Mademoiselle Lilo
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another great look,this dress with cap dress from the Queen Birthday are on the top of my favourite of Meghan.
Meghan looks lovely today and I really liked her dress - lovely fabric and appropriate for the event - had it not been, she wouldn't have worn it.
A hat would've been...weird and out of place for this event.
I'm disapointed. Is it so difficult to dress appropriate? Royal ladies usually wear outfits with sleeves and hats at such events. She was there as a royal-to-be, not average american.
...unless she didn't know better.
I agree with you, I do think the days of wearing hats to church is long gone. But Meghan seems to like them somewhat, so maybe she'll bring them back into style
I agree with you, I do think the days of wearing hats to church is long gone. But Meghan seems to like them somewhat, so maybe she'll bring them back into style
There's no way it's a situation of 'she didn't know better'. She's been being advised and guided for months now. If it wasn't appropriate she wouldn't of worn it.
LaRae
There's no way it's a situation of 'she didn't know better'. She's been being advised and guided for months now. If it wasn't appropriate she wouldn't of worn it.
LaRae
I suspect she may have been quite chilly in Church.. out of the Sun, and in a building with a stone floor and thick walls..
But I like the dress a lot...
I do NOT ever understand how the royal ladies are not cold in a lot of places. They must have some kind of magic heater embedded in them at the engagement announcement...
Who knows, maybe HM has already been in touch saying tsk, tsk. ? And Harry is so blinded by love right now (not that there's anything wrong with that!) that Meghan could wear a potato sack and he would think it was gorgeous
I actually love the dress and the way it looked on Meghan, it was spot on, don't hate it at all. Just think it could have used sleeves or a jacket! Cheers!
When I write “inappropriate” i don’t mean in the sense of... I don’t someone wearing mini skirt or their bathing suit to work; simply inappropriate for her office, and her office now is royal engagements, and as a professional I expect her to dress appropriate for the office.
A summer dress, when everyone in the office is wearing office wear, or high heels when everyone is in flat: is inappropriate.
That’s why I said it once before: she’s in a new country and a new job (where she’s representing the ceo- that be the queen, and company - that be Britain) where the fashion style is different than that of her previous job. She needs to leave the California style outfits for home use and dress more office appropriate when doing royal engagements.
If she doesn’t have the time, patience or knowledge to do it on her own than she obviously should hire a local stylist who understands the local fashion sensibilities, more than that one who understands what is considered appropriate office wear for a royal engagement.
Hopefully my point of view about this topic is properly explained, again.
Or a cardigan, like a proper Englishwoman. [emoji41]
What’s English about a cardigan? I wear them all the time in the US. So do a lot of people.
That was a tongue-in-cheek reference to an earlier conversation in this thread about wearing cardigans.
But the problem is you seem to think there is a royal 'uniform'. That all royal women standing in a line should be dressed in identical style for identicle events. That isn't true, thankfully.
Just because she doesn't wear a coat dress like Kate, Sophie, Anne and Camilla, all but one of whom are significantly older then her, doesn't mean she isn't dressed properly.
All royal women have their own style. She doesn't need an 'English stylist' to turn her into a Kate clone.
Nothing she has worn would be out of place with the likes of Letizia, Chalene, Victoria, or many other royal women.
Meghan looks great. Its not a sundress, despite being sleeveless. It is a great day dress, nicely belted, wonderful flow.
I love hats, but she would have looked out of place here.
Love the whole look today. Meghan's dress game is on point.
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Well FashionMaven and Pranter I have to say you are both on point. As to this sleeveless/sundress deal, whowa I'm just happy if the kids in board shorts are wearing something on their feet! It's church and the doors are open.Here here! I loved her dress - she looked gorgeous in it. Her makeup was elevated and beautiful and I love her hair. When I wore my hair straight - a loose bun like hers was my go to updo style - because pulling it super tight just made my head look weird, lol. So I get why she's gone for that soft bun - it's softer and softens her face and softens her architectural style.
A tightly pulled back bun might make her architectural style look austere?
I actually have a similar version of her dress - with sleeves. Maybe I might cut the sleeves off, lol. It looked great on her.
Love the whole look today. Meghan's dress game is on point.
As for the sleeveless complaints - meh - going sleeveless just isn't the big deal it used to be in church now.
My only quibble about today is her hair...the messy bun became way to messy, probably due to the windy weather. But the rest of the look was so good I'm not even that concerned about her hair. She's just going to have to figure out how to work her hair in humid/windy conditions.
Austure hair would of been fine for a memorial service.
LaRae
When I write “inappropriate” i don’t mean in the sense of... I don’t someone wearing mini skirt or their bathing suit to work; simply inappropriate for her office, and her office now is royal engagements, and as a professional I expect her to dress appropriate for the office.
A summer dress, when everyone in the office is wearing office wear, or high heels when everyone is in flat: is inappropriate.
That’s why I said it once before: she’s in a new country and a new job (where she’s representing the ceo- that be the queen, and company - that be Britain) where the fashion style is different than that of her previous job. She needs to leave the California style outfits for home use and dress more office appropriate when doing royal engagements.
If she doesn’t have the time, patience or knowledge to do it on her own than she obviously should hire a local stylist who understands the local fashion sensibilities, more than that one who understands what is considered appropriate office wear for a royal engagement.
Hopefully my point of view about this topic is properly explained, again.
What’s English about a cardigan?
But the problem is you seem to think there is a royal 'uniform'. That all royal women standing in a line should be dressed in identical style for identicle events. That isn't true, thankfully.
Just because she doesn't wear a coat dress like Kate, Sophie, Anne and Camilla, all but one of whom are significantly older then her, doesn't mean she isn't dressed properly.
All royal women have their own style. She doesn't need an 'English stylist' to turn her into a Kate clone.
Nothing she has worn would be out of place with the likes of Letizia, Chalene, Victoria, or many other royal women.
Meghan looks great. Its not a sundress, despite being sleeveless. It is a great day dress, nicely belted, wonderful flow.
I love hats, but she would have looked out of place here.