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RexiRexiMember 10 years
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:

There's a band marching around through and around our village making all kinds of noise.

 

Not your average band either;  more like a cobbled together bunch of nutters with kazoo's, and all sorts.  Remarkably, they're in tune!  They remind me of the 'Vindaloo' video

 

Video it - stick it on youtube and we can all join in

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Originally Posted by Rexi:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:

There's a band marching around through and around our village making all kinds of noise.

 

Not your average band either;  more like a cobbled together bunch of nutters with kazoo's, and all sorts.  Remarkably, they're in tune!  They remind me of the 'Vindaloo' video

 

Video it - stick it on youtube and we can all join in

 

I saw them earlier this morning when I gave my daughter a lift.

I've HEARD them a LOT since returning home.

If they 'do' our lane then I'll grab my camera....

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Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:

There's a band marching around through and around our village making all kinds of noise.

 

Not your average band either;  more like a cobbled together bunch of nutters with kazoo's, and all sorts.  Remarkably, they're in tune!  They remind me of the 'Vindaloo' video

 

LOL Cosi

We've got lots of litillies all dressed up as Princes and Princesses etc. and the village brass band were out practicing yesterday, so guess they'll be out before long...looking v much like rain 'though ....really hope it holds off for the street party

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Starfleet Admiral hoochieStarfleet Admiral hoochieMember 10 years
Originally Posted by Gypsie~:

I really do think this sort of thing is what makes Britain special. without it we would be so bland. I think they will be great for the royal family. (apologies if this has all been said, my internet has been so slow i cant really read the thread).

 I agree Gypsie - a real shot in the arm for GB as well

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CosmopolitanCosmopolitanMember 10 years
Originally Posted by Supercalifragilistic:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:

There's a band marching around through and around our village making all kinds of noise.

 

Not your average band either;  more like a cobbled together bunch of nutters with kazoo's, and all sorts.  Remarkably, they're in tune!  They remind me of the 'Vindaloo' video

 

LOL Cosi

We've got lots of litillies all dressed up as Princes and Princesses etc. and the village brass band were out practicing yesterday, so guess they'll be out before long...looking v much like rain 'though ....really hope it holds off for the street party

Awww.  I think it's been lovely for the little ones who don't remember any previous royal weddings.

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Originally Posted by pirate1111:
Originally Posted by MrMincePie:

Feel sorry for the guy that fell off his horse, it then took off.... got a right bollocking apparently

i saw the horse legging it-i thought it was the one i bet on in the grand national coming in at last

Yeah, I thought I caught a sight of that too. 

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Originally Posted by Jenny:
Originally Posted by ~hoochie~:

 

 oh dear!!  I thought designers were fussy about who they let wear their clothes - poor girls will look back on this with a grimace

You are all going to kill me for this, but they do look like the two ugly stepsisters. That must be down to their outfits, cos they're not ugly really.

They look like Patsy and Eddie out of Ab fab

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Originally Posted by zazz:
Originally Posted by Jenny:
Originally Posted by ~hoochie~:

 

 oh dear!!  I thought designers were fussy about who they let wear their clothes - poor girls will look back on this with a grimace

You are all going to kill me for this, but they do look like the two ugly stepsisters. That must be down to their outfits, cos they're not ugly really.

They look like Patsy and Eddie out of Ab fab

 

How very dare you..!

 

Eddie, I grant you...

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Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Originally Posted by zazz:
Originally Posted by Jenny:
Originally Posted by ~hoochie~:

 

 oh dear!!  I thought designers were fussy about who they let wear their clothes - poor girls will look back on this with a grimace

You are all going to kill me for this, but they do look like the two ugly stepsisters. That must be down to their outfits, cos they're not ugly really.

They look like Patsy and Eddie out of Ab fab

 

How very dare you..!

 

Eddie, I grant you...

Sorry Cos!

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Starfleet Admiral hoochieStarfleet Admiral hoochieMember 10 years
Originally Posted by zazz:
Originally Posted by Scotty:
Originally Posted by ~hoochie~:

 just heard a comment saying the dress was inspired by Grace kelly's wedding dress..... I can see it

 

Ah, yes.

 

Stunning.... beautiful. 

 

 

 

100% you can see the similarities! Lush!

Kate has an elegance about her - the potential to be a Grace Kelly of her time

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Originally Posted by ~hoochie~:
Originally Posted by zazz:
Originally Posted by Scotty:
Originally Posted by ~hoochie~:

 just heard a comment saying the dress was inspired by Grace kelly's wedding dress..... I can see it

 

Ah, yes.

 

Stunning.... beautiful. 

 

 

 

100% you can see the similarities! Lush!

Kate has an elegance about her - the potential to be a Grace Kelly of her time

Absolutely Hoochie. Elegance and charisma.

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Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:

Looks like they've got the logistics of moving everyone along just right.

That takes some doing.

It's very well co-ordinated. A lot of forward planning.

They stop, regroup, and then they start again.  I'm quite mesmerised by it

It's brilliant to watch.

