Monday 13 June 2011

The Duchess's New Clothes

Gasp! Shock! Horror! (Perhaps for fashion afficionados) and Amazement and Delight (for us lesser mortals) - The Duchess has worn the same dress in public twice! This cannot be right. Surely a Royal Personage, just married to the (almost) King; and with stacks of money, must be in want of a new dress every time she makes the front page of the newspaper!

But no! And this is not the first time HRH has worn the same thing for the second time. The day after her marriage to Prince William, she was reported to be wearing a pair of 'wedgies' which she had actually 'recycled' and worn at least twice. At this rate, she'll be catching me up and pillaging charity shops and attending 'swishing' parties when she wants a new frock!

However, Eco-Fashion warriors need not get too excited. I'm sure it won't last. The Duchess of Cambridge has already been described as an 'asset to the fashion industry'  so it won't be long before the Designer samples get delivered by the truck-load.

In the meantime, Tesco has 'ripped off'  - or 'paid homage to' (whichever side of the fashion divide you're on)  the little beige Reiss dress which the Duchess wore recently. The dress has completely sold out and more are on order to satisfy the, reportedly, insatiable demand.

The dress is described as beige - a sort of nude colour, at least, for her complexion. And, like the proverbial 'Emperor' Princess Catherine could probably only cause more of a stir if she went completely naked.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Are you touting for free clothes for the Duchess?

taffdancer said...

I don't think the Duchess needs any help with touting for free clothes. I imagine the fashion world will be delivering them to her by the truckload (as I said in my blog post). Thanks for your comment though!