Sussex fans are only a week away from the moment they've long been waiting for.
A new clip was released tonight from Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan's upcoming sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey. Aptly titled Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special, the interview promises to be a wide-ranging conversation that will cover the couple's highly publicized decision to step down as working members of the royal family and relocate to Meghan's home state of California. The intimate conversation will also cover their own growing family and where their relationships with the rest of the royal family currently stand.
For the chat, the Duchess of Sussex wore a sweeping black silk dress by Armani, which included contrasting white printed detailing and a matching high-waist belt. Meghan wore her hair in her signature style: a low, casually pinned-back chignon with wavy front tresses framing her face.
Meghan also opted for a natural beauty look, wearing a subtle smoky eye, coral-flushed cheeks, and a peachy nude lip for the appearance. Though she kept her accessories minimal, she did wear a Cartier diamond bracelet that reportedly belonged to her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana.
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The newly released clip also gave a rare glimpse at the duchess's newfound maternity style since announcing the news that she is expecting her second child with Harry. The pair first shared the news with the world on Valentine's Day, a sentimental ode to when Diana announced her own pregnancy with Harry more than three decades prior.
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Saying “I do” is easier with Monique’s Bridal. Planning the wedding can start one task at a time without breaking the wallet.
When it comes to the dress, clerks stress the need to not wait.
“It could take about two to six months for the dresses to come in so it’s really important for brides to come in early, try on dresses, and get fitted;” Isabella Carter informs, “because we don’t want that last minute hap of the dress coming in a week before the wedding, and having to do alterations and such like that, but it is fun working here and it’s kinda like playing with Barbies again.”
“Every bride deserves one moment to enjoy the engagement, but getting the dress early gives confidence when walking down the aisle.” Cora Dickey indicates.
Monique’s Bridal is a one stop shop for multiple occasions. The staff vows to make the dress you like work for you.
Kacie Murphy has been a customer since she was a kid. She loves getting to share the magic now with her kids for their events. After 20 years, Murphy has a list of reasons shopping here.
“You get measured perfectly, they know the sizes, they’ll call the reps to make sure they order the right things; and it’s just a one stop shop here,” Kacie Murphy shares, “You can get everything here: the tuxedos, you can get the dresses, you can get the shoes, they jewelry. Everything is here.”
Whatever’s not on the rack can get ordered from the book. If you don’t want to jump the broom yet, layaway options are also available.
After decades of searching, Margie Conway Lonetti never thought she’d see her wedding dress again.
But after reading a recent story in the Pioneer Press about two brides who were reunited with their wedding gowns thanks to detective work by a Woodbury dry cleaner, Lonetti decided to start sleuthing again.
Her high-necked, lace-and-satin gown with the empire waist, puffy sleeves and long white train was a show-stopper when she and her husband, James, married on Oct. 17, 1970, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Paul.
“It was the first dress I tried on,” Lonetti, 75, said of the dress, purchased at Dayton’s Oval Room in downtown St. Paul. “I just thought, ‘Oh, this is the most beautiful dress I have ever seen in my life.’ ”
After the wedding, the gown and cathedral train were cleaned, boxed up and stored at her parents’ house. When her cousin Anne Conway Johnson announced she was engaged nine years later, Lonetti’s mother brought the dress over for her to try on.
“She liked the train, but not the dress,” Lonetti said. “She was working part time at Dayton’s, and a clerk from there called her and said, ‘We have a dress that we can give you for $10,’ so her wedding dress was only $10.”
A photo of Margie Lonetti in her wedding dress on her wedding day is seen in a photo album in Oakdale on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. Margie’s dress had been missing for almost 50 years and was recently discovered in a box in a relative’s home. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Somehow, Lonetti’s dress and train went missing after the festivities. Relatives searched through the years, but couldn’t locate it, Lonetti said.
After reading about a wedding gown mix-up that the new owner of Woodbury Cleaners helped solve, Lonetti started wondering if the dry cleaner who cleaned her cousin’s dress could have made a mistake and given Lonetti’s wedding gown and train to someone else.
“I called my cousin and left her a message saying, ‘Do you think maybe you left it at the dry cleaners or there was a mix-up? Do you remember the name of the dry cleaners? I could call them,’ ” she said. “That was the hunch we were going on.”
