word choice here, but I think the message is communicated.
That’s true that showing a little makes men wonder what lies beneath, but why Kate would want to exhibit enticement, mystery, allure and sexiness at a day care center is beyond me. Again, this proves that it’s not about the venue, but all about her. Such narcissism.
I agree with you Florc, a woman’s body is powerful. I am sure that the strip tease is an ancient art.
There is no reason that dress should be gaping open so awkwardly at this particular event. Doesn’t she have staff to preview her clothes to be appropriate? So many oops in her choices. In the last few pictures, it looks like she is fully aware of how high it’s open and clutching her purse in front to be sure her bits aren’t exposed to the camera. Is this a FU to her being put back to “work”?
I don’t think she listens to Staff much unless it’s for Security and scheduling, , one person who covers Royals claimed Kate listens basically to William and her mother and that’s it!
Maybe this event was thrown together at the last minute to deflect Rugby world cup criticism so she wore something off the rack? She should have just reworn something already tailored. The whole thing just looks messy.
I wish Kate would go to somewhere else to get her hair colored. It has such a harsh, artificial look with those brassy tones
Commenters above have commented that the original dress had more buttons at the bottom. The event wasn’t thrown together at the last minute. And it’s not as if she looked through her rooms of clothes and noticed that she hadn’t a thing to wear. Even if off the rack, there was a considered decision to remove buttons.
I was thinking more that the dress doesn’t properly fit her rather than her exposing thigh. Like it’s a size too big.
Right, I mentioned it might have a good idea to rewear something. Two for one as well, going with the whole thrifty Kate thing.
I thought it was only mentioned in August. I know it came out that with one of her charities, she had only gone to one of I think four originally planned appearances so maybe actually confirming going was last minute? Whatever it was, her dress choice seems a bit last minute to me.
I don’t have a strong opinion on Kate either way but I would not classify her as flashing leg in that photo! She’s moving in it, she’s not standing there with her leg out like Jolie! I’m the same age and work in an accounting firm and I can safely say that dress would be considered conservative for someone of my age. I’m not a fan of the dress but flashing?! She’s 33 not dead!
Her work dress code is different than yours.
+1
What is a gringe, you don’t mean fringe?
It’s a new thing, apparently. Gringe = grown out fringe.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3234651/Why-new-mums-like-Kate-love-hide-GRINGE-s-grown-fringe.html
Oh, hope it doesn’t catch on.
HAAAAAAAAAAA!
Didn’t I say that the other day on the BANGS/FRINGE post? Didn’t I say it was a Cambridge double bluff and would be posited as a consequence of harassed new motherhood?
*jumps up and down with told you told you told you glee*
(That’s me being even more childish than usual.)
This is her first charity/cause visit in how long? A few years at least. Her token effort to keep the pitchfork wielding plebs at bay.
So know we all know what she’s been doing the past few months – shopping and personal grooming. Got to max out FIL’s credit card before holiday season.
To all the apologies – this PROVES that she’s perfectly capable of doing public duties on her own, its just she doesn’t want to and will only do them if shamed/told to.
No, she just went to the mental health clinic to pick up pamphlets on PPD.
Please can we stop mentioning PPD? It makes me gnash my teeth, wail and scream. Can’t think why. 😉
Agree
Let’s drop it in full.
I can’t drop it until her apologists do. If they’re going to tempt me like that, then just know that I have very little will power. 🙂
Has anyone read some of the Daily Mail’s captions to the photos? So snarky. They mention her “slender legs” in the slit shot and call her “fresh faced” in a pic where she looks tired and downright haggard (No. 23 of their pics). I actually couldn’t believe it. The DM is still very mad at the Cambridges and not afraid to show it.
The DM is still very mad at the Cambridges and not afraid to show it.
lol – what about the comments?
I saw that! The comments are pretty brutal too from readers.
And the comments are all about how a little work might kill this one. They are not fans of Wlllie and Kate Kardashian. #poorjason
Her hair looks AWFUL.
There are pics in the Mail taken from the other side (where her fringe is ‘heaviest’) and it looks like a bad wig.
