Princess Catherine wears emerald art deco choker Diana once sported

She looks like Britney Jean Spears...

without the emojis over her tits and hoo-haw

She's performing royal duties, OP. Why shouldn't she wear a choker that belonged to her husband's grandmother and was made widely known by her mother-in-law and predecessor as Princess of Wales?

I think my post went right over your head, r2.

The light in America is not kind to her. Literally.

Her face…?

I also don’t get why she’s wearing neon green with emerald green. This is not hard.

That’s a nice fucking necklace.

Emeralds on white women is a sign of racism!!

Your post is nonsense, r3/OP. That's the problem.

Catherine gets what Catherine wants.

I think her face looks good, albeit a little shiny. Dress looks cheap and the necklace doesn’t go with it in both color and neckline of the dress. It looks like those chokers from from the 90s. Kind of gaudy. Larger earrings with no necklace would have looked better.

Where the fuck did she get that dress? Did Marge Simpson have yard sale? And why would she wear that out in public? That was a CHOICE.

She looks like the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Girl.

R11, it’s a pretty big choice for a member of the RF to wear anything green in Irish Boston. I think that the dress is, in fact, inexpensive, while the choker is worth many millions.

I find white women don't look good in jewelry. I associate that with oriental dusky looks.

Well, maybe a single string of pearls.

Will and Kate are everything!

The theme of the Earthshot event was to not wear anything new.

[quote]... In keeping with the event's earth-friendly theme, guests were asked not to purchase new dresses or suits for the evening. Kate adhered to the sustainable fashion guidelines in a bright green off-the-shoulder gown by Solace London, which she rented from HURR, a rental platform in the U.K. for designer dresses. She accessorized her look with the ultimate rewear — an emerald and diamond choker that belonged to Princess Diana. She also wore halo emerald and diamond earrings mounted in platinum by Asprey.

The necklace, while often worn by Diana, was originally Queen Mary. So, it's part of the royal collection.

Do they have a guard that watches Kate's jewel box when she is out and about? Or, is she wearing the paste versions when traveling?

Every time the Princess of Wales is photographed in the family jewels a hapless ginger in Montecito has to duck to avoid being hit in the head by the vases and candlesticks tossed by an enraged twat.

She. Is. FABULOUS.

Why do gay men, who have never looked at a woman with lust in their hearts, think they're the ultimate authority on what women should wear?

I love her.

[quote]Why do gay men, who have never looked at a woman with lust in their hearts, think they're the ultimate authority on what women should wear?

Well, someone has to provide her guidance.

I mean, if we need some sports info, especially softball and golf, we ask our lesbian sisters what's what.

[quote] Why do gay men, who have never looked at a woman with lust in their hearts, think they're the ultimate authority on what women should wear?

We can still have opinions on fashion. You don’t lust after men, but I bet you can tell when a man is badly dressed. (Want to test this theory? Google “Sam Brinton.”)

That neon green doesn’t flatter her at all but then I’ve noticed that she often picks colors that don’t work for her. And it clashes with the necklace.

That's not a flattering dress on her. The color is not nice, as well.

The emerald jewelry is beautiful, though.

What r19 said.

And I think it's an open question that the negative comments about Kate are by gay men.

As for "FABULOUS", that's exactly the term.

I analyze Kate's choices of gown and appearance by what the future Queen of England, and, presently Princess of Wales optimally should be.

She's flawless in that regard. To the point that its boring.

"Daring" and "edgy" are outside the four corners of the job description for PoW and the future Queen of the UK.

[quote]Every time the Princess of Wales is photographed in the family jewels...

The youngest palace scullery maid loses a finger.

She looks so terrible in that outfit.

They were wearing RECYCLED clothing to go with the climate awareness theme. Kate's was a rental and Will's was a recycled tux.

Not to mention all the dinosaurs who were recycled by the earth as diamonds to accent that beautiful necklace.

[quote] Why do gay men, who have never looked at a woman with lust in their hearts, think they're the ultimate authority on what women should wear?

Why does a lesbian think people who lust after women are better experts than those people who do not? What does lust have to do with fashion?

She looks stunning in the dress. I love the color!

[quote] Why do gay men, who have never looked at a woman with lust in their hearts, think they're the ultimate authority on what women should wear?

The "lust in their hearts" (straight men) clouds judgment. If women dressed for straight men, only, then you'd end up with hoochie mama outfits on a lot of women.