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Originally Posted by Pengy:
Originally Posted by zazz:
Originally Posted by noseyrosie:
Originally Posted by zazz:

I wish they would hurry up and snog so I can eat my cucumber sandwiches!

Are the crusts cut off? 

ARE THE CRUSTS CUT OFF?! OF COURSE! TUT!

still no Earl Grey though???? A bit of lapsang souchong mebbe??? 

Bunty is a bit common, we have PG

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while we are waiting  The Dresses  if anyone is interested 

 

The Wedding Dress

Miss Catherine Middleton’s Wedding Dress has been designed by Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen. 

Miss Middleton chose British brand Alexander McQueen for the beauty of its craftsmanship and its respect for traditional workmanship and the technical construction of clothing.  Miss Middleton wished for her dress to combine tradition and modernity with the artistic vision that characterises Alexander McQueen’s work.  Miss Middleton worked closely with Sarah Burton in formulating the design of her dress.

The dress epitomises timeless British craftsmanship by drawing together talented and skilled workmanship from across the United Kingdom.  The dress design pays tribute to the Arts and Crafts tradition, which advocated truth to materials and traditional craftsmanship using simple forms and often Romantic styles of decoration.  Ms Burton’s design draws on this heritage, additionally giving the cut and the intricate embellishment a distinctive, contemporary and feminine character.

The design

The lace appliquÃĐ for the bodice and skirt was hand-made by the Royal School of Needlework, based at Hampton Court Palace.  The lace design was hand-engineered (appliquÃĐd) using the Carrickmacross lace-making technique, which originated in Ireland in the 1820s.  Individual flowers have been hand-cut from lace and hand-engineered onto ivory silk tulle to create a unique and organic design, which incorporates the rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock. 

Hand-cut English lace and French Chantilly lace has been used throughout the bodice and skirt, and has been used for the underskirt trim.  With laces coming from different sources, much care was taken to ensure that each flower was the same colour.  The whole process was overseen and put together by hand by Ms Burton and her team.

The dress is made with ivory and white satin gazar.  The skirt echoes an opening flower, with white satin gazar arches and pleats.  The train measures two metres 70 centimetres.  The ivory satin bodice, which is narrowed at the waist and padded at the hips, draws on the Victorian tradition of corsetry and is a hallmark of Alexander McQueen’s designs.  The back is finished with 58 gazar and organza covered buttons fastened by Rouleau loops.  The underskirt is made of silk tulle trimmed with Cluny lace. 

The Fabrics

French Chantilly lace was combined with English Cluny lace to be hand-worked in the Irish Carrickmacross needlework tradition.

All other fabrics used in the creation of the dress were sourced from and supplied by British companies.  The choice of fabrics followed extensive research by Sarah Burton and her team.

The Royal School of Needlework

The Royal School of Needlework (RSN), based at Hampton Court Palace, assisted the Alexander McQueen team in accurately cutting out the delicate motifs from the lace fabrics and positioning the lace motifs with precision into the new design.  The lace motifs were pinned, ‘framed up’ and applied with stab stitching every two to three millimetres around each lace motif.  The workers washed their hands every thirty minutes to keep the lace and threads pristine, and the needles were renewed every three hours, to keep them sharp and clean.

The RSN workers included existing staff, former staff, tutors, graduates and students, with the youngest aged 19.

The RSN’s work was used primarily for the train and skirt of the Bride’s dress, the bodice and sleeves, the Bride’s shoes and the Bride’s veil.

Veil and Jewellery

The veil is made of layers of soft, ivory silk tulle with a trim of hand-embroidered flowers, which was embroidered by the Royal School of Needlework.  The veil is held in place by a Cartier ‘halo’ tiara, lent to Miss Middleton by The Queen.  The ‘halo’ tiara was made by Cartier in 1936 and was purchased by The Duke of York (later King George VI) for his Duchess (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother) three weeks before he succeeded his brother as King.  The tiara was presented to Princess Elizabeth (now The Queen) by her mother on the occasion of her 18th birthday. 

The Bride’s earrings, by Robinson Pelham, are diamond-set stylised oak leaves with a pear shaped diamond set drop and a pavÃĐ set diamond acorn suspended in the centre.  Inspiration for the design comes from the Middleton family's new coat of arms, which includes acorns and oak leaves.  The earrings were made to echo the tiara.  The earrings were a personal gift to the Bride from her parents for her Wedding Day.

Robinson Pelham have also designed and made a pair of diamond earrings for Miss Philippa Middleton.  These earrings are more floral in nature to compliment the headpiece worn by Miss Philippa Middleton during the Service.

A tourmaline and diamond pendant and matching earrings have been designed and made for Mrs. Carole Middleton.  Two gold stick pins, one with a single gold acorn at the head and the other with an oak leaf, are also worn respectively by the Father of the Bride, Mr. Michael Middleton, and the Bride's brother, Mr. James Middleton.

Wedding Shoes

The wedding shoes have made hand-made by the team at Alexander McQueen and are made of ivory duchesse satin with lace hand-embroidered by the Royal School of Needlework.

