Are you excited about the royal wedding?

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<p>Compared to Harry dressed as a Nazi, I think Pippa’s “racy” photos are rather tame.</p>

<p>I do worry about Pippa’s tan…I hope it’s just lotion and not from tanning beds.</p>

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<p>Pippa’s bridesmaid’s dress generated quite a tsunami of knock-offs:</p>

<p>[At</a> last, a reason to be always the bridesmaid](<a href=“http://royalwedding.yahoo.com/blogs/pippa-middleton-bridesmaid-dress-9090?nc]At”>http://royalwedding.yahoo.com/blogs/pippa-middleton-bridesmaid-dress-9090?nc)</p>

<p>It is refreshing to see the fashionistas going bananas about a bridesmaid’s dress! :)</p>

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<p>The problem is that, if the styling of the knock offs is truly similar, one in 1000 women will look good in it. It should have on the tag - “Warning - only those with 0% body fat should attempt to wear this dress.”</p>

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<p>Ta-da, here is one of the replicas:</p>

<p>[JS</a> Collections Royalty-Inspired Cowlneck Wedding Gown | Dillards.com](<a href=“Access Denied”>Access Denied)</p>

<p>It can be pre-ordered for Sept. shipment.</p>

<p>(I agree with you, Cartera - this dress is not for everyone, although it comes in size 14)</p>

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<p>The Dillard dress does not even look as good on the model as Pippa’s dress looked on her! I also think that it won’t knockoff well. Simple styles reply more on fine fabrics and tailoring.</p>

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<p>Pippa’s dress was a column; the dillards knock off is more of a trumpet.</p>

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<p>^^Exactly, mafool. It really doesn’t look much like Pippa’s dress at all and at a price of $220, well, no one should expect it to be similar in any way.</p>

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<p>yep. They both have some version of a cowl neck. They are both white. They are both long.</p>

<p>That’s it.</p>

<p>Details matter. As does workmanship.</p>

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<p>The Dillard’s dress is made of polyester!</p>

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<p>Post 328 cracks me up! :D</p>

<p>It’s like asking little kids…how are these two things alike and how are they different? (forgive me, I once taught preschool) The “alike” column in this case is gonna be very short. You summarized it well!</p>

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<p>soozie, I think mafool forgot the row of tiny buttons on the back! :wink: Yup, that’s about it. There is a bridal shop working on knockoffs of Kate and Pippa’s dresses that will be offered for sale for $1800 and $300-ish, respectively. I wonder how those replicas will turn out…</p>

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<p>I wonder how many of these dresses Dillards will sell. By September the young ones will forget about the royal wedding and will be chasing some other trend.</p>

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<p>BB, I missed the back view and saw that after I posted. So, yeah, I guess “buttons” can be added. :)</p>

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<p>The news sites say that William and Kate have left for their honeymoon. Not much of a delay, after all. I think that the hypothesis that their trip was postponed for security reasons (probably the UK getting some advance warning about the Bin Laden raid from the US) is beginning to make more and more sense.</p>

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<p>^^agree. I always thought that was the case.</p>

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<p>lol, mafool (#328). Could they make that knock-off look any cheezier?</p>

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<p>msnbc.com is reporting that Fergie will appear on Oprah today to discuss her hurt feelings:</p>

<p>[msnbc.com</a> Video Player](<a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42986457#42986457]msnbc.com”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42986457#42986457)</p>

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<p>I saw Fergie being interviewed somewhere. She said something along the lines of she “octracized herself” by her poor decision to sell access to Andrew. I did feel sorry for her, but I also admire Willian for sticking to his guns and only having people there who he really wanted. I remember having people at my wedding who I didn’t want there to keep peace in the family. Grrrrr.</p>

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<p>Apparently William had to apply for leave as per the regular process for RAF Search and Rescue pilots. He couldn’t have three weeks off in a row for wedding and honeymoon so that is why they had the split between the two…</p>

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<p>Guess what? Princess Beatrice’s awful wedding hat is being auctioned off for charity on Ebay.</p>

<p>Guess what else? That is not the worst hat she owns. See these photos of her hat collection:</p>

<p>[Beatrice’s</a> Hat Collection : People.com](<a href=“http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20395222_20485982,00.html]Beatrice’s”>http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20395222_20485982,00.html)</p>

<p>My vote for the worst hat: the one with butterflies.</p>