[quote] If women dressed for straight men, only, then you'd end up with hoochie mama outfits on a lot of women.

I fail to see the problem here.

I've always thought that pearl and sapphire choker was Diana's best piece of jewelry.

She looks great in the dress re the off the shoulder shape, but maybe they could have dyed it another color. The shade of green is just odd looking to me. Neon colors remind me of the 70s and I guess I hated that decade.

She’s pretty, but that dress is NOT flattering. She has small breasts and it accentuates them in a weird way.

Supposedly, Diana's personal jewelry was divided between William and Harry. Yet, only Kate seems to wear any of it, suggesting that William actually got most of it, or at least all the good stuff.

It is a bit of a weird cut for off the shoulder, r36. I think the bright color makes the flaws of the cut more apparent, although Kate looks good in off the shoulder looks. Dr. Jill wore an off the shoulder look that was fabulous at the State Dinner. Btw, I think both women had a little subtle work done to their faces. They both looked refreshed.

Big girls need big emeralds!

The necklace is beautiful, but that color of the dress is hideous. The dress fits her like a glove and would have been absolutely perfect, in another color.

I remember when Princess Diana wore the necklace as a headband. I didn't care for her dress she wore that night either.

Kate's dress was almost the same exact color as the carpet.

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.

I actually really like Kate in emerald green, but that light green looks a bit like she's planning to be a floating head and shoulders on a green-screen projection.

The Dowager Countess of Trentham was correct: "Difficult color, green..." Not many people can wear it, and even fewer people can wear all shades of it.

I need to see a pic of Princess Diana wearing that choker as a headband.

Your wish is my command.

The neckline of the dress is cutting across her body in an unflattering way. She’s got a long torso, which is nice, but the bisection of her chest area accentuates the length of the body in a weird way.

Thank you, R44 this is fabulous!

According to the color analysis people Kate is a Summer but I think she does better with Winter colors (black, grey, navy, burgundy). She should avoid anything warm-hued or tinged with yellow, which is why the dress at OP’s link doesn't work. She also seems to be fond of pastels which wash her out and don’t suit her at all.

I actually think Kate is an Autumn, which is why she should wear jewel tones: deep emerald green, deep sapphire blue, deep amethyst purple.

It wasn't part of Diana's personal jewellery collection, r37. It first belonged to Queen Mary, who gave it to her granddaughter Queen Elizabeth, who gave it to Diana, so it's part of the family collection, to be worn by a female royal, e.g. the Queen or Princess of Wales, at special events. I think after Diana died, the emerald choker went back to the Queen.

The color "works" because it was the shade for the event and looked great outside in the evening. Catherine wore plaids and darker colors for the daytime events. The shoes were rented, too.

It seems Queen Liz gave some fashion sense to Catherine with all her bright colors. That green looks like it came from Liz's easter egg collection. Remember, the future Queen must always be seen from a distance!

Yea, what't this thing about rented clothes? Seems Cathy want to look frugal for a 90 pound frock, but I am sure the designers made it just for her. Having a future Queen wear your clothes is everything!

I think OP is wrong. Wouldn't she be Princess William or Catherine, Princess of Wales. There is no such thing as Princess Catherine. The only princess is their daughter. Charlotte.

R18 has a very active fantasy life. Odd but not clever.

Here is another photo of the choker and the dress

I liked it when Diana wore that choker on her forehead like that. It was unusual but not too far out there.

I like Catherine. She gives good queen-in-waiting.

She was trying to appease the Boston Irish Americans who hate the Royal Family.

[quote]Yea, what't this thing about rented clothes? Seems Cathy want to look frugal for a 90 pound frock, but I am sure the designers made it just for her. Having a future Queen wear your clothes is everything!

R52, this was for the Earthshot Prize awards. An environmental event. The 'recycled' theme totally fits the event.

William and Catherine also flew commercial to get to the US.

William has BDF.

Bet he’s intact.

“Princess Catherine”

Oh Christ. Do we have to do this again? Also, stop calling her Kate Middleton.

How are we supposed to name her, R61?

I’m a stickler for correct titles and styles, but “HRH The Princess of Wales” isn’t as fun and media-friendly as “Princess Diana” or “Princess Catherine”. And in the US, very few news anchors understand the proper use of royal titles and styles in the first place. So, it’s probably not even worth a thought.

