I thought there was a chance that the Duchess of Cambridge would show up for today’s Wimbledon men’s semifinals, especially given the fact that Roger Federer is playing Rafael Nadal. But it looks like she’s not. Some of the Middletons did turn up though – Pippa Middleton is there with her husband, Terribly Moderately Wealthy James Matthews. I don’t see James Middleton around, but I would guess that Carole Middleton will make it for the second semifinal too. This is Pippa’s second trip to Wimbledon this year – she was also there on the 8th to see Federer play. That time she went with her brother.
Once again, I don’t really think Pippa looks terrible or anything. She seems to be vibing on her sister’s summer style, but the Middleton sisters have always dressed alike. Pippa wore this yellow wrap dress from Ganni, which retails for £160. At one point while she was walking, the “wrap” blew open a bit and she showed a lot of leg. She didn’t mean for it to happen, but yeah. Just imagine if it was someone else, say, Duchess Meghan. Twenty million headlines about how Meghan’s thigh will bring shame to the UK. Another thing the Middleton sisters have in common: absolutely terrible shoes. Pippa’s white sandals are fug as hell.
Photos courtesy of Getty, Instagram.
Hate it. Doesn’t flatter her at all
Agreed. She and her sister have zero skill to elevate an outfit- no matter the price point.
Also, I fully support women wearing their breasts as high or as low on their bodies as they see fit, I’m just wondering if Pippa deliberately chooses outfits that make it look like her breasts and waist are only minimally separated. Is she making a free the breast statement with her fashion?
Women can wear their breasts as high or low as they want? Wow. News to me.
That’s just body shaming trying to disguise itself as fashion commentary.
Pointing out that Pippa would have a much better silhouette in that dress if she wore decent bra is not body shaming. One could even argue that a properly fitted bra with correct support now would be an asset that prevents her nipples from hitting her knees at some point in middle-age.
Hench, did you read that in a Goop column?
Wearing a bra has nothing to do with sagging, maybe outside the fact that a properly supportive sports bra during exercise can prevent damage to the ligaments.
It’s body shaming to say someone’s breasts are low and should be, erm, “worn higher”. This isn’t Penthouse Forum. We don’t need that sort of toxic masculinity, especially backed up by untrue assertions.
@sparkingg flint – I bow to your clearly greater knowledge about breast ligaments. My second sentence was intended to be lighthearted but thank you for your clarification – and, I’m not being sarcastic at all. I find I learn a lot from different commentators on this site.
However, I maintain – or perhaps I am clarifying – that my comment about a more supportive and/or better fitting bra IS about the fit, shape and proportion of that dress. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Pippa’s embonpoint. I am not criticising where her breasts are placed on her body or, in fact criticising her breasts at all. Underwear provides a foundation for what we put on top.
The Hench – I agree, not body shaming.
That dress literally looks like some rayon number you might pick up in a thrift shop for five bucks. Color is bad for her, cut is bad for her – it’s all wrong. Makes her look dumpy, and she has the body of an athlete. Whomever started the “body shaming” pearl-clutching on here, just stop. This is a discussion of flattery in fit, and the importance of good foundation garments in raising your silhouette game. Just stop it.
@The Hench:
there was a long-term French clinical study that has proven that bras not only do not prevent sagging, but may actually CAUSE it.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/259073.php
(I can provide the original French reports, but I think they are easy enough to find.)
@SparklinggFlint:
While I agree with almost everything you said, I have to say that, in my experience, it is “toxic FEMININITY” that tries to force women to wear bras.
I’ve never worn it, but it was only women who, for some odd reason, resented it.
(N.B. I know, you were talking about body shaming. But still.)
Oye. It’s not “body shaming” to point out undergarments that might improve fit Of outer garment. IMO it’s comment shaming to reframe rote feedback.
Like the dress, (for once!), hate the shoes.
But given Pippa’s normally abysmal style/taste choices, this outfit is a vision of loveliness.
Yes she does not have the greatest taste.
I agree — Kate’s style is usually so mimsy and blah to me, but Pippa — GAH, all her taste is in her mouth.
