Princess Charlene's Fashion and Style Part 1: July 2011 - September 2011

[Daisiesforever]

Oh for goodness sake, I do not think she looked tacky at all. It was a lovely designer gown. Furthermore we are women. Of course we must show off a bit of cleavage once in a while. That is why we have it. As long it is done in a tasteful way and in a tasteful and classic gown. In any case, I am certain Albert would not have allowed Charlene to wear this gown if it was offensive. The only criticism I do have is that she wore no jewellry to compliment the gown.

 

[dazzling]

Oh for goodness sake, I do not think she looked tacky at all. It was a lovely designer gown. Furthermore we are women. Of course we must show off a bit of cleavage once in a while. That is why we have it. As long it is done in a tasteful way and in a tasteful and classic gown. In any case, I am certain Albert would not have allowed Charlene to wear this gown if it was offensive. The only criticism I do have is that she wore no jewellry to compliment the gown.

That gown revealing quite a bit was not done in a tasteful way IMO.
As a Princess or wife of a head of state/country you name it, I personally think there are things you should not wear and that dress was one of them.

 

[semisquare]

i want that title

I oh my call the Princess police. .

that would be a fun job...im here to watch what you say how you dress and your manner and watch out!!! if you mess up cause i have my handle ruler and smack smack on the hand if you mess up..
what is the opinion of what is to much cleavage -to the nips? imo if you are large breasted you cant wear what a small breasted women can wear.
also all of us dress for our mates but we do that in private why show the world what you have and what your hubby sees in private? imo its done for attention not good attention but just plan attention imo i think there is a rival btwn two camps..one for charlene dress and kate style of dress-am i wrong in this view? i also think one has a title of best dress where as both were put on that list but one ahead of the other by a number of people but imo princess mary, clare, and a lot of others should have been on this list before a certain person...am i wrong in this view? i also think that a certain person would have like to be on the top of that list and not close to the bottom of that list-am i wrong?
of course my view is just that but i would like to hear other opinions

 

[Midwestern Mom]

In regards to French history....I have also read that at the French Court it was the trend to wear gowns that exposed the breasts with a sheer cover over them so you could see any piercings done to the nipples (to show off the jeweled rings).

The French Court was notorious for being scandalous for various reasons.


MM

 

[fandesacs2003]

I got the feeling that Charlene loves to wear tops and dresses without a bra.
Am I mistaken?!

I found this dress uggly and non appropriate, I start to fear that Stephanie is advising her in her fashion choices

 

[KittyAtlanta]

I have been an avid reader of anything concerning past fashions and clothes, and I never heard of something like that... I know that there was a lot of cleavage exposure some times, but they didn't go as far as to show the breasts themselves!

Oh, I believe they did! Search out a copy of R.E. Pritchard’s book Shakespeare's England.

As late as the 1960s, designers were turning out topless dresses...that's where the term "topless" arose.

 

[Princess of Durham]

Just my opinion, but I think vulgarity is often in the eye of the beholder. Let's be honest, in some countries women wear their faces covered in modesty and in some other cultures they go stark nekkid except for a few leaves. For her age, size and where she resides Charlene does not look vulgar. I think it's a mistake to tack a cultural bias on something as small as this. When her "girls" are literally falling out of her dress I will speak my mind about it, but that hasn't happened. I have seen pictures of both Diana (young) and the Duchess of Cornwell (much older) showing very much more cleavage than Charlene did in that dress.

 

[charlottestreasures]

This dress was much more revealing than any low cut dress other
royals might have worn.

I was totally embrassed even looking at the photos, felt very
bad for her.

 

[Fürstin Taxis]

This dress was much more revealing than any low cut dress other
royals might have worn.

I was totally embrassed even looking at the photos, felt very
bad for her.

You shouldn´t feel bad. Charlene has no sense of style, even with the help of Armani or KL. Maybe in several years she knows better.

 

[Smush]

She likes it and obviously Prince Albert likes it!
Just like other dresses we argue about.
WE certainly won't change their minds about fashion.