Couldn't Kate have recycled one of her own dresses instead of that godawful polyester-looking green thing? She has a dark green gown that always reminds me of Scarlett O'Hara that I thought she looked particularly good in.

I think OP is wrong. Wouldn't she be Princess William or Catherine, Princess of Wales. There is no such thing as Princess Catherine.

The press on both sides of the Atlantic regularly headlined Diana as "Princess Diana" and "Princess Di."Everyone knew who they were talking about.

I am not trying to follow palace protocol any more than newspapers are. You know exactly to whom i was referring: piss off with your persnickety anal-retentive attempts to follow the styles dictated by the [italic]Court Circular,[/italic] nor am I trying to curry favor with any ocurtiers. I am not a British subject so I need not refer to her according to any protocol--I only need to clearly convey to whom I am referring.

Or to put it more simply: unclench, Miss Prisspot.

Princess Catherine's wearing green was because of the "greenness" of the event, and had nothing to do with Ireland.

Currently Ireland and the UK are not at war, and there is little violence in Northern Ireland, so it was not a problem for her to wear the dress or the choker.

How does the future King and Queen schlep through the Boston airport without everyone googling at them and wanting selfies.

Next time Kate should do the whole Greenman suit.

Plus the necklace.

Definitely Fashion Foward.

Charlize Theron pulled off the color and style much better. No, I’m not expecting Kate to wear a bustier, but she’s in need of a new stylist.

I've always wanted one of those, though wider with more diamonds.

R62, she is Princess of Wales. Only the children of a monarch (in the BRF) and the children of sons are entitled to the title of Prince/ss. She is absolutely NOT Princess Kate. If anything, they should use Cate.

At least she didn't wear it on her forehead. Diana must have been having one of her manic moments when she decided to do that.

[quote]Diana must have been having one of her manic moments when she decided to do that.

It was at the Southern Cross Hotel on October 31, 1985 in Melbourne, Australia.

Headbands were rather common in the 80s and frequently worn.

I read on the internet that they forgot to bring a tiara to Australia, so Di made do.

She looks terrible in this dress, it doesn't fit her properly at all and it's not her color. Her face also looks really severe and I think it's mostly the makeup.

The choker is Queen Mary's, it's one of the chokers she would wear when she would put on literally five of them at once and have her portrait taken.

[wuote]R16 The theme of the Earthshot event was to not wear anything new.

Was the other instruction to pick a shitty color??

[quote]r28 They were wearing RECYCLED clothing to go with the climate awareness theme. Kate's was a rental and Will's was a recycled tux.

I buy all my clothes in thrift shops. [italic] In flattering shades.

She is a goddess

I agree with whoever said it would look better in an emerald green.

Kate usually looks quite chic but she can't pull off this shade of green. It doesn't work at all.

Camilla will NEVER look like a queen consort. She looks like a disheveled mashup of a gym teacher and a bag lady. So homely and style-free.

She looks like she’s in a poorly colorized Alfred Hitchcock movie.

I thought that was Teri Hatcher. What the hell is she doing to her face?

Kate has green eyes. She can wear whatever shade of green she likes and look fabulous, including this one.

No R84.

Rich and famous woman wears expensive jewelry.

Is this a story?

Is this a thread?

I wonder how much longer the Royal 👑 Family will be in business.

It’s not the same with the Queen 👸 gone.

R72 I like the necklace as a headband on Diana. It reminds me of Olivia Newton John in the Physical video.

I love the headband, as well. It's what makes the piece so iconic and why it is so recognizable.

Kate's dress to me was less about the color and all about the fit. She really does have the perfect body for clothing. Not many 40 year old women would pull this off, "not even with all the Spanx in the world" as quoted by someone upthread, which made me laugh. I would love to see Meghan try to pull any of this off with her square body, spindly legs and chicken cutlet titties.

She has skinny legs R89 but the rest of your statement is absurd. Kate had odd proportions too. People have different builds but the Middleton gal is anorexic and too thin so of course she looks good in tight clothes.

R90, I am jealous of Kate's money and I think I could enjoy the perks of royal life, but as a gay cis man, I'm not jealous of not being able to fit into a slinky green dress. Perhaps you are projecting. Bottom line, whether you like it or not, Meghan absolutely could not pull that dress off. That's a fact.

I wonder how many emojis R87 can post in a single post.