Dress could have been nice if it had been lined but it looks way too flimsy- specially seeing as we’re freezing our arses off in London at the moment!
I’m with you her hair looks a right mess.
Also, the cut is bizarre. Was it cut by the hairdresser trainee at Centrepoint?
It is lined with a thin black fabric. It can be seen when she’s walking. One can see a big patch of the inside of the back of her dress when it moves, which just adds to the proof of how high and wide her slit is.
I’m not a fashion expert so i won’t opine on her clothes, but when I look at her I see a caricature created by a (not so smart) pr team without a hint of authenticity. There’s nothing natural or genuine about her – in her appearance, mannerisms and behaviour. Sure she can wear expensive clothes, have hair weaves, layers of make up, etc., etc., but when you take all that away, she’s a shell with no substance whatsoever. I’d love to be a fly on the wall to hear her profound thoughts on mental health I really would. Hopefully they don’t let her near the patients.
The maniacal grin is back and her smile seems even more forced than usual. On the DM so many comments are about her teeth being fake. Veneers that are not fitted well would explain the forced grin I suppose. She should spend some time with some of the European royals. Sure they look dressed to the nines and polished, but they seem more genuine and natural.
Yeah, she’s pretty fake and overdone looking, but I’m not sure I agree about botox as others have mentioned here and on other threads. Definitely heavy make up and photoshop. I find the fake teeth/veneers to be very distracting and they’re all I see when I look at her with that ear to ear grin.
What’s so special about the European royals? The only ones I’m familiar with are Princess Grace’s children & grandchildren and they don’t seem to do very much in terms of royal duties and I think some actually hold conventional jobs.
She tends to ease off on the botox during pregnancy and adds some weight which is why she looks good whilst pregnant.
She hasn’t started the botox regime yet because you can see the wrinkles clearly. Further, she hasn’t lost too much post pregnancy weight to return to her preferred pin thin size so her face is still good.
I said this same thing the other day. Kate’s apologists say how “young” she is- she’s 33!!! How old was Diana when she died? 36! Now compare Diana’s accomplishments throughout her time as a Royal to the Duchess’????? It’s embarrassing, especially when you consider that Diana really was young when she had her children and she still worked like a dog for her charities.
wow these pics are sooo photoshopped
The originals up early in the day, showed her real face.
wish I would have seen them, they’re hard to find these days.
But how long was she there? Did she interact with the kids?
I read somewhere that she was an hour late and stayed one hour. No confirmation on that yet.
I think she was more than an hour late…. The Newspapers kept putting up tweets, Kate will be here soon, then it went to an hour later and she still had not arrived….the newspers also said Kate will be staying for SEVERAL hours….. Hhmmmmmm did she stay several hours? I don’t think so.
She was an hour late?????? Ye gods.
I wonder if she actually tried to squat down to talk to the kids in that dress (boggles the mind) or just towered above them goddess-like.
The entire engagement lasted an hour, including the visit to the second site.
So, this event. Kate shows up, photo ops, plays with games, makes small talk, leaves?
Do things actually get accomplished in these visits normally with other royals? Is there a point to them besides making it look like busy work?
An hour. 1 hour. Says it all.
The questions that she asked (as reported) showed lack of depth. How is this one of her few chosen charities and she didn’t know how the funding for the new center was coming along? Either no one prepared her for the visit or she didn’t read any of the research her staff gave her to study.
If you view the DM photos, it appears the fringe colour looks vastly different from the rest of her hair. Are we being duped? Fake fringe?
Or fake hair added in back? Or maybe dyed to cover the Greys and hairstylist didn’t have time to match all of it.
Well, the off colour and the way it blew in the wind like helicopter blades is making me wonder if fake fringe/gringe.
I’m not sure why you put air quotes around maternity leave. Having a baby isn’t easy on your body or your psyche, let me tell you. Getting back up and back to work can be a struggle even with enormous help and resources. Kate has a pass from me. Her husband on the other hand…
This isn’t the first time she left AH with or without the kids and after Charlotte’s birth. She’s been to the Wimbledon games (w/o the kids), Sir Ben’s yachting event (w/o the kids), a polo game, etc.
