Looks fit for a Royal Wedding Reception

Wedding fever is in full swing now with only five days to go until the Royal Wedding of Will and Kate and the fashion questions have been rife. What designer has Kate used for the Wedding dress? What will Victoria Beckham be wearing? What does one wear to such a grand occasion? And so I thought it would be fun to put together a couple of appropriate looks suitable for any wedding reception because lets face it are invitation to the reception on Friday must have been lost in the post.

So for those of us attending intimate casual Weddings this summer look to Whistles for the perfect outfit, including the shirt dedicated to Miss Middleton herself.

The skirt is fantastic in a royal navy blue and with it's 1950's inspired giving a beautiful silhouette to the body. Not to mention it's an investment, statement piece that after the wedding is a distant memory you will still have a wonderful timeless, elegant skirt.

Claudette Midi Skirt £95.00

The Kate Blouse is a perfect combo with the skirt adding texture and a different dimension to the skirt with it's button detailing. Tuck the blouse in and you'll be wearing a little bit of royalty. Did I mention also that Kate Middleton actually has this blouse?

Kate Blouse £125.00

The leather jacket makes the outfit edgy and it's beautiful tailoring makes sure this leather jacket isn't inappropriate for a wedding.

Francesca Quilted Leather Jacket £295.00

http://www.whistles.co.uk/fcp/categorylist/dept/shop

My last look and favourite involves a pleated skirt. Pleated skirts are huge this season and they vary in price so if your on a small budget you can still pick one up.

This skirt is perfectly on trend with it's pleating and the colour nude. This skirt is from Mango and retails at £74.90.

See website for details http://www.asos.com/Mango/Mango-Pleat-Midi-Skirt/

The lace pink top with ruffle collar is from ASOS and enhances the feminine look as well as matching colours that you wouldn't usually put together, but trust me it works.

The ASOS Lace Front Top with Ruffle Collar is £25.00

http://www.asos.com/Asos/Asos-Lace-Front-Top-With-Ruffle-Collar/

And if you've already got your outfits sorted and are looking for an accessories, what better accessories to have than a necklace designed by our very own princess to be. Kate designed this necklace while working for Jigsaw as a accessories buyer and at £46.00 this Sliver bean pendant with rose quartz and pink pearl charm is a bargain, it's something the future Queen of England designed!!!

For any fashion/styling questions or just to give feedback email me. I'm always happy to help.

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Those Michael Jackson statues....

There was a lot of controversy in the English papers last week about the unveiling of two very different, in memory, statues of Michael Jackson in London.

The first is oddly at Fulham Football club, why because Michael Jackson was a avid supporter of the team? You would think but no. The wonderfully strange and eccentric Mohammed Al Fayed decided to erect this great monument at the football club, when his initial plan to have it in Harrods failed when he sold the great department emporium.

What's hilarious about this story is that Al Fayed believes the football fans love it. One fan said, "we are a laughing stock. It has nothing to do with football." I couldn't agree more but since Al Fayed has sold Harrods I have missed the crazy and wonderful things he says and does and out of all his outburst this is the best one by far.

You think this is the strangest, a dedication to a young successful Michael Jackson at a Football Stadium then the best is to come. Head to The Promises, an East London music studio, where Swedish artist Maria Von Kohler has created a life size statue of the controversial moment Michael hung his baby out the window. This statue has caused outrage among Jackson's fans one saying, "One of the biggest sins of mankind on an individual." The black lash has been so severe that police have been enlisted to investigate death and arson threats from loyal fans.

The Swedish artist said, " I'm pretty surpised at the overwhelming amount of negative reactions from Michael Jackson fan base...The piece investigates the nature of the relationship between someone of unparrelled iconic status, the media and the public; the frenzy that subsequently ensued."

What do we all think about the statues, good or bad dedications? Leave comments, let me know what you all think.

Orangutan's plight

Reading my ritual Sunday paper, I came across an article that really troubled and disturbed me and I wanted to share it with you.

In a village in Borneo an Orangutan was killed by a frenzied mob for scavenging for food for her four month malnourished daughter. The family came to the village because their natural rainforest environment has been decimated by palm oil cultivation. So basically the people destroyed their home and when they come to the village to find food was tortured and punished for it.

What upset me more about this killing was the way the Orangutan was brutally killed in front of her child. The male Orangutan tried to protect them but the crowd chased him off. They attacked the mother with sticks until she fell on the ground, then they tied her arms and legs with rope. As the mob tried to drag her off she fought back to save her screeching baby. So villagers threw a net over them, wrenched the baby off her mother and tied her up too. Then they threw the mother into a swimming pool and held her under until she passed out. They then put her in a makeshift cage, where she was just about alive and threw her baby in with her. The crowd then grew restless and began throwing stones at them. It was only when a charity worker from International Animal Rescue came that the torture ended for these rare animals. They were taken to get medical treatment but only the baby called Peni survived.

Peni is nine months old and still recovering from this ordeal and it's unclear yet whether she will be able to cope in the wild if released.

There are only 80,000 Orangutans worldwide and they predict that by 2050 they will be extinct.

I wanted to raise this issue and ask they we donate as much as we can to such an important charity that helps those that can not help themselves. Please call 01825 767688 to donate or at least check their website out to see what these amazing people are doing. www.internationalanimalrescue.org