 

[XeniaCasaraghi]

I don't recall Diana wearing any cleavage baring dress except for the first black Emmanuel's dress in 1981. But I have seen Camilla showing off her cleavage and she looked surprisingly good doing it. She was definitely showing more than Charlene who is baring showing any boobage. I swear some people think that just because she is married to Albert she has to wear buttoned up shirts to her chin, and long skirts to her ankles. She is much less tacky than her sisters in law and her husband who dresses boring but acts like a frat boy.

 

[semisquare]

and why the questions into french clothing are you looking to excuse her cleavage display? because there really isnt a good reason for it and i dont pity her because she has princess caroline to help her in the dress and grooming area..imo

 

[Princess of Durham]

I don't recall Diana wearing any cleavage baring dress except for the first black Emmanuel's dress in 1981. But I have seen Camilla showing off her cleavage and she looked surprisingly good doing it. She was definitely showing more than Charlene who is baring showing any boobage. I swear some people think that just because she is married to Albert she has to wear buttoned up shirts to her chin, and long skirts to her ankles. She is much less tacky than her sisters in law and her husband who dresses boring but acts like a frat boy.

When I made my post to that effect I was referring Diana's first dress, although I happened to think she looked lovely but a bit naive ....and she was young. Camilla OTOH has worn some truly low cut boobage baring gowns, which especially for her age are just not appropriate. Charlene really easn't exhibiting that much just because there was a deep V in the dressing she was not falling out of it in any way. Another can't win situation, either boring or not boring enough.

 

[melina premiere]

there are photos of princess Charlene attending with the prince Albert the festivities of the nautic center, yerterday evening, they are on the purepeople site,
You can begin an another comments series.
Charlene looks very well, I like her dress, i notice you that the weather is very hot at the south of France and we must be very well in our clothes

 

[iceflower]

Here you are: Princess Charlene attending the anniversary of the Stade Nautique Rainier III on August 19,
wearing a white dress with pearls on the top part, a kind of a greek style, a bit too shoulder-accentuating,
but I find it nice nevertheless.


** Full view **

 

[Duke of Marmalade]

Some more
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sr3rKTlVS...lbert-ii-de-monaco-et-son-637x0-3+%281%29.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qLrXNcjFt...prince-albert-ii-de-monaco-et-son-637x0-3.jpg

A pretty dress (? - or are these wide legged pants) although not liking the cut of the neckline. Much improved look on Charlene incl hair.

 

[IloveCP]

I like the dress,nothing special.

 

[XeniaCasaraghi]

When I made my post to that effect I was referring Diana's first dress, although I happened to think she looked lovely but a bit naive ....and she was young. Camilla OTOH has worn some truly low cut boobage baring gowns, which especially for her age are just not appropriate. Charlene really easn't exhibiting that much just because there was a deep V in the dressing she was not falling out of it in any way. Another can't win situation, either boring or not boring enough.

The black strapless gown Diana wore just appeared to big imo and that is the only problem I had with it. If that shot of her getting out of the car hadn't been taken I don't think many people would have had such an reaction. In all honesty a shot like that could have occurred with any dress that didn't start at the neck. She had a shawl I believe, and I always wish that she had had the forethought to wrap it around her chest/shoulders before getting out of the car. But I highly doubt she at 19 would have even thought of that.

 

[CordeliaFitzgerald]

You shouldn´t feel bad. Charlene has no sense of style, even with the help of Armani or KL. Maybe in several years she [will] know(s) better.

That is rather mean-spirited.. Charlene is open about the fact that fashion isn't something that comes naturally too her. And, yes, she is still working on it, but at least she is trying: and working on having a style of her uniquely hers, rather than being lazy like many Hollywood stars and society people, who let stylists do all the work.

Personally, I believe that if Grace Kelly weren't her mother-in-law, and Caroline her sister-in-law, Charlene wouldn't be so beat up in this topic. Many royals are frumpy, unfashionable, and don't care about looking nice. Yet, Charlene can never win: she's too conversative, too glamourous, too safe, too tacky, too something always.

