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Other forums => Current Affairs => Topic started by: Euan Buchan on April 24, 2011, 08:17:48 PM
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Where are you going to watch the Wedding? I don't know what I'll be doing yet either watch at home or at my Grandparents. Even though I'm not a huge fan of The Royal Family I will watch it as its part of history and it be our Future King & Queen.
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I can't decide whether to get up at 2:00 am, which will be our local time when the live wedding is aired. I really don't follow the Royals, but it's one of those once-in-a-lifetime events, and if I do watch I'd prefer to see it live. I have no doubt it'll be shown again and again, ad nauseum, on TV all day.
My older daughter is the same age I was when I watched Diana and Charles get married with my own mom, so that's tugging at my sense of nostalgia.
To answer the question, if I do watch, it'll be at home. :)
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Sorry I have his mother wedding seen we to know which happened.
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The thing I'm curious about is if his dad will ever be king, of if they'll just skip him and let William follow his grandmother. Charles is 62 now, all his peers are about to retire and he's still waiting to start his job!
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A sad life: waiting all your life for something you never asked for in the first place.
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Liz survived Charles ;D
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I won't watch because I don't care.
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Coverage here starts at 4:00 AM. I'll get up early to watch it.
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I won't watch because I don't care.
Even tho the century has just been going for 11 years, it's already announced as 'the wedding of the century', which is silly at least. I agree, I got better things to do than watching a prince who unfortunately looks more like his dad than his mom.
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Kelley, you don't need cable. NBC will be covering the wedding.
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Where I grew up in North Carolina there was also no TV. But that was down in the boondocks. I didn't think there were any boonies up here. :)
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Places like that still exist, huh? Well, I'll be...
Remember the Andy Griffith Show? Mayberry was based on Edenton, NC. I don't remember any stoplights there at all. The event of the year was when the deputy sheriff was called to shoot a rabid dog running around on Granville Street. You should have seen him, his hand shaking and all. Just like Barney Fife! Who needed TV? ;D
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It's a good, healthy way to grow up.
I've been back to Edenton. They've got a few stoplights there now. The town probably had a whole big ceremony when they installed the first. ;)
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Just found out that the royal wedding (should I cap that? The editor in me is wondering) will air at 5:00 am our time, not 2:00 am as I previously thought, so I think my daughters and I will watch. I seriously doubt I'll be able to drag my 9-year-old son out of bed to see it, though ha2ha
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Kelley, you can watch the Royal Wedding live on The Royal YouTube Channel:
Royal Wedding invitation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovFwNZHclMk#ws)
The ceremony starts in 12 hours and 8 minutes. So stay up late or get up early.
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The Royal Family has not forgotten the commoners living in the boondocks. ;)
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The Royal Family has not forgotten the commoners living in the boondocks. ;)
Bless their royal hearts. :) They may have to do it without me but I am guessing it will be replayed ad nauseum.
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here in Oz, half the country loves them and half wants rid of them
but ALL the women will watch, cos its all about shoes, handbags, dresses and...erm well weddings really ha2ha
were 10 hours ahead of the UK so its on in the evening here and my wife will be riveted to it so I might just go online and chat to you guys ;D
btw, Ive never forgiven America for refusing me a green card in 1985 after Id worked there for 1 year as a qaulified engineer, payed tax and had an employer who wanted to employ me permanently, so I had to leave, meanwhile thousands of non english speaking migrants were flooding in (legally) from places south of you with no money etc ???
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It's at 4:00 AM here, nimrod. I'll get to watch it for an hour or so before I have to leave for the O.R. They better hurry that ceremony up! ;D
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Bless their royal hearts. :) They may have to do it without me but I am guessing it will be replayed ad nauseum.
Leave the Royal Family an email telling them to start at a more realistic hour. Maybe they'll oblige...
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalChannel (http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalChannel)
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Very beautiful and solemn! I like watching it!
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yeah... I slept 2 hours before waking up at 3 am to watch all the pre-wedding stuff. I must say, loved it, loved her dress (oh yes, the dress, it's BEAUTIFUL!)!! She's living the dream of thousands of girls!
PS - lol, love all the Canadian flags everywhere!
edit - had to post a picture of the beautiful couple!
(http://tinypic.com/?ref=2yts2mw)
nevermind, didn't work and D beat me to it!
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willi with no hair ;D
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([url]http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1442/95267750.jpg[/url])
(http://www.deccanchronicle.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_horizontal/article-images/rince%20Charles%20and%20Diana%20at%20their%20wedding_agencies.jpg.crop_display.jpg)
(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01883/19471120-elizabeth_1883746i.jpg)
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Strange The Duchess of Cambridge was christened at the parish church of St. Andrew’s Bradfield in Berkshire on 20th June 1982 1 day before William was born.
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(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/04/29/article-1381815-06EC0836000005DC-109_964x584.jpg)
No kiss in 1947
(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2009/9/10/1252583016308/Charles-and-Diana-Wedding-001.jpg)
(http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/royal-wedding-kiss-2.jpg)
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Almost forgot...
