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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...

Kate Moss wore a dress designed by long-time friend John Galliano on Friday for her wedding to Jamie Hince. The groom wore a suit by Yves Saint Laurent. The ceremony took place at St. Peter’s Church in Southrop, England, followed by a reception to be held at Moss’ estate in the Cotswolds. According to industry sources, the wedding dress that Galliano designed for Moss was inspired by Zelda Fitzgerald, whose engagement ring she is wearing. He did the final fitting for the dress earlier this week in Europe, while in care. “Kate is his biggest muse and he was never, ever going to let his friend down,” said one source. “He did Kate’s 21st birthday dress, her 30th birthday dress, and Galliano’s show was the first she ever walked for. So this wedding day ties up a lot of things beautifully.” Also, Moss wore Manolo Blahnik shoes for the ceremony. The slinky Galliano number Moss chose for the ceremony was only the tip of the model’s sartorial iceberg. Stella McCartney designed a...

From  Style.com   Kim Jones' debut as men's style director at Louis Vuitton was a coup similar to the one achieved by Vuitton's artistic director, Marc Jacobs, 14 years ago.  A union that seemed unlikely on the surface turned out in actuality to be a relationship of remarkable, intimate compatibility. In the four months since he was appointed to the position, Jones and his team managed to turn out a collection that wove his own history into Vuitton's heritage.  The common bond? Travel. Vuitton has always been the traveler's brand. Jones grew up in Kenya, and his life since has been defined by a nomadic spirit. He'd been thinking about photographer Peter Beard, the Kennedy-like apogee of American aristocracy whose life and work have been devoted to Africa. A Masai blanket Jones has at home as a souvenir of his East African childhood inspired an extraordinary passage of cornea-searing blue-and-red plaids... A Masai blanket Jones has at hom...

At Glastonbury 2005 Kate Moss looked so outrageously hot and so unutterably cool that legions of music fans not only forgave her for wasting so much time on druggie bf Pete Doherty, they relentlessly copied her festival-going style every year since. Style.com showed a myriad pretty girls in shorts and Hunter boots as well as a few who've branched out into a dress-and-wellies combo. Mr Newton also showed a few. 

As seen in The Telegraph this week, celebrities from Ted Danson to Helena Christensen are not only embracing the cycling trend they are looking stylish while they do it. Fashion designer Kate Spade is such an avid fan that she designed a bicycle for Adeline Adeline . London now has a bicycles-for-hire system known locally as "Boris Bikes" after the mayor who instigated the system, Boris Johnson.  Ted Danson Naomi Watts Rachel Bilson Cynthia Rowley Kate Spade for Adeline Adeline "Boris Bikes"   London mayor, Boris Johnson UK TV presenter Donna Air on a "Boris Bike"