I didn't say she could R91. What I was commenting on was youraccusation of pancake tits (not) and square body (which she doesn't). You aren't a "gay, cis man" and you seem a bit jealous of Meghan too hence attacking her figure.

[quote] You aren't a "gay, cis man" and you seem a bit jealous of Meghan too hence attacking her figure.

Oh for fuck's sake, grow up. "You're just jealous!" ceased to be effective once you left middle school.

I am embarrassed for you.

Ever notice the klan grannies bring up Meghan even if she's not the subject and try and pass as gay men?

It's both bizarre and hilarious.

Greens are very hard to match but I tjink she looks great.. That dress color is not easy for anyone but she pulls it off. Bright colors like QE II.

[quote]r91 Meghan absolutely could not pull that dress off. That's a fact.

Why must everything be a CONTEST ? ! ?

She’s “keeping it green”, get it?

As someone noted. the headband necklace is like a reject from the OJT video. Current fad does not make it iconic and the aqua dress is no imtprevemant. Charlize does look better in that color with her blond hair but the dress is more reminiscent of Janet’s wardrobe malfunction.

/ONJ Video

Let’s just chalk this dress up as a fail, and let her move on.

"Current fad does not make it iconic" -- what the fuck does that mean? Speak English.

[quote]the aqua dress is no imtprevemant.

Or speak any recognizable language, for that matter.

I liked the dress. Not everyone could get away with it, and Ideally the colour would be slightly muted, but she has the model-like figure to wear it well. The simple lines complimented her figure and the colour contrasted well with her skin and hair colouring. And it gave her the chance to break out that beautiful necklace.

Can you imagine anyone else who could have made a $100 rental dress look like a million dollars?

It helps when you accessorize with a million dollar necklace...

It didn't look like a million bucks. You gals are hilarious.

R102 it is English. Why don't you get it?

The gown looks cheesy and the color is nauseating.

Did she have a facelift? Her eyes look so... pulled. And her nose looks shorter and wider. It almost doesn't even look like her.

These are working clothes meant to send a message: I am the Princess of Wales, bitches, but I care about the environment. Hence, a priceless heirloom emerald worn with a recycled green dress.

Any clothes Kate wears for a function like this are carefully chosen for optics and message. They don't have all that much to do with her private tastes.

Meghan really wanted to make emeralds her thing, huh? First angling for an emerald wedding tiara and then trying to get the emeralds from great-great-granny's choker (as if the BRF would ever disassemble an iconic heirloom piece). She must have been furious when the BRF denied them to her on both counts.

[quote]r108 Did she have a facelift? Her eyes look so... pulled. And her nose looks shorter and wider. It almost doesn't even look like her.

She looks like a dying soap star in OP’s pic.

[quote]r109 I care about the environment. Hence, a priceless heirloom emerald worn with a recycled green dress.

Does she recycle her food after she throws it up?

Like composting, or something?

I really do think Kate has an eating disorder. I don’t like how anything looks on her because she is too thin and has no shape. Even the thinnest of models have some curve. Kate’s body is literally straight as a board. Jennifer Aniston has the most ideal body, she’s toned.

[quote]First angling for an emerald wedding tiara and then trying to get the emeralds from great-great-granny's choker (as if the BRF would ever disassemble an iconic heirloom piece).

Wait, when did that second thing happen?

So who's back-pocket is Anna Wintour in? Kate or Meghan?

R111 that's pretty funny, because she looks nothing like Meghan.

Aniston is loathed here but she really does have slamming body straight guys go for. Great legs too.

[quote] I really do think Kate has an eating disorder. I don’t like how anything looks on her because she is too thin and has no shape.

R113, look at her leg peeping out from that green dress. No woman with an eating disorder has calves like that. She’s just fit and strong. And obviously very disciplined about diet and exercise.

The green dress shade is awful.

She has such weird little boobs. They're perfectly rounded, but they're tiny.

So what if they're tiny. She has had three kids and they neither got flabby nor did they get weirdly large due to her pregnancies. This chick is blessed with good genes - and the impregnable will to remain fit and toned.

I did notice her eyebrows are off. Her left eyebrow is normal, the right is drawn sort of funny.

Oh, Kate's for sure, r115.

Wintour knows what it takes to survive. Moreover, she's been around long enough to recognize grit and longevity in others.

Kate stature, as the future Queen will only increase. Markle has to cash-in now, while the getting is good. She's aging and her stature, such as it is, isn't going anywhere but down.

