Date: June 2011
Place: Ascot, England
Event: Royal Ascot
Day one: Beatrice is wearing a black jacket by Philosophy de Alberta Ferretti and a nude and black dress by 3.1 Phillip Lim. Eugenie is wearing a teal lace dress by Issa. We are less than enamored with Eugenie's shoes. They look just plain wrong with that outfit.
Day one: We're not sure who created their toppers, but we think Eugenie's falls flat--neither flattering nor interesting. (And it's Ascot--hats are supposed to be interesting!) Beatrice on the other hand is wearing a low topped, wide brimmed hat that is super flattering. Why can't people dress like this on a daily basis?
Day three: We are simply in love with Beatrice's blue look. (We'll get to Anne, on the left, later on.)
Day three: We've not confirmed who created this ensemble, but we're agog. The hat is a bit lukewarm, but from the neck down Beatrice really looks like royalty. One quibble is that it looks awfully warm for summertime. But we don't see her breaking a sweat.
Day four: Eugenie seems to be wearing both navy and black with a sand colored jacket. The dress is a bit blah, but at least her hat (mildly flattering) is getting in the spirit of things at Ascot, as is the lady's beside her.
Day four: The hat is, by the way, a Philip Treacy creation. You probably knew that though--those tell-tale "horns" are hard to miss.
Day five: Va-va-va-voom! We are a fan of red vixen-ish dresses around here, let me tell you. (Your faithful narrator got married in one.) This Alexander McQueen dress donned by Eugenie on the final day of Ascot is particularly interesting. It's a slightly different version of that bridesmaid's dress worn by Pippa Middleton to Kate and William's wedding. We're not joking.
Day five: On the off chance that Eugenie is actually employing a tailor, seamstress, or otherwise to fit her clothes, we beg her to considering hiring someone else! This is a gorgeous dress and she really pops in it, but . . . it simply does not fit. The bunching around the hips, thighs, and under the bosoms is a clear sign, it doesn't fit! I wonder if she stood all day in fear of busting open a seam.
Day five: Call us crazy, but did she borrow her sisters' shoes--the ones Beatrice wore on day three with that delicious blue outfit? Sisterly thrift. Finally!
Day two: Not much to say about about the Countess of Wessex. We want to like the hat--getting into the Ascot spirit and all that--but it looks a bit like she went through a car wash with it. Oh well.
Day one: Our last Ascot lady is the wonderfully frugal and perennially slim Princess Royal. Her outfit on the first day was not terribly flattering--looks a bit big and frumpy. But we don't hate that color on her. And for sedate Anne, we must applaud the effort in the hat department. Too bad about the shoes.
Day two: Here Princess Anne is wearing a caramel colored get up that looks rather dated. Honestly, the high-necked dress doesn't bother us so much as the color of the coat and hat (and also the cut of the hat).
Day two: But considering Anne first wore this dress in 1980 (lower right-hand corner) for Trooping the Colour . . . we'll overlook those faults. She wore it again in 1983 (lower left-hand corner) to Epsom and also in 1991 to Ascot (upper right-hand corner). Bravo for keeping your figure over three decades!
Day three: We reckon this is a slightly more recent outfit and it's quite a nice color for her. Not everyone can pull off a pale lavender. If she had tried a bit harder below the ankle and, perhaps, gone for a bigger hat, she would look really rocking. So to speak.
And that wraps up Royal Ascot for this year. Stay tuned for lots, lots more! Thanks for reading Fashionably Royal.