If it’s so hard on her to show up to work (shake people’s hands and accept their repeated thanks for coming), then maybe she should cancel going to that fancy Spectre premiere and the November Mustique vacation. She should just stay home in bed and rest her fragile woman’s mind and body.
I wouldn’t say that she’s flashing… but by now she knows better. All that dress needed was one more button. I’m not asking her to show up in a full suit with shoulder pads, I actually like the dress. But, and it kills me to say it because I am so not a conspiracy theorist, I think Kate might actually be an exhibitionist. There have been a LOT of flashing instances and no underwear or too skimpy underwear under light dresses on windy days for it all to be coincidence. She also wears a LOT of dresses that look demure save for a thigh slit, that she knows by now will definitely expose her upper thigh. I want to call it unprofessional, but who are we kidding here, this girl has NO idea what professional attire is because she never had a proper job to dress for and refuses guidance from courtiers.
Also, I get that she wanted to change up her hair, but she literally did this with George and immediately realized how bad it looks, so I’m surprised she basically went with almost the exact same cut.
You’re right. This is a charity visit and she chose to make it all about how skinny she is and how sexy she is. She’s so shallow.
The dress is ideal for Kate’s build, she just screws it all up by not having the bottom buttoned completely. I say completely, because I had to see for myself if this is what RL intended for the dress. The dress is for sale at Neiman Marcus in the US, and the site includes a video of a model walking in the dress. In addition to it being lined in black material (obviously missing from Kate’s version), it also appears to be buttoned down much further than Kate has hers.
http://www.neimanmarcus.com/Ralph-Lauren-Black-Label-Long-Sleeve-Houndstooth-Belted-Shirtdress-Black-Vanilla/prod180870031/p.prod?ecid=NMALRFeedJ84DHJLQkR4&ci_src=14110925&ci_sku=sku159220092
I think Kate’s dress has the black lining, and yes – you are right about Ralph Lauren’s dress on the Neiman Marcus site – it is buttoned lower.
@vava – Made a bad call on the dress lining with Kate. 🙂 I was obviously too busy gawking at how much of her upper, inner thigh was exposed to bother to look closely enough at the rest of the photo to see that, in fact, the dress lining was in tact.
i don’t consider myself conservative about clothes in the slightest, but yeah, i see it as having a “work” dress code. she’s a royal and this stuff always causes such a flap in the press for being inappropriate… i assume that people young and old across her country see this stuff in the press… given that her “work” is basically to show up at stuff and represent the crown or the country or whatever, how she is dressed is totally relevant…. i mean, yeah, the slit in the pics from the front is nearly biscuit-grazing and i agree with whoever said that she s pressing her little purse down as if she knows darn well. after all this time i’m certain it’s done on purpose, i would imagine to keep her image as being “impossibly sexy, tho in a good wifely way bc it s under wraps except for oops! windy day” – i dunno. she has great legs to be sure but i feel like another simple button would prevent what is frankly becoming a ridiculous spectacle. i feel like only one embarassing flash would be all it takes for me personally to be neurotic for life about preventing this kind of thing.
+1
I think ‘someone’ is looking at this blog and taking the pi$$…no way in heck does this woman NOT know she is flaunting the royal ‘jewels’…..
I like the dress but NO to the sister wife hair. So gross
Sister wife hair HAHAHA
LOL! It IS sister wife hair!
DYING at “sister wife hair.” Dying!
I agree that adding another button, or maybe even a cleverly applied safety pin (though those are probably too bougie for Kate) would be best, but if she is doing this deliberately, to feel sexy or get attention or something, but not intending for us to read the label on her underwear, then why doesn’t she consider adding a full slip? She would still give the photographers those tantalizing breezy skirt lifts, but then there would be a last-minute lace-and-silk modesty cover for the rest of us. Maybe I am an ancient 31, but I love dress slips.
I think she looks great and the dress looks wonderful!
I might stand alone here, but….I actually would of expected her to still be on maternity leave for another month or so. I know she’s not returning to a 9-5 job and just doing a few ‘engagements’ and that her position affords her more privilege than most….but a lot of people in the UK take 6-12 months maternity leave and for some reason I just cant hold it against her if she wants to stay at home with her children for a bit longer.