(http://static.bbc.co.uk/history/img/ic/640/images/resources/events/prince_andrews_wedding.jpg)
(http://assets.gcstatic.com/u/apps/asset_manager/uploaded/2011/16/royal-weddings-14-1303119612-view-0.jpg)
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I watched it and it was sooooo beautiful ;yes unfortunetly I fell asleep after the ceremony...but I saw most of it ;D LOVED the dress!
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you sleep 9AM in the morning
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No actually it was between 11:30 - 12:00 (am) :) I woke up at 6 pm... ha2ha
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Strange The Duchess of Cambridge was christened at the parish church of St. Andrew’s Bradfield in Berkshire on 20th June 1982 1 day before William was born.
That's not strange. She's older than Prince William.
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Pippa...
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Pippa...
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pippa-Middleton-Ass-Appreciation-Society/183120471735513 (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pippa-Middleton-Ass-Appreciation-Society/183120471735513)
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Pippa...
[url]http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pippa-Middleton-Ass-Appreciation-Society/183120471735513[/url] ([url]http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pippa-Middleton-Ass-Appreciation-Society/183120471735513[/url])
Oh yes! ;)
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Pippa...
Indeed ;)
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[url]http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pippa-Middleton-Ass-Appreciation-Society/183120471735513[/url] ([url]http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pippa-Middleton-Ass-Appreciation-Society/183120471735513[/url])
Nice link. Thanks a lot. Oh, and sorry I'm around that much these days.
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Nice link. Thanks a lot. Oh, and sorry I'm around that much these days.
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ha2ha
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?? ???
I got some others things to do now, after following that link. ;D
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This, nimrod, this...
(http://i55.tinypic.com/1564jl5.jpg)
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Princess Letizia of Spain and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy getting up the stairs at Palacio de la Zarzuela in Madrid:
(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/8789/article117461204b7728f0.jpg) (http://img822.imageshack.us/i/article117461204b7728f0.jpg/)
Xosé
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I thought you spent all your time looking at guitars, Xose.
Welcome to the Forum!
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I thought you spent all your time looking at guitars, Xose.
Welcome to the Forum!
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Thank you!! ;)
Xosé
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Nice lower bouts, huh Xose?
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Nice lower bouts, huh Xose?
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Have a look at the shape of a Spanish guitar body. What do you find in common with Princess Letizia?? ;)
Xosé
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The way the Princess is positioned, she looks more like a Fender Jazzmaster...
(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/8789/article117461204b7728f0.jpg) (http://i56.tinypic.com/6tjln9.jpg)
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I got some others things to do now, after following that link. ;D
I'm afraid we won't see Bobber for a while. He's lost in internet derrièreland.
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The way the Princess is positioned, she looks more like a Fender Jazzmaster...
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Xosé
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That's not strange. She's older than Prince William.
I mean the date is Williams Birthday Thats is destiny
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Geez, I'm gone for a few days and look at the X-rated stuff that's been going on. Shame, shame! :o
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Miami Sound Machine-Gloria Estefan-Bad Boy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3peKWKymoUM#)
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I'm afraid we won't see Bobber for a while. He's lost in internet derrièreland.
A swift return. Besides Pippa there is a lot of ehm, well, you know.
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A swift return. Besides Pippa there is a lot of ehm, well, you know.
Nice to see you back, Bobber. Besides Pippa there is a lot of what? Please explain, in a PG-13 way. ;)
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People are asking if Kate Middleton will be the new Queen, but I say there's no chance. Queen had a string of huge hits in the '70s and '80s, and Kate's had very little experience in the music industry.
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People are asking if Kate Middleton will be the new Queen, but I say there's no chance. Queen had a string of huge hits in the '70s and '80s, and Kate's had very little experience in the music industry.
;D ;D
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I don't know anything about these designers and what many of the terms in this article mean ("The heavy chiffon drapes better," "cap sleeve," "similar bodice but with a straighter drape") but it looks like Pippa's royal bridesmaid dress made a big hit...
At Last, a Reason to Be Always the Bridesmaid
By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
Published: May 5, 2011
Shortly before the start of the royal wedding last Friday, designers and bridal boutiques planning knockoff dresses went into action when they got their first glimpse of the gown.
“The second we saw it on the screen, it was beautiful,” said Omid Moradi, chief executive for Faviana, a dress-making business based in Manhattan that plans to produce its own version. “It was just very elegant and glamorous.”
It was Pippa’s.
He immediately called his mother, the design director of Faviana, to tell her to begin sketching the dress of the bridesmaid, Pippa Middleton, sister of the bride, Kate Middleton. “It almost looked like a bridal gown,” he said.
Celebrity wedding gowns have inspired many creative copies, but executives in the bridal business say this is the first time they can recall companies wishing to design a dress based on what a bridesmaid wore, too.
“There was really no anticipation about Pippa’s dress,” said Dan Rentillo, design director for David’s Bridal, which will also make a version of her gown. “I can’t think of one where there was such a fuss over the bridesmaid’s dress.”
