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  • Writer's pictureLonda

Duchess Kate Fashion Watch…Christening Flounce Ensemble

I’m always on the lookout for what fashion-right Duchess Kate is wearing, and was interested to see on the front of USA Today yesterday in coverage of Prince George’s christening, that Kate’s ensemble featured what I call the ‘Big Girl’s ruffle…ala a FLOUNCE!

I tried copying and pasting the image from online to here, without luck, so I’ll add a scan of the paper here later today if possible, since I’m on the road to Houston Quilt Festival and Market… but meanwhile I found this short ‘movie clip’ that shows even more of her top…

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/10/23/royal-baby-christened-before-family-in-historic-chapel/3143697/

To me it appears to be an ivory wool crepe (my educated guess) jacket and skirt.  In USA Today article written by Maria Puente (who obviously does not know the difference between a ruffle and a flounce), it says of the outfit…

“Kate was color coordinated with her son in his silk-and-lace christening gown (more on that later):  She wore a cream-colored ruffled bespoke dress by Alexander McQueen and a matching fascinator-type hat by Jane Taylor.”

Not knowing the highlighted adjective, ‘bespoke’, I looked it up and found this definition – for your enlightenment:

. Custom-made. Said especially of clothes. 2. Making or selling custom-made clothes: a bespoke tailor.

Upon further peeks at the top – I think that the featured embellishment is as follows:

1.  approximately 4-5″ in width, and double layer – with a s