You have to work full-time for a year in order to earn the maternity leave. She’s never done that. Her pay comes in the form of free mansions, security, three dozen staff including nannies and housekeepers, The Duchy credit card, and millions in allowance.
Sixer explained UK maternity leave in an earlier post. iirc, the first three-four months are at full pay. After that, each successive month the pay goes down. You don’t keep receiving full-pay for a year, so most women go back after 3-4 months (or earlier) because they cannot afford the cut in pay.
This engagement was 1 hour. One hour. Not exactly a 60 hour work week.
If you followed this engagement on Twitter, she was expected earlier (at least an hour) and only stayed for an hour. Unprofessional to show up an hour late, and people in the know had expected her to stay several hours.
Sam
To add to Nota when Kate isn’t working that doesn’t mean she’s with her children. As we’re finding it turns out she’s often away from them. They do have Carole and the nanny crew. Beyond well cared for.
So, not wantig to work to be with her kids isn’t the majority truth. Roll in shopping, workout routines, salon and touch ups upon various other parts fill her time. And I wouldn’t think those activities would go smoothly with children present so no shade there.
Wish a make-up consultant would step in and counsel her to step away from the eyeliner. It’s doing her no favors. The dress is boring. Needs a pop of color in the shoes or hand bag. First thing I thought of when I saw the pics…too much thigh. Fine for Hollywood not fine for her mission that day. Know your audience.
Duchess has her future on display again.
How is humanly possible for someone to look better a few hours after giving birth than four months later? But it’s true in Middleton’s case. She looked so great on the steps of the Lindo Wing holding Charlotte. Her hair, her make up and choice of dress all looked great.
+1
It’s possible. In my experience i’ve noted women tend to look glowing and amazing post labor after a rest. Very rarely they’ve appeared looking worse.
It does depend on how the birthing process went.
Toss in professional hair and makeup and you look even better. Top it all off with photoshop and there you go.
@ Citresse
Kate lost weight since the birth and that ages her.
surrogate
Stop. There’s no proof of that and tons of evidence Kate carried. Ugh. Someone dropped the fence and trolls got in guys! Make haste to the Wiglet Wayfarer! Sixer! Assemble the Sixlets! Someone must power this thing and they will sleep like angles.
@ FLORC – hang on a sec and I’ll go and fetch the Woad and Breastplate, that’ll see the varmints off!
Mystery to me too. We all looked terrible, to put it mildly, in my wing when I gave birth and all the friends I’ve veisited post birth were looking the same as I did. Some slightly better than others but compared to our regular looks? Oh my, a disaster.
I think she looks perfectly appropriate. It is a great dress. And most importantly, she is doing a charity event.
Her dress is cut way up her thigh for a children’s event. She arrived an hour late and only stayed an hour. Se asked questions that showed a lack of understanding about her own hand-picked charity.
She must have had to rush home to get ready for Rugby Cup tomorrow. I wonder if she and Harry will still be in a deep freeze.
She looks pretty. I like the dress.
She looks like she’s from the ’70s.
That’s because she is, and that’s being kind.
Mary Tyler Moore at WJM!
Just been reading the Fail article – so. many. snarks. hahahaha, love it.
– All they talked about was her ‘funky new fringe’ and ‘do’
– 4 month summer ‘break’ at new family home
– ‘limited’ number of engagements
– the stylish dress
– how she liked the nails of a parent
They don’t actually get to the details of the charity and visit till the middle of the article (even then its squished between photos’ of her gurning) and at the end they talk about her hair AGAIN.
Talk about padding an article out. Says it all about her and what she brings to the table. If all they can really talk about is her appearance then there is a very serious problem but knowing the Fail it will have been deliberate.
Kate showed up to an event and she’s not flashing her bits so no one can criticse her or else she’ll hide away again. Because that’s how low the bar has dropped. I doubt any of this reaches here.
On a side note she’s been touched up again. Her face looks botoxed all over and a drastic diffference from a few days ago.