I kinda think she looks like she’s got a second trimester tummy going on. Not dress snark- she looks preggo here.
I think so too.
That dress looks a hell of a lot better than the $700 sack thing Meghan wore the other day, at least.
Leave Meghan alone! Pippa dress had her thighs out that’s why she is holding it.
You must admit that Meghan’s dress was pretty bad.
Mel, I agree. That sack of potato style dress that Meghan wore was horrendous. I would gladly wear Pippa’s dress over the one that Meghan wore.
Meghan’s dress was likely from her latter stages of pregnancy & is probably nice & comfy to wear. She’s a new mom, it looks pretty warm in England, and that dress was right for her on that day.
Meghan is the nursing mother of a new baby, the dress was perfect for that.
(What a graceless, cruel comment.)
Saying a dress is ugly is a graceless, cruel comment now?! In what world? That dress WAS ugly. No one is saying Meghan is.
Gingerbread, every post that does something other than discuss how shiny Meghan’s halo is that day is attacked, called racist, and then disappeared.
I see no cruel criticism of Meghan, just her dress. Fair game.
wait, did i miss where Meghan is nursing? and that dress would be HORRIBLE for a nursing mom. there was no way in the top, or did I miss that too. Probably I missed this all, so happy to acknowledge that too! 🙂
Stop it with the f-cking pile-on on everything about her, that’s what I meant. Is she supposed to wear a Lycra body suit to make you happy or what? She’s caring for her very young baby, what she’s wearing is fine for that.
That £700 dress is not a nursing dress, like, at all! And Meghan isn’t nursing, the pics show that very clearly. She would be far more comfortable with Archie in her arms if she had been nursing him for the past 2+ months. The verified Times articles and the ones about the multiple nannies never seemed so true than at the polo match & Wimbledon. This is a gossip site. People have the right to comment on outfits and publicly funded people’s actions. People have been doing that for years with the other one! No complaints there. Funny that.
@GUEST where are you getting this inside information on people who you will never meet? I guess you can judge how comfortable someone is with the baby they gave birth to just by looking at a few pictures.
What a reach with the six-degrees of separation crap. I’d like to know how Meghan’s dress has anything to do with this non-royal woman’s. It’s like the Fail inserting her name in every article about another BRF member just to get clicks. It works, so let’s do it with CB threads that have nothing to do with her in order to throw down that negative jibe (and vibe) and open the floor for another round of unnecessary criticism (of her non-work attire, BTW).
Meghan is dressing for her post partum body. Can she get some breathing room?
Why not compare Pippa to Kate, which makes way more sense, instead unless the intent was to put down Meghan?
Jeeze the comment about Meghan’s dress is fine. Everyone can disagree.
Personally I would wear Meghan’s dress very Pippas but that’s just me.
Pippa had a baby less than a year ago, right? Let’s give both some space.
We are talking about dresses not bodies.
BayTampaBay um there are comments saying her breasts are too low, that she looks pregnant, that you can see her ribs, and that she looks too thin because you can see her sternum.
I should have stated that I was only talking about Meghan’s dress nothing else. Sorry!
I didn’t like the sackiness/shape of her dress either either but that the colour really flattered her and she looked beautiful aviators, sack and all imo. Pippa in no way looks beautiful or smart here. Just flat haired and bony chested.
I thought Meghan looked great and comfortable and even crisp (with the spare but tailored detailing).
Both ladies look fine, comfortable and appropriately dressed. And, honestly, @Mego, “Boney chested”? You are using your dislike of someone to justify your body shaming them. You can go join @The Hench and @Yup, Me in the body shaming Bitter Betty corner. Theres fashion commentary and then there’s petty meanness and you’ve all fallen squarely in the latter.
@Mego
Bony chested? This stays a lot about your character and the kind of person you are.
I agree but I have a real hate for sack dresses without waists in general too – and it looked itchy to me, not comfortable. Pippas dress is awful as well though, none of the dresses flatter these naturally beautiful women. Kate’s pink dress the other day was really nice but she normally doesn’t dress too well either so… bad fashion all around for the most part (except the Queen, she is always on point!!)
