Round up of the week

The week started with the news that Doris Day would no longer grace us with her presence. If you watch her style through the years it just shows have today we are still influenced by her style.

Doris Day’s style is often overlooked, but it’s referenced in fashion to this day. She may never have had an Hermes bag named after her but Doris Day, who died on Monday age 97, had a fashion ‘look’, co-created by some of Hollywood’s’ legendary costumiers, that has never required mothballs.

Every summer, women reach for the kind of starched cotton shirts, cropped pedal pushers, bucket hats, trapeze jackets and twirling Fifties skirts that we associate with the Hollywood star who understood the power of clothes far better than we ever gave her credit for.

She was 5ft 7" with dancer’s legs, a tiny waist, blonde curls and bright sapphire eyes and an enviable figure, what all of us long for.

However life passes us by and our wedding day was probably that best day of our lives when we looked and felt our best. The latest Royal Wedding dress didn't fail to impress!!

Lady  Gabriella Windsor arrives 
at St Georges chapel with her dad.

Thomas Kingston with his stunning new wife.
Noted the headband and the detail on the neckline.

The "first Dress"had the most incredible detail.

The first of her four dresses designed and made by Luisa Beccaria, the Italian designer and her team was exceptional.  It had a fitted bodice, a generous neckline and long, sheer lace sleeves with embroidery that continued to the hand, almost like a glove. The royal also had a six-metre veil, made from several layers of pink and white tulle in the same shade as the dress, held together by small, hand-embroidered flowers. 
She said " I'm thrilled with the stunning result of the artistry." The dress took around five months to make and only required three fittings – one in Milan, and two in London. Luisa said: "My tailor is good at taking measurements and it fitted very well from the beginning, but she lost weight, like most brides, so we had to take it in."
I just loved the lace and intricately embroidered detail. Its difficult to pick up on what could see with a brief look.

If only I could see the embellishment 
close up!!

The flower girls dresses had the same detail on the necklines.

Detail better in this photo 

The raised worked on top of the lace looks like beadwork in rows
and then the edge of the sleeves and the waistline had
embroidery work with a Celtic swirl notion as on the hemline.

Can't not mention Pippa's outfit it was a definite winner ,
and Eugenie looking stunning with the delicate black lace layers.
Fergie's sleeve frill was great and the colour on her with the
flamboyant hat, but that length!! even made her tummy look worse!!
 She seems very excited about weddings,
chat is she might re marry Prince Andrew!!

The last royal bride wowed in a black lace layered dress.

The Brides Mother looked fabulous as always.

These days, there is a  huge trend for brides to wear two dresses and the royal did just that, changing into her second dress at the reception. The blonde royal switched it up, wearing a sleeveless, floor length white tulle dress, which was embroidered with mother of pearl.

The first Dress was my favourite, which was yours?

Second Dress, looks like Nottingham Lace!