Now, many companies across what is called the fast-fashion industry are scrambling to reproduce not one, but two gowns designed originally by Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen, doubling the pressure to turn the couture designs into mass-market creations as soon as possible.
Ms. Burton did not seem shy about reproducing either — several fashion critics have pointed out that Pippa Middleton’s dress resembled one that Cameron Diaz wore in 2010, also an Alexander McQueen.
Some of the swooning, though, was about Ms. Middleton herself, not the dress. “She wore it so well, so we said, ‘We’ll do that dress right away,’ ” said Andrew Hops, vice president for JS Collections.
The timetable for this particular part of the bridal industry is critical. Sample dresses are sewn in about 48 hours, to ensure shipments of mass-produced versions to stores within about 12 weeks. “We want to get to market. The demand is now,” Mr. Moradi said. His company, Faviana, is producing versions of both of the Middleton sisters’ reception and ceremony dresses.
“Before she even walked down the red carpet, we were getting calls from customers and consumers,” he said. “‘When can we get it?’ ‘I have an event next month, can I have it then?’ ”
Getting the dresses into stores ahead of competitors, and the summer bridal market, also requires speedy production.
“The immediacy of the world that we live in today changes our customers’, and our brides’, expectations on how quickly we can respond,” said Brian Beitler, executive vice president for David’s Bridal, which expects to have versions of the dresses in stores by August.
Faviana makes wedding, prom and evening dresses sold at places like Nordstrom and eDressMe. While customers can buy wedding gowns that look like Chelsea Clinton’s or Eva Longoria’s, no famous bridesmaids’ dresses have been produced there, until now.
“Bridesmaids’ dresses are generally ugly. Nobody wants to wear them,” Mr. Moradi said.
Not this time. His mother, Shala, finished her sketches last Friday by 8 a.m., before meeting her 12-person design staff in the company’s Garment District offices in Manhattan. In the workroom, they began cutting and draping muslin over mannequins, trying to mimic the shape and fall of the Middleton sisters’ dresses. Next, they made paper patterns; the cap sleeve for Pippa’s dress, the shaped bodice for Kate’s.
By 10 a.m., Faviana employees walked through the doors of district fabric shops, buying a stretch of ivory fabric for Pippa’s dress and lace for Kate’s. Ms. Moradi had already collected bolts of white satin. Next, the designers cut fabric according to the paper patterns and handed the cut pieces to a team of women sitting at sewing machines at one end of the room. By midday Sunday, with few breaks for sleep and food, the Faviana group had completed initial versions of both dresses.
Three days later, in the long, light-filled workroom, a pattern maker bent over a large table, using a red wax pencil to make tiny marks on the paper pattern for Pippa’s dress. He was modifying the sample. The fabric they had chosen didn’t quite work. The Faviana group would sew another two or so samples of each dress this week, incorporating feedback from department store and boutique buyers, and adjusting patterns and fit for the mass-market versions.
With headless mannequins looking like a Greek chorus, mother and son argued.
“We don’t know exactly what we are going to do,” Ms. Moradi said, fiddling with a pile of chiffon that lay on the pattern maker’s table. They were seeing if it worked better for the Pippa dress than what they had originally used. “The heavy chiffon drapes better, and the stretch fabric we used for the sample — that, for the neckline, was not perfect.”
“But I think the color is a little yellow,” Omid Moradi said, lifting the chiffon to the light.
His mother shook her head, saying that a lining would provide just the right shade of ivory.
After Faviana settles on the design for each dress, mannequins, then models, try it on. A specialty company fits the various pattern pieces onto a “marker,” a giant piece of paper the width of a fabric bolt. “It’s like a jigsaw puzzle,” Omid Moradi said, meant to minimize any wasted fabric.
Next week, Faviana will send a package of patterns, trims, a sample dress and the fabric choice to its factories, and an e-mail of the marker design. A Chinese factory will produce the more complicated dress Kate Middleton wore. A factory in New York will make her sister’s.
The factories will begin work on the dresses right away. Faviana has not completed its order, but typically produces 500 to 3,000 copies of a dress. It may have dresses in stores as early as late June, Mr. Moradi said. The Pippa Middleton dress will sell for $320 and Kate Middleton’s for $1,800. A party version of Kate’s dress, keeping a similar bodice but with a straighter drape, will sell for about $500.
David’s Bridal will likely order equal numbers of both dresses, executives said. JS Collections is ordering more of the bridesmaid-inspired dress.
At Faviana, though, executives are predicting that although Pippa Middleton’s dress will sell well, Kate Middleton’s dress will outsell it. The bride, now known as the Duchess of Cambridge, has a trump card that even the prettiest bridesmaid doesn’t.
“The Kate, the Kate for sure,” Mr. Moradi said. “She’s the princess!”
(http://weddingbellsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/pippa-middleton-dress.jpg)
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A swift return. Besides Pippa there is a lot of ehm, well, you know.
What did you see when you were there?
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What did you see when you were there?
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Pudding.
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Pudding.
Yeah. You better do a virus scan.
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Yeah. You better do a virus scan.
All systems clear.