Royalty Thread #16: the best of times, the worst of times

[MacMadame]

Those shoes would kill me.

They don't work with the dress either.

 

[taf2002]

I like the Garter outfit from the waist up Funny thing is, she must really like that outfit as it's not only the 4th she's worn it, she wore it just last month! Surprised at that fast a repeat, but then again you never know if she had something else picked out and there was a last minute issue so she pulled out something she likes/is comfy in.

https://whatkatewore.com/2025/06/16/the-princess-brings-back-self-portrait-style-for-garter-day/

The Garter event is kinda absurd and dated to me, but they sure do seem to enjoy it!

I agree. The jacket is fine but the skirt wouldn't go with anything if you were older than 10. I feel a little crippled just looking at the shoes.

 

[mattiecat13]

I love Kate but I wish she would jazz up her style a little. I realize as future Queen she can’t take too many fashion risks (and she doesn’t seem like a risk taker anyway). She wore two beautiful suits recently - one blue and the other chartreuse - and wore the ubiquitous white blouse with each. A colorful top would have made the outfit pop or even a bright/patterned pair of shoes.

 

[puglover]

It seems Kate has expressed her desire to change the focus to less on her wardrobe and more on the charitable causes she is representing. Kensington Palace is no longer (apparently) sharing the details on what or who she is wearing which has been met with great disappointment by the British fashion industry. I can see both sides of this because when she wears new or aspiring designers work it means a huge jump in interest and revenue for them. Certainly wonderful for the local clothes, jewelry, shoe etc. industries. Apparently, her feeling is that after going through the battle she has fought with cancer of late, she is changed, and finds the constant discussion about her "look" exceedingly frustrating. I certainly get her point but glamour, pomp and ceremony set royalty apart and bring out the crowds and Kate, for better or worse, is their star. Princess Charlotte will likely be next.

 

[barbk]

Sophie's dress is gorgeous.

I'm fully expecting the POW to need bunion surgery by the time she's 50.

 

[kwanfan1818]

Anyone with internet access can post to social media, create their own blog/vlog, etc. If people are that interested in her clothes and accessories, there's a market for the sleuths on social media, blogs, etc. If we're dissecting her wardrobe on FSU, I'm sure there are people who are "revealing" the designers.

 

[Tesla]

There is a hell of a lot more to life than what you wear. And for god's sake, woman, get some comfortable shoes! No one can tell me those sky-high twigs, pantyhose or not, feel comfortable. And they are not good for her body. At all.

 

[Vagabond]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/royals-kate-cancer-recover-1.7564244

She's recovering from cancer, and posters here are more concerned with her shoes than her mental and physical health.

 

[kwanfan1818]

Their jobs are to be decorative and ceremonial. Interest in them fuels industries and brings £££££ into the country. If any are seen in public on official business, how they dress is part of what is intentionally on display and is up for scrutiny, whether the result is admiration, criticism, or indifference. That doesn’t mean that concern for health is non-existent.

 

[taf2002]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/royals-kate-cancer-recover-1.7564244

She's recovering from cancer, and posters here are more concerned with her shoes than her mental and physical health.

Bad feet from wearing sky-high heels are part of her physical health. And we don't know anything about her cancer journey. I'm not saying I need to know, I don't, but we don't know if it was painful or traumatic or maiming.

 

[MsZem]

We don't know anything about her cancer journey. I'm not saying I need to know, I don't, but we don't know if it was painful or traumatic or maiming.

I think it is safe to assume that being diagnosed with cancer at the age of 42 and going through months of treatment is painful and traumatic, even with the best of care and a strong support system.