This black dress looks like one of MT dresses. Is it Stephanie's or MT's dress?
Lately I have been wondering about Stephanie and what could be up with her. I can't believe that no one cares how she presents herself when she is representing the Duchy. Something just seems off to me, they seem like a nice family and they certainly seem to have accepted Tessy and all that pregnant before marriage stuff that happened with her and Louis. So it seems to me that Stephanie is being given a long leash to trip on. Does anyone else feel something is odd.
You know, I don't believe I have ever seen such total consensus on any other fashion thread ever, and that is saying something!
I think you misunderstood the consensus I was talking about, namely that the majority of posters of a similar mind about the outfit she wore in Qatar. Not her entire wardrobe. So perhaps I should have said general consensus.Maybe because those of us who see it differently haven't posted. To me, there are two very bad pictures. It's not possible to give a true assessment of her clothing choices because of the bad pictures. What seems obvious is what she has on doesn't photograph well and/or were photographed in bad lighting and at a bad angle.
Just a hunch (because she is fairly consistent) I suspect she looked just fine in person.
And that is the crux of the matter, her ensemble in Qatar was an abberation.Marlene when I saw that shocking photo with the long skirt etc I thought something must be very wrong with her to leave the house/palace looking like that
But the black dress photo looks good so now I'm a bit confused.
... There have been some pictures in the past that have made me wonder if her left arm is slightly shorter than the right one. The full length picture above brought it back to mind. The sleeve on the left arm comes further down the back of her hand than on the right hand and its not just because her fingers are curled. Maybe if this is the case it is the reason for at least her jackets and coats fitting so poorly. Maybe she is sensitive about it and doesn't want to admit to it. The thing is, a good tailor could tailor the fit to make it less obvious. This is not something I see in every picture but I have seen it in enough to make me wonder.
Being from Stephanie, I think this is on of her best looks in a long time.
Hmm. So that leads me to ask, on a relative scale of fashion-forwardness in Europe, where does Luxembourg fall?
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Do you have that picture of her with her mother and relatives?If you consider the fact that she simply has no sense of style "odd" or "off" then, yes.
I think we have grown used to seeing this new wave of stylish, sleek consort princesses. Now we have one who is simply not. But that does not mean she is a bad person or a failure or that there is some sinister underlying problem. I am not even convinced that this "she is grieving for her mother" theory needs to be floated anymore.
On the last birthday of the late Alix, Comtesse de Lannoy there was a family group photo taken at their fabulous Castle d'Anvaing..and I never saw a group of frumpier, badly dressed people in my life. Stephanie was right in the midst of them, looking pretty much as she does now. So there they were, this family of aristocrats at their gorgeous old castle, descended from one of the most ancient dynasties in Europe...and looking like the cast of the Beverly Hillbillies.
Stephanie de Lannoy is who she is. Either she will grow into a fashion swan as Charlene Wittstock did(just compare her 2005-2006 photos in Monaco to the ones of her today if you want a real shock!) or she will not. And the Royal world will go on.
Ultimately, it's only the citizens of the Grand Duchy who have the right to decide to speak up and demand that their future Duchess take her fashion game to a higher level.