 

[MRSJ]

Some more
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sr3rKTlVS38/Tk-9SYKRbGI/AAAAAAAAVwo/Z5c_2VLroog/s1600/682326-le-prince-albert-ii-de-monaco-et-son-637x0-3+%25281%2529.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qLrXNcjFtk8/Tk-_2EpYTjI/AAAAAAAAVw4/xc0cI-hqo5k/s1600/682328-le-prince-albert-ii-de-monaco-et-son-637x0-3.jpg

A pretty dress (? - or are these wide legged pants) although not liking the cut of the neckline. Much improved look on Charlene incl hair.

Hmmmm I think they're pants , as a dress it's ok but as pants ugh! .....but overall better then the black thing

 

[XeniaCasaraghi]

It does seem like charlene can never win when dealing with this topic. I remember at the Red Cross Ball when she was clearly the best dressed there and someone complained that she looked like a movie star more than a Princess. WTH! She looks great when compared to her frumpy sister's in law yet she gets criticized for being too glamourous.

 

[Smush]

It does seem like charlene can never win when dealing with this topic. I remember at the Red Cross Ball when she was clearly the best dressed there and someone complained that she looked like a movie star more than a Princess. WTH! She looks great when compared to her frumpy sister's in law yet she gets criticized for being too glamourous.

I couldn't agree more.
She certainly has more fashion sense than Stephanie and Caroline.
And maaaany other royals!
Imo Stephanie looks cheap and Caroline boring!

 

[carlota]

she looked rather tired at the menton music festival. the dress wasn't her best, with suck a neckline and with her belly showing...

 

[melina premiere]

With Princess Charlene, we will never be bored, she has tasts of fashion that you have not . For me it is a difference of tasts between, the anglo saxon and european fashion culture But, she does not wear cloths that you buy in an ordinary shop, girls, the clothes that she is wearing are of big designers, Armani, Terence, Akris or Lagerfeld (see the civil ceremony.), She likes also to be a little sexy. we see a little part of her belly through her belt and it becomes a shame, how old are you ? I ask myself ?

 

[Tyger]

Some more
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sr3rKTlVS...lbert-ii-de-monaco-et-son-637x0-3+%281%29.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qLrXNcjFt...prince-albert-ii-de-monaco-et-son-637x0-3.jpg

A pretty dress (? - or are these wide legged pants) although not liking the cut of the neckline. Much improved look on Charlene incl hair.

LOVE this dress, neckline especially, and the wide pant legs - looks classy but also very comfortable. Charlene has the knack - if that's what one can call it - of wearing her clothing - her clothes don't wear her.

Is that her belly shining through the belt?
http://www.newscom.com/nc/wmark/New...photos/docs/393/228.thm&fname=maxphotos393228

Hmm, odd

Looks great IMO. Refreshingly casual cum formal. To have a body like hers - I'd flaunt it, too. Slim but boff - brimming with health and beauty. She makes whatever she wears work. IMO never has made a step wrong yet.

 

[Frelinghighness]

LOVE this dress, neckline especially, and the wide pant legs - looks classy but also very comfortable. Charlene has the knack - if that's what one can call it - of wearing her clothing - her clothes don't wear her.



Looks great IMO. Refreshingly casual cum formal. To have a body like hers - I'd flaunt it, too. Slim but boff - brimming with health and beauty. She makes whatever she wears work. IMO never has made a step wrong yet.

Well put, a little sexy but not too much. Perfect for Monaco

 

[jlyspio]

I almost have to see her walking in this dress to see if it is pants or not. I love the dress on her. It was also nice to see her wear something that she hasn't worn in the spotlight before.

 

[blujean]

Too bad she didn't wear some jewellry with the black outfit. It would have helped her not look so... er... bare. Some gold jewels would look good to accent her gold belt.

 

[iceflower]

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Princess Charlene at the celebration for the 100th anniversary of the Monte Carlo Golf Club yesterday,
August 27, 2011 wearing a short black dress. Although it's her usual style and nothing new I like it
this time, together with that nice hairstyle and the matching shoes.


** Full view ** Upper part **

 

[Smush]

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Princess Charlene at the celebration for the 100th anniversary of the Monte Carlo Golf Club yesterday,
August 27, 2011 wearing a short black dress. Although it's her usual style and nothing new I like it
this time, together with that nice hairstyle and the matching shoes.


** Full view ** Upper part **

Yes, I totally agree. She looks just fine to me, really relaxed!