The Bride’s Bouquet

The bouquet is a shield-shaped wired bouquet of myrtle, lily-of-the-valley, sweet William and hyacinth.  The bouquet was designed by Shane Connolly and draws on the traditions of flowers of significance for the Royal Family, the Middleton family and on the Language of Flowers.

The flowers’ meanings in the bouquet are:

Lily-of-the-valley – Return of happiness

Sweet William – Gallantry

Hyacinth – Constancy of love

Ivy: Fidelity; marriage; wedded love; friendship; affection

Myrtle: the emblem of marriage; love.

The bouquet contains stems from a myrtle planted at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, by Queen Victoria in 1845, and a sprig from a plant grown from the myrtle used in The Queen’s wedding bouquet of 1947. 

The tradition of carrying myrtle begun after Queen Victoria was given a nosegay containing myrtle by Prince Albert’s grandmother during a visit to Gotha in Germany.  In the same year, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert bought Osborne House as a family retreat, and a sprig from the posy was planted against the terrace walls, where it continues to thrive today. 

The myrtle was first carried by Queen Victoria eldest daughter, Princess Victoria, when she married in 1858, and was used to signify the traditional innocence of a bride.

Miss Philippa Middleton’s Dress

Miss Philippa Middleton’s dress was designed and created by Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen.  It is of a heavy, ivory satin-based crepe, with a cowl front and with the same button detail and lace trims as the Bride’s dress.  

The Young Bridesmaids’ Dresses

The young Bridesmaids’ dresses were designed by childrenswear designer Nicki Macfarlane to echo the Bride’s dress.  The four dresses were hand-made by Ms Macfarlane and her daughter Charlotte Macfarlane at their homes in Wiltshire and Kent.

The Bridesmaids’ dresses have been created using the same fabrics as the Bride’s dress.  The ballerina-length, full, box pleated skirt gives the dresses a sculptural quality, with the layering of ivory over white satin gazar adding depth of colour.  They have all been hand-finished with delicate English Cluny lace, which is visible under the skirts, and four layers of net underskirt.  The puff sleeves and neckline are trimmed with the same English lace as the Bride’s underskirt.  The backs have been finished with the same button detail. 

The sashes are made of pale gold, wild silk, which is tucked at the front and tied at the back in a sumptuous bow.

As a special memento, the Bridesmaid’s name and the date of the wedding have been hand-embroidered onto the lining of each dress.

Capes (These may or may not be worn dependent on the weather)

The waist-length capes, also created by Nicki Macfarlane, are made from ivory Yorkshire wool, edged in fine English lace and tied at the front in the same satin gazar as the dresses.

Shoes

The Bridesmaids’ shoes were designed and made by Devon-based Rainbow Club.  The classic Mary Jane style shoes are made from satin and finished with a Swarovski crystal buckle. Devon-based Rainbow Club have been designing, making and colouring handmade wedding shoes since the mid-1980s. 

Bridesmaids’ Flowers

The Bridesmaids’ flowers were designed and made by Shane Connolly.  The ivy and lily-of-the-valley hair wreaths worn by the younger Bridesmaids were influenced by the Bride’s mother’s own headdress at her wedding in 1981.  The bouquets held by the Bridesmaids replicate the flowers used in the Bride’s bouquet, and they incorporate lily-of-the-valley, sweet William and hyacinth.

Pages’ Uniforms

The Pages are wearing a uniform in the style of that worn by a Foot Guards officer at the time of the Regency (the 1820s).  The uniform draws its insignia from the Irish Guards, whose Colonel is Prince William. 

The tunic is Guards’ Red with gold piping, Irish shamrocks are on the collars and its buttons are arranged in fours, denoting the Irish – or Fourth – Regiment of Foot Guards.  The buttons feature the Harp of Ireland surmounted by the Crown Imperial.  The breeches are ivory and are worn with white stockings and black buckle shoes 

The Pages will wear a gold and crimson sash (with tassel) around their waists.  The sash is worn by officers in the Irish Guards when in the presence of a Member of the Royal Family.

The uniforms were designed in the Royal Household and were created by Kashket and Partners, who have also fitted Prince William’s uniform for his Wedding Day.   The collars and cuffs were created by the Royal School of Needlework.

 

 

someone asked about the earrings earlier 

 

The earrings were made to echo the tiara.  The earrings were a personal gift to the Bride from her parents for her Wedding Day.

 

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Originally Posted by Kaytee:
Originally Posted by KaffyBaffy:

Ham and cheese toastie done... decided against bothering with that dressing lark at this stage...

I had a healthy salad....followed by a cream doughnut

i'm off to my sister's later.. she's made chocolate cake   *drools*

Oooooooh cake

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Originally Posted by sproooot:
Originally Posted by Rexi:

Blimey - all those people

I know! you don't have to suffer from claustrophobia!

I would certainly be worried about wanting a wee there

 

I think I am obsessed with my bladder

 

Mrs H ... will read later - can't read all that whilst posting, eating lunch and watching TV

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