Her face does look less lined and her cheeks aren’t as Howdy Doody-ish. Must feel strange to have a frozen face from botox. She still manages to get the extreme facial expressions, though!
LOL when i read ‘she’s been touched up again’ my mind went into the gutter of Willy was feeling a little amorous. hahahaha
I’ll go away now.
You missed the great picture with her crazed look. She still hasn’t been listening to HM about weighing those hems and that hair distracts way too much.
Yep, another near Marilyn moment. Perhaps Kate tries to “fu*k up” a little bit so that she won’t have to do any more engagements. Perhaps she wants Courtiers to think that it is better to not send Kate anywhere because she will expose herself.
I don’t have an anti-fringe bias, so I think the haircut is fine. What I hate is the dress. It’s boring, and the silhouette is a bit juvenile. I know a-line skirts and dresses that cinch her waist and float away from the hips give her the appearance of having curves and creates the illusion of hips because hers are actually very narrow, but it’s quite an immature style. To wear a day dress with this silhouette occasionally is fine, but I wish she looked more sophisticated at official engagements. This seems a bit awful to write because I hate when tabloids compare these two women, but she should look at Queen Letizia’s example. Letizia manages to look modern and stylish without looking stuffy in dowdy hats and weighted hems. Until recently, she showed a royal could keep her long hair and still look polished and not like a co-ed. She shows that you can wear shorter hemlines without looking over-exposed (though Letizia confines them for the most part to her personal life – on school runs and her annual summer family vacation rather than at official engagements). She’s extremely thin and straight, but even in pencil skirts she manages to style herself in a way that creates the impression of curves. She does modest evening wear without looking matronly, little girlish or dowdy. Granted, Letizia has more latitude culturally to dress in a more high-end way than Kate, but there’s no reason Kate can’t occasionally put on a straight skirt and some killer heels and look more sophisticated than she usually does.
To dress like that would imply Kate is sophisticated.
Then Charles can add a stylist for Kate into his annual budget, and when the budget is publicized W&K can pull their tried-and-true trick of distracting the public away from feeling annoyed at this frivolity by releasing more conveniently-timed photos of George and Charlotte to the press. Everybody wins.
I enjoy Letizia’s style as well. Simple, elegant, about the woman not the clothes. IMO Letizia has far less latitude to dress high end. Unemployment in Spain is over 20 percent and she’s never been popular in the yellow press. She dresses in a lot of low-cost Spanish brands, with custom Varela thrown in so the cost is unknown. Since becoming Queen she’s branched out to a couple of higher-end designers which are Spanish owned.
I love Letizia’s style. She has variety rather than an endless stream of boring coatdresses. All of those frumpy pastels…ugh!
1.800 for a bloody shirt dress? That ain’t normal. That ain’t right. There are charities in the UK who give food to people because they are starving. And Her Royal Highheels Eyeliner Faketan Duchess of Wiglet has the nerve to step out in such clothes to emphasize and justify the distribution of wealth which creates such poverty. It is disgusting. At the bottom end people are starving and don’t know how to feed their kids.
And many of those people who don’t know how to make ends meet have to support the Duchess of Wiglet via taxes. I would rather not explain this as these explanations of her income always get deleted although they were always correct. But I am totally disgusted. A four-figured sum for a silly light shirt dress for a charity visit is not appropriate.
I agree with you in that considering that W&K want to skate by in life and not do royal duties (primarily charity visits) as compensation for all the wealth they get from taxpayers and use the excuse of being every-day, regular folks as justification, then maybe she shouldn’t flaunt her wealth when she shows up for one of her very few visits that isn’t a gala party or doesn’t cater to other rich people. These particular organizations need the $2k in cash more than they need her to show up wearing a dress that costs that much.
I think W&K think they owe the public no more than existing as two of the UK’s biggest celebrities. So this nearly $2000 dress is what she might consider a discounted rate for a ‘professional appearance.’ since other big celebrities would have charged a higher fee.
ThreadJack!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3235902/American-royalty-meets-real-thing-Spain-s-Queen-Letizia-King-Felipe-meet-Obamas-White-House.html
I would love Michelle’s dress. Looks like a resemblance to a house dress Kate worse a while back. I like Michelle’s version better. The lighter material as a trim gives it a breathable feel. And it’s been quite warm here lately.