I do think Kate has an eating disorder. Calves are largely genetic. I have muscular calves, no matter what I do or don't do, no matter what I eat or don't eat. The rest of my body is another story.

The necklace is magnificent, but the dress is hideous. I wish she had either gone with vintage and made it a real fashion moment, or picked a dress that put all the attention on the necklace. (Thank god she didn’t wear it as a headband like Diana - it looks so silly.)

Bad eye makeup is more likely the culprit than a facelift, but wonky/unmatched eyebrows are a sign of Botox, and she’s had that mismatch for a little bit now.

The neckline was wrong. It should've been higher (boat neck) or lower and truly off-shoulder. It made her chest area look too long.

A plain black velvety dress would have offset the emeralds like nobody's business.

Pity she can't really do plunge fronts in her position, because that would have been even more stunning.

R124, exactly. Anyone with eyesight can see she has a eating disorder and the camera adds 10 Ibs they say. The excuses are flabbergasting. She doesn’t look healthy or strong. It’s no joke and I hope she gets help.

If she's as severely anamia as everyone says, though, how did she bear three healthy children without a noticeably lengthy convalescence after each? Medicine can only do so much, even the best money can buy.

[quote]R128 The eating disorder is no joke and I hope she gets help.

I don’t. Let her waste away entirely.

I don’t think it’s classic anorexia but rather a very, very, very strict diet - which some would consider disordered eating (I do) but others would consider healthy. Something like Victoria Beckham’s “plain chicken or fish and steamed vegetables only, no oil” requirement. No booze apart from photo ops. Probably stemming from understandable anxiety about everyone in the world looking at her and being constantly photographed. But she looks so much prettier and younger with more weight on.

I think it's called sour grapes.

R131, you’re spot on. She’s not anorexic, but she’s very thin. Look how we scrutinize both Kate and Meghan’s looks and bodies. No wonder they are neurotic about their looks.

Well, after seeing the future Queen looking so fabulous, it just makes smegs look like a pig wallerin in it's shit.

Not exactly what I meant when I said "give her the choker".

That green dress is awful. The material has no structure at all.

R129 it's just the obese Sussex stinkfish cunts who are bringing up Kate's "anorexia" on a regular basis, just ignore them.

They probably look like beached whales, the lot of them.

[quote]Kate's dress to me was less about the color and all about the fit. She really does have the perfect body for clothing.

But not for this dress. The silhouette from the back is fine, but the front gives her body a bizarre shape. It's the neckline combined with the disproportionate tailoring they had to do for her long torso. She can look good in almost any kind of dress because of her body shape, but not this one, which is why it's so striking; you'd almost have to go out of your way to make her look bad in a gown.

Two things would have vastly improved this look: sleeves up and not off the shoulder, and a bra that gave her more lift.

[quote]Bad eye makeup is more likely the culprit than a facelift, but wonky/unmatched eyebrows are a sign of Botox, and she’s had that mismatch for a little bit now.

She's also gone a shade darker with her hair, and she's been matching her eyebrows to it, which gives her a more severe look. She may be making her brows a little thicker to help camouflage that they're lopsided now, but she needs to work on the color of her brows. Even back when her hair had some lovely blonde and red tones in it, her brows were too solid and dark. Now that the hair is dark, it looks worse.

R138 oh, I hadn’t seen the heels. They’re rather...um...well. Rather Strictly, aren’t they?

I like the shoes.

I di too. They are also rented.

The dress is awful. The faces are fine. The Prince would look better with a WHITE T-SHIRT under that dress shirt. TO make the white pop. It's a tiny bit transparent under the lights so doesn't look flat white.

Why does Kate dress so matronly? Her best looks were between the wedding and getting pregnant with George. Back then it seemed like she couldn’t miss—every look was youthful, sophisticated, and fresh. Now it looks like she wears repurposed shit from Chico’s or Ann Taylor. Her only notable look from the past few years is the dress she wore at the latest James Bond premiere.

Oh, and the reason Kate’s male tends to look bad is because she does it herself. On a scale of WNBA Player (0) to Drag Queen (10), she tends to prefer 7.

male = makeup

r144: it's because it's a time of austerity again in the UK. There are headlines in the Guardian about people in the UK having to decide between feeding their dog this winter or having enough food for their children.

If Kate dressed as glamorously or as expensively as Diana did during the later Thatcher years, she'd look grotesquely insensitive.

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