Aw, I loved the olive dress n shades on her.
I like it a lot, I would wear that in a second.
But the shoes should be burned.
I agree, the shoes are fug, but I would wear that dress.
ugh. Boca Sandals. Clinton Kelly would not approve. I don’t either.
Yes, yes, and yes. Is she preg?
That was my first thought seeing this pic, too! She usually has a flat stomach. But maybe it’s just a food baby. I have those nightly 😊
I kind of like the dress. It looks cool and summery. And I like block heeled sandals (I have 2 pr. myself), but I just don’t love the white sandal look with this dress. If she feels black would be too “heavy” for the season, perhaps a yellow (there are two tones in the dress), or even, shall I dare say nude?, would look better than the white.
What do you think of her pairing that flower-print dress with flower earrings & a big flower on her handbag? She’s usually not as matchy-matchy as her sister, but this takes it to a whole other level. It’s a wonder there aren’t flowers on her sandals, too.
Love the dress. I’d definitely say pregnant. Smooth upward shape to her tummy.
I didn’t notice it at first but I think you could be right.
I think Pippa looks nice.
Are there any celebrities attending Wimbledon this year? Aside from the Middleton crew, there doesn’t seem to be that much attention this year. And that applies to other sites too. Is nobody going?
Jude Law is there today with his new wife as is Hugh Grant and David Beckham.
Jude Law, even with the hair I still would.
Oh dear, half the women there will be instantly pregnant!
I love Jude Law, no apologies.
I just cant with all the frump of these two (I mean her and her pussy bow buttoned sister…) What is all this frock business lately….
That look is on trend, though, isn’t it?
Killer shoes would improve the overall look.
Indeed, which is how they’re buying them. Because all the shops are selling them.
Maybe its on trend but I just don’t see why. Its not flattering…. but thats my eye.
I don’t disagree, I’m just saying that’s why there’s been an uptick in these sort of early 80s styles dresses (although the wrap dress predates that).
The wrap dress is and always will be a classic. Not least because it fits us rewearing peasants on both ends of our own personal weight spectrum. 😉 h/t to Diane Von Furstenburg!
The dress is OK, but she seriously needs a much better bra!!!
This! She frequently needs a better bra, maybe she thinks that she doesn’t need much support because she’s so small, but she definitely does!
And to raise the neckline a tad to make the dress look like it fits better. Overall, not bad, but unless they’re espadrilles, just say no to white shoes.
Yeah the white shoes ruin the outfit. James needs to do something with his hair, the ‘wet slicked look’ does nothing for him, in fact it makes him look a bit creepy.
Love the dress, shoes not so much, and her husband looks nice too.
I see her ribs.
I think comparing pippa and Meghan (or Kate) is kind of a false equivalency? Of course women born to and married to the royal family are treated differently and held to a different standard.
So yes, it would be newsworthy or talked about more if Kate or Meghan’s dress flew up. Not really sure why we expect Pippa (who is not a royal in any way) to get the exact same treatment in the press.
There’s also a reason this “flashing” was described but the photos aren’t included, which is because it wasn’t even close to as described in this post.
Why am I not surprised?
I like the dress a lot, but I think it doesn’t look that good on Pippa. I don’t get it. She and Kate should be able to wear just about anything (even though they have different body types) and just so often I’m like, “huh. That could be so much better.”
I am fairly slim and small-busted, and I learned to avoid wrap dresses many years ago. They just don’t flatter that kind of physique. I love them and wish I could rock them, but they just make me look even flatter, as with Pippa here.
I love the dress but not on her. She really needs to step it up. But she got the guy with money so why try? Is that the thinking? She looks stale.
Pippa and Kate’s style made more sense to me after that interview with Carole. Didn’t she say something like, “There’s a correct way to dress.” I’m sure their mother was very opinionated on what they wore.
I don’t like this dress on her at all. I can’t really tell what the sandals look like, but I don’t usually like white sandals with anything. I wish she would part her hair on the side rather than down the middle.
I want to like it, but it’s just not working. It’s tight in the wrong places and emphasises her boney chest.