Also, Michelle’s no botox when next to Letizia’s looks over animated. Love them both though.
I love both dresses Letiza is wearing esp the Nina Ricci one. What can’t Waity dress like that.
Michelle’s dress is a bit maternity looking.
She’s put on weight and i’ve heard throug the circuit she isn’t maintaining her Soul Cycle schedule. Once you stop that routine you pack it on swiftly.
I think that’s just a little pouch she has and the fabric falls to not cling.
Also, does not help standing next to a thin Letizia.
Those are two women who respect their roles and they take pride in representing their countries. I really like the design details on Letizia’s white jacket.
I’m going to start calling her The Hair. Her hair overpowers her. It’s too much. She’s just a big wall of HAIR.
I’m not even against bangs or fringe, but I am against gringe, it looks weird.
The bar for her is set so low, it’s at biscuit level now. Covering up would be cause for royal orders and fireworks.
Is she going for a slightly 60’s look with the hair?
My office’s dress code is pretty relaxed. I can wear jeans every day (and thank God because I do not envy people who have to dress up and I hate heels). I wear maxi dresses and yes sometimes mini skirts which hit just above the knee. I don’t wear shorts because women shorts are so much shorter than men’s (the guys can though since their shorts are so much longer). I’ve gotten away with strapless dresses too though usually I wear a cardigan (esp. If the AC is on blast). But one style I cannot stand is shirt dresses. Don’t like them, they are shapeless sacks which look unfinished. Some of you want to burn all skinny jeans (which I wear everyday and yes to the office) but I want to burn all shirt dresses. They are not cute.
I don’t think her dress looks terrible but I don’t think it looks great either.
Her clothes tend to look flimsy or something on her. Other royals seem to wear clothes that look like they sit firmly on them. I’m not sure if I what I said makes sense.
As for the leg flashing, I don’t think she looks vulgar or anything, but Fergie would get grief for not looking the part at times, so I find it a little strange that the rules are more relaxed for Kate. Strange in the sense that Fergie wasn’t even that high up on the pecking order whereas Kate will be the future Queen (Consort?) — I don’t know what the correct title is.
One of the often overlooked reasons for why the rules are relaxed for Kate, and to some extent the rest of the family, is the death of QM.
The Queen was released by her death. Not that she didn’t grieve the loss of her mother, but QM had public standards that the entire family had to adhere to. Including the Queen.
Once she died, the Queen, never the family enforcer, relaxed too. She let’s everyone get away with things they would not have gotten away with on QM’s watch.
In as much as people say it is the Diana factor that allows WK to get away with so much, it is also the QM factor.
perplexed – Flimsy is a good description. Ralph Lauren’s fabrics have gotten so thin. He uses cheapest quality silk even for his black and blue label garments.
I have such … disdain(?) for the quality RL chooses for the garments. I have a RL white button down shirt dress in my closet. It was for a party where I had to wear all white. The fabric was cotten and sheer as glass. There was nothing special about it. I needed to get it tailored all over and lined. The dress was worth $40. I spent another 0. I still walk into the store on a mall weekend ritual hoping for new stuff and good deals. They’re always the worst with threads hanging off.
I haven’t bought anything from RL in two decades. The quality went so far downhill so fast. I’ve seen $2000+ RL dresses in Neiman Marcus that have threads unravelling and buttons coming loose, not just on one dress but on every dress of that style. I can find better made clothing at mid-range chain stores.
It used to be a great brand for high quality basics, along with CK and DVF, but all 3 started churning out cheaply made rubbish ages ago, while at the same time increasing their prices.
Meh. Not my fave outfit of hers’ , but she looks fine. However, Kate there is a new invention you might try: it’s called a slip.
Over 4 years later and this lazy waste STILL doesn’t know how to dress (or act). She’s hopeless. Imagine how horrible she’s going to be if (God forbid) she becomes Queen Consort. God help us.
A simple black slip, but no. That would cover up her great legs. Sigh…
Daily Mail has some really bad photos of her grimaces. They even highlight her ‘flying skirt’. Normally they publish the best pictures and only one or two bad ones.
