The Duchess of Cambridge's Eveningwear Part 4: August 2012 -

[Tarlita]

Dear Duchess of Cambridge, if you are reading these forums then please take heed and employ a professional stylist so we can admire your natural beauty in more flattering attire. cheers

[Duke of Marmalade]

FRUMPY!!!!

Just as I thought the hair-hanging-down style couldnt get any worse Kate comes up with bangs hanging in her face.

The dress and its style is something I see working on a 70 year old lady.

[Daisiesforever]

The new hairstyle definitely does not suit Kate. In fact she looks more awkward than comfortable and there is now even more hair in her face. The dress is a beautiful shade and quite conservative but I must admit that Kate can pull off this look rather well. Less is more and I think this is what a Kate signature look will always be.

[MARG]

Originally Posted by Lumutqueen

Inherited my own sense of style darling. Catherine dresses like a 50 year old with a tall 12 year olds body. She needs some help.

I honestly didn't think things could get any worse and her style and taste had to be on the upswing . . . wrong! Again!

And the only thing missing from her floppsy moppsy hairdo is the obligatory, equally floppsy, shiny satin ribbons tied in bows just like an early picture of the QM as a very small child! But at least they kept the hair out of her eyes!!

[dazzling]

Its a lovely colour on her but unfortunately the style does nothing for her nor does the new fringe.

[biboquinhas]

Kate with a green

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rwkyUI1rtq...Zon_7A89Ox.jpg

Not my favorite, and those bottons...I really don't like it at all, a very "old" dress for her, I really hate!!!!

[Mirabel]

I'm not keen on this dress; all those pleats would make even a thin person look dumpy.
But the style is similar to what we've seen Kate wear in the past so she must like it.

Her hair I liked better before, but people have been complaining that she never changes it, so now she has. It looks okay, imo.

As for makeup, I feel everyone looks better with some; hers looks quite attractive, imo.

[Style guru]

The new haircut with the bangs reminds both of how Diana wore her hair in the old days and how Camilla still wears her hair (because Charles is afraid he will fall out of love if she changes it). Very 80's! Very outdated!

[kathia_sophia]

Originally Posted by Mirabel

Her hair I liked better before, but people have been complaining that she never changes it, so now she has. It looks okay, imo.

Catherine's hair has always been the 'same', so a change is welcome, but...she did it in the wrong way, i dont think that bangs covering the face is a nice change (if she really wanted bangs, why not shorter? sometimes in the pics looks like she doesnt see anything around her)

[Prinsessan]

Oh my god, what an ugly dress, screams grandma to me!

The hair is even worse than before, I thought the wall of hair was bad, but bangs hanging all over her face, that's worse. And the colour is too dark, she had a lovely haircolour before. (Or is it just my screen and the colour hasn't even changed?)

[Baroness of Books]

Originally Posted by Lumutqueen

Inherited my own sense of style darling. Catherine dresses like a 50 year old with a tall 12 year olds body. She needs some help.

I'm past 50 and certainly wouldn't be caught wearing that dated Mrs. Doubtfire style; it's too reminiscent of the 1980s for me and what I wore back then. And, Lawdy, are those peace signs scattered on the dress? That certainly emphasizes the retro look even more so.

[AdmirerUS]

Originally Posted by Baroness of Books

I'm past 50 and certainly wouldn't be caught wearing that dated Mrs. Doubtfire style; it's too reminiscent of the 1980s for me and what I wore back then. And, Lawdy, are those peace signs scattered on the dress? That certainly emphasizes the retro look even more so.

I think for those of us who lived through this dress style, it is a far less impressive and fresh (peace symbols and all) look than for younger people. Mrs Doubtfire it is.

But I am a firm believer in everyone finding their own style. I figure that no one critiqued all my early garb way back in the day, so I allow others the same leeway!

[Baroness of Books]

That's true about finding one's style, but it's one thing to wear an outfit current to its era and wasn't critiqued as dated or matronly because that was the fashion of the day and you looked the style. It's another to see an '80s dress reintroduced in all its peace sign glory and full coverup nowadays, definitely a throwback to another era. At least the color is certainly refreshing.

[Duke-of-Earl]

Everything that is old becomes new again and although I'm a young guy and don't follow fashion that much, from what I've read, the colour and style of Catherine's dress are very much 'on trend' so I guess its to each their own.

[4Pam]

Not a fan of the dress or the bangs on Kate.

[Baroness of Books]

I suppose we'll agree to disagree since this is a dress I could easily see Princess Anne, the Queen of Retro Fashion Recycling, pulling from her flashback closet and wearing to a current appearance.

[casualfan]

Originally Posted by Tarlita

Dear Duchess of Cambridge, if you are reading these forums then please take heed and employ a professional stylist so we can admire your natural beauty in more flattering attire. cheers

Dear Tarlita, please recognize that you don't have to denigrate the Duchess of Cambridge, talking down to her from the hardly unique position of a computer, just because you don't like her clothes. Cheers.

[Eve2Eden]

Originally Posted by casualfan

Dear Tarlita, please recognize that you don't have to denigrate the Duchess of Cambridge, talking down to her from the hardly unique position of a computer, just because you don't like her clothes. Cheers.

How is calling a dress unflattering and suggesting she hire a stylist "denigrating" the DoC? This is a fashion thread, right?

[Artemisia]

I start having real doubts about my fashion sense because I actually liked the green dress; I thought Kate looked kind of cute in it.
And to make matters worse, I like the hair too.

[Duke-of-Earl]

Originally Posted by Artemisia

I start having real doubts about my fashion sense because I actually liked the green dress; I thought Kate looked kind of cute in it.
And to make matters worse, I like the hair too.

No need to question your fashion sense. If you like Camilla's black Laura Ingalls Wilder outfit from from tonight's engagement , you have very unique tastes