Catherine Middleton

Is Kate Middleton best-dressed or best-addressed?

November 1, 2011 2:27 am by Vanessa Friedman

It’s November — which in magazine-calendar-speak means December issues, which in turn means Best-Dressed Lists. Yahoo! First out of the blocks is Harper’s Bazaar UK, and guess who tops the list? Yes, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is perhaps the most unsurprising choice ever. Because really, let’s be honest: best-dressed lists are not just about being best-dressed, and the Duchess isn’t the best dressed woman in the country.

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Alexander McQueen’s ultimate establishment embrace

July 10, 2011 8:58 pm by Vanessa Friedman

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, wore Alexander McQueen again to the royal couple’s “hotly anticipated” black tie BAFTA dinner in L.A. As a super-secret dress choice, it was a little anti-climatic compared to the wedding reveal, but as a choice that could have meaningful repercussions for McQueen the business, it was pretty significant.

After all, you know the rule: once (the wedding) could be a fluke; twice (the sailor dress in Canada) is a coincidence; but three times (last night’s gown) makes a trend. And the winds of trend are indicating that the newest, most-photographed, royal family member has settled on McQueen as the brand that will define her style. Read more

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Sneak peek at Kate Middleton’s US wardrobe

June 24, 2011 11:03 am by Vanessa Friedman

Wardrobe diplomacy – aka the practice of a national leader (or leading representative) wearing clothes from the country they are visiting as a form of economic and cultural outreach – is back. Diane von Furstenberg just told me she had learned from the folks at Harrods and Selfridge’s that the newly minted Duchess of Cambridge had bought two of her dresses to take with her on her North American tour, which begins at the end of next week.  Read more

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Obamas meet royals, match outfits!

May 24, 2011 3:10 pm by Vanessa Friedman

If the Obamas trip to the UK isn’t the most sartorially co-ordinated opening of a State visit in history, I’ll eat my Philip Treacy hat.

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The investment value of fashion absurdity

May 23, 2011 4:25 pm by Vanessa Friedman

The news that the strange and controversial Philip Treacy creation sported by Princess Beatrice at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton has been sold on eBay for almost gbp 80,000 is both generally shocking (although very nice for UNICEF, who gets the money) and also shockingly educational.

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Wedding dress particulars

April 29, 2011 11:47 am by Vanessa Friedman

Since this is a royal wedding, every little bit of the royal wedding dress actually has symbolic meaning, and roots in different parts of British industry.  Read more

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McQueen for a future queen

April 29, 2011 11:37 am by Vanessa Friedman

So the answer is in: Sarah Burton did indeed make Kate Middleton’s wedding dress. A major British brand for a new British royal.

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The Middleton effect on McQueen

April 28, 2011 5:07 pm by Vanessa Friedman

Royal Wedding Day minus 1 and slowly the sartorial chips are falling into place. Read more

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Of lookalikes and royal wedding dresses

April 27, 2011 5:43 pm by Vanessa Friedman

Lately I can’t seem to escape stories in which various clothing manufacturers brag – publicly, with names – about how fast they are going to rip off the royal wedding dress as soon as Kate Middelton takes her first steps down the aisle at Westminister Abbery, and they can actually tell what she is wearing. But why is this so celebrated/accepted?

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Wu’s royal wedding words of wisdom

April 26, 2011 2:51 pm by Vanessa Friedman

I had an interesting lunch the other day with Jason Wu, a young Taiwanese-American designer in the uptown mode who shot to fame in 2009 when he designed the one-shouldered white gown Michelle Obama wore to the Presidential inaugural balls. Anyway, Mr Wu had some interesting observations about the experience, and advice for whomever ends up designing Catherine Middleton’s dress.
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