Even the writing is more passive-agressive.
Something is changing….
When they start publishing the real photos (not photoshopped) then the knives are coming out.
I think the addition of the “gringe” makes her look like she’s wearing a wig.
Hi all! I wish I could show up an hour late, stay for 1 hour and then leave. While getting positive attention for coming back to “work”. With all the perks, you’d think she would make more of an effort.
And you dress for the occasion
I am done seeing her flash her thighs, bum, etc. I’m just waiting for the sex tape….. Big willy and babykins the movie!!
I feel bad for all the kate-hate, but her “role” within the monarchy is really offensive to me. They make her out to be a Barbie doll. So archaic, and misogynistic. I’m not sure if that’s how she is in real life, but it is certainly how she is portrayed.
Many of the other world’s female royals, including those in the UK, and the First Ladies make their own niches based on their own interests and positions. Kate is in a position where she can do a lot of good for others if she wanted to.
QE2, Anne, Sophie, and the others don’t act as if all they have going for them is their looks and spend much of their time supporting their vanity. They’re not acting and working in a way that presents themselves as archaic and misogynistic. They actually do work and are respected for it.
How she is portrayed is based on her own actions. She has shown that most of her interests are in shopping, getting spray tans, spending hours at the hair salon and with her trainer, and going on vacations, etc.
Instead of spending time educating herself on how to be useful for her charities and her position and be seen as an involved and knowledgeable person, it seems she’d rather only learn how to do self-indulgent activities, like scuba diving. When she goes to public events, the ones she’s most likely to accept are fluff-and-stuff, involving parties and/or hobnobbing with celebrities and rich people.
If she doesn’t want to take her position seriously, then why should anybody take her seriously? Nobody is forcing her to be a ‘Barbie doll.’ That’s never been the job description. That’s just the way she wants to live her life.
So true!! If I knew that o would be with youngsters/teens.etc. I would wear pants sneakers and be involved. Not sky high heels and dress
Awesome post!!! You are the voice of reason & are spot on with your remarks. In particular, thanks for the comparison between royals who actually do meaningful work and have concerns beyond what outfit they choose to wear and our dear Kate who wouldn’t know work and genuine interest in a cause if they hit her on the head with a hammer.
I suspect there will be more Kate posts on the blog in the days to come with the same theme – she wore this, her hair looked like that and her shoes were (?) with minimal to no info on what she actually accomplished or how she made an impact. So, keep your comment and be prepared to copy and paste it into a future article. It will still be relevant unless something changes – it would take an act of God I’m afraid!
That is the role she has made for herself. They set their own schedules, they choose their own work. If she got out there, worked, and stopped buying so many new clothes – it would be about the work not Barbie Middleton.
(this post crossed with anne_000 who said it all much better).
Hi nota! She chose her schedule/charities. Its all about her, not the charity. Diana got crap for her heels, but once everything was out and open, no problem. What is Kate trying to prove???
A lot of dollymop shaming in this thread.
I had to look that up. Who here is calling Kate a part time “working girl”?
Or are the part time working girls getting shamed by something Kate did? I don’t understand.
I actually had to look the word up, too. Why did I look it up? hmmm posted: “She’s fulfilled her most important royal duty- the heir and spare. That thigh slit is part of the Cambridges’ new FU campaign. Who can take someone who comes on like a dollymop seriously? And this, to a mental health facility?
So much for the PPD. ”
then hmmm posted: ” Wolfie, who is she trying to seduce then? Looks to me she’s working the dollymop stroll.”
The word is used to describe a prostitute or promiscuous woman. I posted tongue-in-cheek, satirically, and with dry humor. Guess I’m just another humorless American.
Mayamae
While I do enjoy hmmm’s posts this I can’t get behind.
In the proper context I do get the humor. You are not humorless to not get it. Just already forming an opinion and will not budge to see another point of view. Not meaning to state that as an insult. I’m just not sure how else to state it. Take it as the least offensive way possible and that is my intent. I do enjoy your insight also.
