The Elegance of Lace

Kate’s wedding dress is perhaps the best known of her sartorial choices. An elegant Alexander McQueen number with intricate lace-patterned sleeves, the dress has already gone down in the fashion history books. Lace is a fabric we see over and over again in photographs of Kate’s outfits. She usually chooses to wear lace dresses unadorned, letting the intricacy of the lace speak for itself.

Beautiful Simplicity

When she’s not wearing lace, she often goes for simple, elegant dresses, usually avoiding mish-mashes of different colours in favour of a single colour. We can cast our minds back to the Grecian, lilac dress she wore to the BAFTA Brits to Watch event in Los Angeles. The floor-length dress was simple, but elegant, flowing ethereally as she walked down the red carpet. She wore it with a plain belt that showed off her figure and a clutch bag. When visiting Canada, she added a splash of colour to a knee-length white dress with red heels and a red headpiece.

A Sense of Occasion

As the wife of a prince, Kate Middleton has had her fair share of formal and military events to attend. To dress for the occasion, Kate has added a naval touch to her outfit by wearing a knee-length gold-buttoned, navy jacket. Navy always goes beautifully with gold and it’s a look Kate has used on a few different occasions. A navy, gold-buttoned pencil skirt was paired with a matching white blouse with a navy front placket and gold buttons when on a royal visit to a community centre in Birmingham.

The simplicity and understated elegance of Kate Middleton’s wardrobe means that many of her outfits can be recreated cheaply by fans of her fashion choices, so if you fancy dressing like a duchess, have a look at photographs of Kate online, pick your favourite outfits and start looking for ways of recreating them on your budget.

This article was written by style columnist Ella Hughes for an Irish clothes retailer with an online shop where you can buy womens clothes online.

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Prince Harry has occupied the news for more scandalous reasons recently and whether Kate is pregnant or not some of the media heat will likely be shifted Prince William and Kate’s way for more pleasant reasons. There’s no stopping the spread of speculation over whether these rumours are true and it isn’t the first time they have cropped up in the past. Previous conjecture was quashed rather swiftly, though and this time around pregnancy in the Royal household seems to be viewed with more conviction.

Intentions

What adds impetuous to the pregnant ponderings is that Prince William recently stated he and Kate would be thrilled start a family quite soon. They are both 30 and it does seem like a suitable time to do so. The couple are on a nine day tour of Singapore and several other Commonwealth countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific in order to shed some Royal light in this the year of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. While in Singapore earlier, the Prince reported that he would like to have two kids with Kate in time.

Sign 1

Yesterday (Tuesday 11th of September 2012) Kate and William ‘wined’ and dined at the president’s official residence in Singapore. Those who believe Kate to be pregnant will have heard some alarm bells ringing as Kate took part  in two toasts to the Queen. The fascinating part of the gesture was that instead of the traditional wine-filled clink-clink, Kate had her glass topped up with water, refusing some fine Bordeaux.

Sign 2

We wouldn’t dare suggest that Kate Middleton is packing on the pounds but in a few recent photos there does appear to be a small bump around the stomach area. If this really is the case you’d probably hedge your bets on Kate being pregnant, as she also seems to be making a concerted effort to conceal the extra volume with a clutch bag or whatever else is on hand.

Only time will allow us to answer that burning question: “is Kate Pregnant” , but as with any celebrity pregnancy we’ll be able to tell soon enough. It’s been 27 years since the last royal was born. Could this be the start of the next generation?

Dave Peterson comes from a rather large family and back in his days kids’ clothing was not nearly as diverse as it is now. Choices like organic baby clothing just didn’t have the prevalence that it does these days.

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