Showing posts with label Royalty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Royalty. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Fashion Diplomacy

While her outfit to greet the Queen in London yesterday was lacking,
Michelle Obama's evening gowns the past two nights have been quite
simply some of her best looks to date. Interestingly, they have been
some of her most simple and all-American looks to date, too. For
yesterday's state dinner at Buckingham Palace, she wore a regal white
gown by American fashion celebrity Tom Ford. The gown was

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Michelle Obama, Kate Middleton, and Dressing for Yourself

After receiving much criticism for wearing--horror!--a cardigan sweater
to meet the Queen of England in 2009, First Lady Michelle Obama played
it safe at Buckingham Palace today in a blue silk dress and bubblegum
pink bolero from the Barbara Tfank Resort 2011 collection. Indeed, the
Queen looks like the casual one. Though I admire Barbara Tfank's 60s
flare, I'm not impressed with the First

Friday, April 29, 2011

Kate Middleton, Fashion Icon

I'm not a morning person--in fact, you might say I'm the opposite of a
morning person. But, since I've followed Kate Middleton's style on this
blog and wrote about her effect on the fashion industry in London, I
felt obligated to wake up and watch the wedding arrivals and ceremony,
if only from the comfort of my bed. And, I'm so glad I did. I'm not
only not a morning person, but I'm also not one

Monday, March 21, 2011

The Weekly Standard: The Middleton Effect at London Fashion Week

While at London Fashion Week last month, I wrote a story for The Weekly
Standard on the "Middleton Effect" on London Fashion Week. In my story,
which you can read online here, you'll get my take on Kate Middleton's
role as a fashion icon as well as a taste of collections like Vivienne
Westwood, Lee Klabin, and Maria Francesca Pepe. An excerpt: Kate
Middleton...is on the cover of tabloids across

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Royal Dressing

The Hollywood awards shows have nothing on a royal wedding. The last
time we heard a buzz this loud about a dress was in January 2009, when
the world wondered who Michelle Obama would wear for the Inauguration
festivities. (She surprised everyone, you may recall, with her exciting
choice of Jason Wu.) Now, the world wonders who Britain's Kate
Middleton will choose to design her royal wedding