Royal Tour Fashion: Day 9

Kate arrived in California wearing a grey Roksanda Ilincic dress which beautifully complimented the red, white and blue posey handed to her by the Governor's wife when they arrived.

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For a reception at the home of the Consul General she changed into easily my favourite outfit of the tour so far - a gorgeous lawn Maja dress by Diane von Furstenberg.  Loved it so much, if it had still been available in my goal (dream?) size I would have bought it tonight here.

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100% silk woven with flat gold-brushed buttons down the back.

 

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Was momentarily tempted to buy it in an even smaller (but available) size (forget dream size we're talking fantasy size) but was fortunately jolted back into reality by the sane thought that it was perhaps a little too much money to put down for a dress I may never (nor should I!) fit into. 

Nicolex

Fashion Friday

This week in fashion:

Brit model Kate Moss married Jamie Hince wearing a wedding dress created by disgraced designer John Galliano.

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Princess Mary and Sophie, Countess of Wessex,  were fashion stand-outs at that wedding in Monaco.

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UK Vogue released this image from a photo shoot with the Crawley sisters from Downton Abbey.

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Leighton Meester was a vision of perhaps too much colour (yes, methinks it is possible) on the set of Gossip Girl while Amanda Peet could probably have used a little more as she attended the Valentino show in Paris.

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Elie Saab launched his fall-winter 2012 couture collection.

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Lady Gaga channelled Marge Simpson at a press conference in Singapore on Wednesday.

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A decidedly casual Katie Holmes launched her clothing label Holmes & Yang at Harvey Nichols in London.

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Emma Watson was whimsical in a Oscar De La Renta frock for the FINAL premiere of a Harry Potter movie in Trafalgar Square before changing into a shorter Elie Saab number for the after party.

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As we know Kate stepped out in Alexander McQueen a couple of days ago BUT that means you have to let me pay homage to Sarah Jessica Parker who wore the same frock in 2006 when her husband received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Sorry to say Kate but Sarah Jessica's navy runs rings around the white (and I did love the white) and then wearing it with those red shoes, well, that's just fabulous.

Nicolex

Royal Tour Fashion: Day 8

Well it seems we shall have to wait another day for the glamour because aside from a pretty yellow Jenny Packham frock we missed at Calgary airport yesterday, it was all about the rodeo today.

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Kate wears an Alice Temperley blouse, Goldsign jeans and her own cowboy boots.

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Watching the rodeo in matching Stetson hats.

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Yee haw!

Nicolex

Architectural Digest: August Issue

The August issue of Architectural Digest features a home in the country side of Belgium and it's safe to say I was more than a little transfixed by the gardens.

Apple and pear trees in the estate's orchard.

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A narrow moat to the north of the main house (your house doesn't have a moat? Unacceptable).

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The moat's footbridge.

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Outdoor dining under linden trees.

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An enormous hornbeam hedge provides privacy.

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Chinese wisteria climbs an arbour.

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A pergola with more wisteria.

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The 17th century house while quite something to admire from the outside felt like quite another story from the inside.  But as always it's in the eye of the beholder so pop over here and decide for yourself.

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I will mention one thing about the house, it has an underground art gallery.

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Of course it does.

Nicolex

Royal Tour Fashion: Day 7

Well it seems Day 7 was a casual one for Kate with the couple making an unscheduled visit to Slave Lake in Alberta, where more than 40% of the town was destroyed by fire in May.

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She's wearing the navy Roland Mouret blazer she had on when the couple left from Heathrow a few days ago.

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After well and truly exhausting myself with these posts I am actually really looking forward to some glamour fashion at the BAFTA dinner in Los Angeles tomorrow night.

Nicolex

Royal Tour Fashion: Days 5 & 6

The other good thing about missing my posting hrs in the evening yesterday was you were spared another full report on royal tour fashion and I have mercifully combined Days 5 & 6 into the one post without any commentary.  You're welcome.

DAY 5

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DAY 6

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Nicolex

Tuesday Torture

Well I realise it's already Wednesday but I went straight to a friend's place from weigh-in yesterday and got home too late to regale you with my results.  Short and simple, I put on another 100g which takes my total weight loss back to 7.9kg.

It's taken me a good two weeks to recover from losing my mojo and a few times during the fortnight I did feel a bit nervous that I wasn't going to find my way back again.  It's so hard to get back into the head space once you've meandered off. 

However, this week has dawned with just enough motivation to start me on my way, I've been walking again and I am quietly optimistic that I'm going to lose more weight this week.

Nicolex