It is used in British Satire and Kate clearly isn’t seducing the men there. I stand firm she thinks it’s ok to show herself off over concentrating on the event or letting the charity get the attention. More details about the line of thought below.
And there’s no FU campaign. I’m actually wondering what Kate even views as work. She has a very limited concept and has never really had to earn her way in life. Not in an employment sort of way. I don’t think her understanding of her role is correct at all.
FLORC, I think we’re misunderstanding each other. Here was my thought process: Wow, yes Kate seems to be disinterested in taking advice to weight her hems. But, wow again, there’s quite a few comments insulting Kate prior to her engagement and marriage, stressing Kate’s lifetime desire to flash her crotch because she dressed provocatively at a roller rink. Interesting, that may have been called “slut shaming” if it were any other woman posted about here. (Tongue-in-cheek, satire, dry sense of humor kicks in) Make that dollymop shaming.
It was a post about a play on words, more than a comment on criticism of Kate’s work attire.
mayamae, I agree with you.
Her hair in the second pic totally makes her look like Jenna Coleman.
Place2Be just announced Jenna Coleman as their new ambassador. Wonder if they’ll drop Kate Middleton now?
I just read that when I looked up her name forgetting she’s the impossible girl!
This is a good move.
And lol they won’t drop her. If they threaten it the courtiers will sweeten the deal somehow. To be dropped is bad pr. There would be spin. Like the time Kate dropped out of a charity party at KP when the organizers publicised she would be there. Then they said Kate never intended on going being a stone cold lie.
This is the second charity to get a new ambassador (EACH got Ed Sheeran). They didn’t officially drop Kate and I highly doubt this one will either – doing so would just bring drama and they have more important things to focus on.
At least she’s actually doing her job for once, and not at something glamorous. What was Will doing while the person who actually had to do something to provide an heir and a spare was working?
Procreating is not part of either of their job descriptions. They did not have to have children, there are plenty of others in line.
It is not the bangs that are aging her. It is her Sun damaged skin after sitting her ass in the sun for so many years. Too late for her to wear Sun screen in her make-up now, she will look just as wrinkled and wretched as all other Sun worshippers out there the older she gets.
Your skirts are too short they tell her, so she buys a somewhat conservative dress from an old respected brand but the dress has a high-thigh skimming split. Cut your hair they tell her, so she gets a little bang. She’s compliant but defiant. I’m thinking Kate might just be passive aggressive.
The dress/split and all isn’t bad but was inappropriate for the today’s visit. For the record, it looks poorly fitted & she does look a bit hurried & unkempt. My two cents.
To me, that looks like a coat with nothing underneath. She looks like a character in an old tv show who plans to go to her husband’s office and “surprise” him when she flings open her coat.
Hm. Let’s say I don’t want to work! But they make me!
So, I dress like this, and so they yank me back in for more retraining for 6 months. Takes me right through January ski season! She’s brilliant like a fox.
I don’t understand how Kate and her assistants thought it was ok to wear a dress with a big inner-thigh flashing opening. Is she ignorant, stupid or not caring? And are her staff/assistants/dresser also stupid? So unprofessional all round. I don’t understand how this happens.
She looks really sad I think! Scrolling through the DM pictures, I saw her eyes and almost cried, she looks so depressed! photo assumption: she hates her husband, doesn’t find him hot at all and is forever trapped. poor duchess. She should get a divorce and some good d. ,but she won’t ever of course.
Wow, its really obvious to me she has had some dental work done recently. Her bottom teeth use to be really uneven and not straight. Now they’re even across the top and straight.
Hi guys., my problem is”bigwily” named his Kidd. He has a cousin named George, and Earl spencere named his daughter Charlotte Diana
Kate really is ridiculous, and pretty much worthless. It’s really sad, and in no way should she be compared to Diana. I wouldn’t compare her to anyone of the modern royals; I’m pretty sure everyone does more work than her. I look at all of the other Royal women, and I can’t help but just shake my head and feel sorry for her subjects. Queen Rania, Princess Masako, Princess Mary, Queen Leticia, Princess Victoria..the list goes on and on and on. Princess Estelle is better with the public for goodness sakes.