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Jess Cartner-Morley of The Guardian   has pointed out that The Duchess of Cambridge has made some diplomatic fashion choices during her trip to Canada with husband Prince William. For example, the Princess has twice worn dresses designed by ErdemMoralioglu , a Canadian-born London designer, definitely an appropriate choice. I'd even go a step further and say that the Kate's wardrobe is wrought with symbolism. On Canada Day, she wore her cream Reiss "Nannette" dress, the same one she wore in her formal engagement portraits taken by Mario Testino. Her red maple-leaf fascinator was reminiscent of a hat worn by Diana, Princess of Wales, when she and Prince Charles toured Canada in 1983. A final touch was the Queen's Maple Leaf brooch which is on loan to the Duchess. The Queen, as Princess Elizabeth, wore the brooch on her first visit to Canada in 1951. Katherine wore the pin to decorate a stunning purple Issa dress. We'll never know how William...

The London shows for Fall 2011 are on and there is lots and lots of color, both solid brights (Burberry for instance) and in an extension of last year's ombré theme, splashed on, in the manner of the artist, Jackson Pollock Jackson Pollock in his studio Ombre and splashed-on-colored hair might have caught on with the fashion crowd after editor Katie Shillingford was seen in Style.com's blog, Jak & Jil a couple of years ago. Katie Shillingford, 2009 And if you haven't seen the adorably precocious Willow Smith's video , where she splashed paint around by whipping her hair, check it out. Found this photo of Hamish Bowles with lavender-splashed hands on one of my favorite blogs, Little Augury Hamish Bowles by Danko Steiner Splashy prints at the London shows for Fall 2011, from Erdem Erdem Fall 2011 Erdem Fall 2011 Erdem Fall 2011 Erdem Fall 2011 Erdem Fall 2011 Erdem Fall 2011 And in New York at Libertine Libertine Fall 2011 Libe...