I actually like Pippa, but I’m going to have to say that she needs to burn all those square, open toed, sandals she has. They’re hideous.
I have to say it somewhere so here goes…*deep breath* I liked Pippa’s wedding dress better than Kate’s or Meghan’s. … *hangs head and scuttles back to corner…*
I did not care for any of the wedding dresses of the three. Hold you head up!
LOLOLOLOL!!!!!
I really liked it too. Meghan’s dress still wins for me I think, because I loved her whole look, and I loved the neckline of her dress, but I really liked Pippa’s too.
And, minus the points on the bodice, I really liked Kate’s (I liked her skirt better than the bodice and sleeves though.) There’s room enough to like all the dresses!!!!
I will join you on that, I loved Pippa’s dress.
And it’s not a slam on Kate’s or Meghan’s dresses, they were pretty and they fit the bill. Kate was going to be traditional, Meghan’s was classic and simple. But Pippa’s dress was fresh and springy and she looked beautiful. When I saw it it was like “Ooh!”
I liked Pippa’s dress the best, and in fact the whole wedding party…Little boys in leafy green and girls with blush accents. Had a joyful, Spring feel. Kate’s was so classic to be boring. I just didn’t like Meghan’s. The shape was nice but the fit and heavy, thick, stiff looking fabric were off. Veil was gorgeous though.
100%
@surlygale – I wasn’t crazy about any of
the wedding dresses but I agree -Pippa’a
was the best of the lot… I like the pattern and colour of this dress, not the cut.
Those shoes Pippa wearing is from when Monica and Brandy were fighting over men. All these pricey dresses made out of cheap fabric. I hate when women fight the pretty. Pippa has a good figure but terrible taste.
“from when Monica and Brandy were fighting over men.”
Nailed it! 😂😂😂
How is spending a couple of hundred pounds on a dress, or another item of clothing, pricey?? Lol, weird.
After reading all the comments, I took a look at the photos again. I’m having flashbacks to my senior year in high school (1975), white block-heeled sandals and all. I do remember, though, that at 17 there’s no way I would have also also worn daisy earrings & handbag; maybe at age 12, but not 17, or Pippa’s 30-something.
Although I’m not a fan of wrap dresses in general, I think it looks fresh and summery and perfectly nice. Husband has his regular uniform on and they look like a pleasant rich couple having a day out.
I think she could definitely be pregnant.
She’s trying to hold her skirt together so it doesn’t fly open in the breeze. I posted the other day (when tabloids were criticizing Meghan for wearing jeans), why on earth should women be expected to wear dresses to a sporting event? They are outdoors in the wind, and they have to climb up and down bleacher steps. It’s sad that in these modern times, it’s “expected” that women wear silly, decorative, impractical, clothing to be considered a “proper” woman.
Totally agree with your comment! I would not be happy if I constantly had to dress like I’m going to a tea party every single day. But I guess that is why I will never be a royal (or royal-adjacent) lol.
Is there a big age difference between the two? Hubby looks quite a bit older – late forties maybe?
He’s 43, 8 years older than her. Looks older than that.
I have that dress and I love it. AND I rock it, if I might add. 💁🏼♀️ I think Pippa looks fine in it but we’re used to seeing her in fancier stuff.
Jude Law, Hugh Grant and Beckham were there. I would enjoy photos of any of them more than this awful dress.
Pippa’s definitely pregnant. Mark it here 👍
I think the dress is sweet and fresh and I like how she and her husband complement each other. Those white shoes are SO bad. And yes, Meghan’s dress was hideous and not nursing friendly.
I’d wear that outfit, I think it’s cute for the summer (I will show myself out now)
If it fit better I’d like this. As it was, she nearly had a serious wardrobe malfunction while walking. Both Middleton ladies need to learn to dress better for their body types and to choose dresses that won’t fly away in the breeze. The shoes need to burn.
The dress looks cute if it were hanging in the store. I would want to wear it. When Pippa wears it, it just looks bad.
I actually have this dress in a different pattern… IT is WILDLY flattering on. Think DVF dress but with more movement. If you tried it on yourself, you’d see why she bought it.