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Why Kate the Thrifty Duchess is great news!
Kate Middleton’s a true blue belle in ‘recycled’ azure coat for Prince Philip’s birthday celebrations – mirror.co.uk. Kate, Duchess of Cambridge shows no signs yet of giving up that amazing pre wedding wardrobe. After wearing a great dotted shift dress for a wedding on Saturday that she had previously worn in 2007, Kate showed yesterday why she is happy to live up to the moniker of the thrifty Duchess. For the celebrations to mark Prince Phillip´s 90th Birthday, Kate chose to wear a beautiful brocade coat that she had previously worn in 2009 to the wedding of Nicholas and Alice Van Cutsem. She paired it with the fabulous Zara dress that she wore…
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Kate’s shopping trip – next stop Whistles…
Kate Middleton made a second fashion odyssey to the Kings Road yesterday on her quest for more bits and pieces for that honeymoon. This time, one of Kate’s purchases was the ‘Kate’ blouse, the £125 blouse that Kate wore on the engagement photographs by Mario Testino, which has recently been reissued by Whistles. There has been much amusement about the fact that Kate has bought a blouse she already owns, but I can’t see what the fuss is about. I often buy things I like and feel comfortable in again, and Kate may well have been buying this for someone else (Kate and sister Pippa seem to have similar tastes…).…
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Kate Middleton shops at Warehouse.
If we needed any more evidence that the lovely future Princess Katherine is a fan of the High Street, we certainly got it yesterday, when Kate added Warehouse to her High Street hot list. Kate has already been spotted wearing clothes from Topshop, French Connection, L K Bennett and is known to be a fan of TK Maxx. Her official engagement photos showed Kate in the Reiss Nannette dress and the newly named ‘Kate’ blouse from Whistles. Now Kate has enjoyed a pre honeymoon spree at Warehouse on the Kings Road, Chelsea. Kate looked gorgeous and relaxed during her shopping spree, wearing a black wrap dress with her hair loose.…
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Retail Birmingham Awards bring the red carpet to the second city.
The voting has officially just finished. Now the counting will begin to find out who will win the coveted prizes at the inaugural Retail Birmingham Awards. The most important night in the Midlands retail calendar is taking place on March 3rd at Birmingham Town Hall. It will be hosted by glamorous BBC Midlands Today host Suzanne Virdee, and a host of fashionista’s and celebrities are expected to walk the red carpet. There has been a month-long on-line voting campaign to choose the prize winners. There are 21 categories in total, these include Fashion retailer of the year for menswear and womenswear, ‘Hair salon of the year’, ‘Independent retailer of the…
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Hen parties – Is there a more stylish way?
This weekend…deep breath… I am going to be a hen! And if the thought of being a hen sends waves of fear running up and down your spine, I understand your terror entirely. Hen parties evoke pictures of marauding women running around in a gaggle, dressed in stupid costumes, with various parts of mens anatomy pinned to their person. There in the midst of all this is the ‘Bride‘, a terrifying creature in heavy make up and a veil, doing various dares, and loosing all dignity in the process. Recently, gossip magazines were filled with pictures of Katy Perry and Rihanna enjoying hen japes before Katy’s nuptials to Russell Brand.…
