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Catherine Walker Couture – Two Never-Before-Seen Outfits Added To Diana: Her Fashion Story at Kensington Palace

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From April 26th 2018, visitors to the existing Diana: Her Fashion Story exhibition at Kensington Palace will be able to view eight new outfits, including two by designer CATHERINE WALKER.

The CATHERINE WALKER fashion house designed a number of Princess Diana’s outfits, with the chief designer, Catherine Walker sharing a mutual trust with the People’s Princess over a 16-year period.

After her death in 2010, Catherine Walker’s husband, Said Cyrus, (who co-founded in the company) continued in the capacity of Head Designer and has recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of the brand.

Frost Magazine was recently invited to a private viewing at the Spencer family’s London residence, Spencer House, of some of the iconic dresses worn by Diana, that saw her through the pomp and formality of state occasions, along with a number of classic outfits, carrying the Catherine Walker label.

Exhibition images:  Shane Finn at VOUZ! Photography

“To have a piece of clothing made for you is one of the most intimate things you can do, both intellectually and physically. Intellectually, because what you choose to wear says everything about you, so to let someone design a piece of clothing for you is to allow them to tell your story to the world. Physically, because, as you stand semi-naked in front of the mirror, you are exposing yourself, literally. This is why a deep trust is so essential in the relationship between the designer and the client. You must trust that the designer sees you, listens to you and seeks to understand you…”

Kate Reardon

Editor, Tatler magazine

DIANA: HER FASHION STORY exhibition at KENSINGTON PALACE

One of the new outfits being shown at the Diana: Her Fashion Story exhibition at Kensington Palace is the light blue silk Catherine Walker day dress which was worn on an official tour of New Zealand in April 1983.

Also on display is the stunning Catherine Walker black and red evening gown worn to a Pavarotti concert at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of the Red Cross 125th Birthday Appeal in 1995.

Diana:  Her Fashion Story exhibition will be closed between 16th to 25th April 2018 and will re-open on 26th April 2018, running until 6th January 2019

Kensington Palace

From 26th April (peak)  Adults: £19.50, children: £9.70, concessions: £15.50, members admission: free.

Book online…

Corinne Tuddenham-Finn at VOUZ! Magazine and Frost Magazine

Exhibition imagery:  Shane Finn at VOUZ! Photography

 

 

Royal Wedding Attracts Over 1 Million Facebook Updates.

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The Royal Wedding gathered world attention and a massive amount of Facebook updates. Read on for who was popular….

The Big Numbers

· Over a million people in the UK used Facebook statuses to discuss the Royal Wedding in the past 24 hours.

· During this morning alone some 684,399 status updates referencing the wedding were posted in just 4 hours in the UK – equating to an average of 47 mentions every second.

· Many people in the UK were so excited they couldn’t sleep, with just under 500 people updating about the pending nuptials per hour ahead of 8am

· Much has been said about the US obsession with today’s wedding – and this was reflected in our numbers – with greater numbers of American Facebook users posting updates than those from the UK – 1.953 million to the UK’s 1.004 million.

So who were people talking about?

· David Beckham’s arrival led to a surge in discussion – with 9,000 mentions of his name in just 20 minutes!

· Just under double the number of people were talking about David Beckham than Victoria Beckham

· The Queen and Prince Philip didn’t even feature in the top list of discussed people – and Prince Andrew was nowhere to be seen.

· Instead, we saw Harry’s position at number three and fledgling Royal celebrity Pippa Middleton at number 8

· Kate’s rebrand into ‘Princess Catherine’ has begun in earnest, with nearly 2,000 people mentioning her new name for the first time after the ceremony

· Prince Beatrice’s hat became the subject of a Facebook fan page – ‘Princess Beatrice’s Ridiculous Royal Wedding Hat’ (4000 fans) http://on.fb.me/lGyn7z

US versus UK

· Despite not featuring in the top ten list in the UK, in the US the Queen was the 14th most discussed topic – with a position in the list similar to that of Victoria Beckham in the UK.

Here’s the list for the UK:

1

Kate Middleton

131,385 mentions

2

Prince William

104,747 mentions

3

Prince Harry

64,107 mentions

4

David Beckham

22,421 mentions

5

Victoria Beckham

12,346 mentions

6

Elton John

12,283 mentions

7

Princess Diana

11,103 mentions

8

Pippa Middleton

8,619 mentions

9

Prince Charles

6,791 mentions

10

Princess Beatrice

4,439 mentions

11

Princess Catherine

1,928 mentions

12

Princess Eugenie

1,385 mentions

13

Guy Ritchie

290 mentions

And what got people chatting?

The dress…

· Speculation grew throughout the morning as to the designer of Kate’s dress; with references to Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen, and Diana’s dress designer, David Emanuel.

o 13,120 mentions of Sarah Burton

o 7,863 mentions of Alexander McQueen

o 4,264 mentions of Emanuel

The hat…

· Samantha Cameron’s lack of a hat attracted a lot of attention – as she arrived at Westminster Abbey there was some 600 mentions of her total lack of hat…

…and the nose…!

· Tara Palmer-Tompkinson’s nose attracted a lot of discussion – with 2046 mentions in just 20 minutes!

Elton

· National treasure Elton John featured prominently in pictures from the Abbey – leading to over 12,000 mentions of him within status updates.

Where were people talking about the wedding?

· Thousands of people crowded the streets of London in order to see the event – and lots of them got closer to it by checking in to the key locations along the route using Facebook Places.

· Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey were most popular – with XXX and XXX people checking in.

New ways to interact with a Royal Wedding….

· ITN’s live stream was available on its Facebook Page with live comments: www.facebook.com/itn – It saw 3.5million streams + peaked at 110,000 viewers online.

· ITN used Facebook Questions to ask “who is the best dressed” and “where should they go on their honeymoon?” https://www.facebook.com/eonline#!/ITN?sk=questions

· CNN live streamed the event on its website with live comments: http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2011/royal.wedding/live/

· ABC live streamed the wedding on its Page: https://www.facebook.com/abcnews as well as creating royal wedding polls: https://www.facebook.com/abcnews?sk=app_20678178440

· ITN, CNN and ABC incorporated live Facebook statistics into their TV broadcasts.

Facebook Stories

· Facebook Stories, an app that enables people to share their thoughts and views, saw thousands of submissions from more than 30 countries, in more than 20 languages