Johnson was out of town, but listened to Lonetti’s message when she returned home the next day. She couldn’t remember the name of the dry cleaner, but she went to a “box in her cedar closet in her basement that was labeled ‘Mom’s dress,’ ” Lonetti said.
Inside the box was Johnson’s mother’s wedding dress and Johnson’s wedding dress. “And lo and behold, there was another dress still in there,” Lonetti said. “That’s when she realized, ‘This must be Margie’s dress.’ All those years, they looked in all those houses they lived in through the years, and they never never could find it. It’s just so incredible that after 50 years, my dress has reappeared.”
When Johnson called Lonetti with the news, “she said, ‘Margie, are you sitting down?’ ” Lonetti said. “She said, ‘Can you tell me what your wedding dress looked like?’ ”
Margie Lonetti looks at the lacework on her wedding dress at her Oakdale home on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. Margie’s dress had been missing for almost 50 years and was recently discovered in a box at a relative’s home. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
As soon as Lonetti started describing her gown, Johnson knew she had it. “These were the words that came out of her mouth: ‘Margie, I’m looking at your dress now.’ Oh, my gosh, I screamed. I just screamed. My poor husband! He thought someone had died.”
Now, the dress hangs on a hanger outside their bedroom closet at their house in Oakdale. “It’s the first thing I see in the morning, and it’s the last thing I see in the evening,” she said.
“It’s in great shape,” said Heather Allgood, team lead. “It has a few caramelized sugar stains on the train and bodice, which is in line with gowns we see from this era. It has strong tensile strength, so we would expect the stains to either lighten or perhaps go away completely.”
Lonetti was thrilled to hear the news, but she said she wasn’t ready to part with the dress just yet. She plans to bring it back in a few weeks. “I asked if they had a spare room or if I could bring a cot,” she said. “No luck. They don’t need a cleaning lady, either.”
The Lonettis have five children and “eight and ¾” grandchildren; their ninth grandchild is due in a few weeks.
Maybe one day, Lonetti said, one of their granddaughters might want to wear the restored dress or incorporate some of the lace in their own dress.
“I never really appreciated all the lace and the beautiful pattern until I got it back,” she said. “It was so fleeting, and we never really appreciated it at the time. As the years go by, you do even more so.
“I call it the ‘Lazarus wedding dress’ because it has risen from the dead,” she said. “It is just truly a miracle. It’s restored my faith in what is possible for others — and for me.”
creative director and co-founder of his eponymous label phillip lim has collaborated with charlotte mccurdy, a scientist known for making carbon-neutral, algae plastic from completely organic materials in the oceans, to create an algae sequin dress that promotes scientific innovation and scaling of alternative materials. the project is part of one X one initiative which addresses fashion’s biggest issues — climate change, environmental degradation and social impact.
images courtesy of one X one
‘the key to this experiment is to take it out of a museum context and put it in real life,’says phillip lim.‘so we thought about: how do we push it into making sequins? sequins are synonymous with plastic waste.’
charlotte mccurdy has been researching bio-plastic from algae as part of her involvement in the new museum’s cultural incubator, NEW INC. algae is one of the most efficient organisms on earth at transforming solar energy to stored chemical potential energy — in other words, the best at sequestering carbon.
‘I come from thinking about formal sustainability strategy, but then I realized that the real gap and the real challenge we had was in creating visions of workable, livable futures, so that we could have a collective vision we could pull towards as a society,’said mcdurdy.‘that’s really creative work.’
aware of the negative effects of conventional textiles, lim and mccurdy began a journey to use carbon-neutral materials re reimagine a new, conscious luxury.‘we were inspired by shades of green and how photosynthesis happens, how light reflects and refracts,’ concluded lim. ‘we imagined this whole ecosystem of marine life, from fishing nets, as the fabric which the sequins would go on, to pearls and crystals inspired by oysters, deconstructing and reconstructing this ecosystem.’
The fashion designer paired her flattering midi skirt with a printed silk shirt and bright green heels which were both, of course, from her own label.
"When you’ve actually gone out AND you’re wearing heels, it needs to be documented! Wearing the silk fruit print shirt and jade pumps from my pre collection x VB," Victoria captioned two Instagram photos as she modelled her outfit on a balcony overlooking the city's skyline.
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Although her skirt no longer appears to be available, both her monochrome shirt with a frill colour and fruit print and her colour-pop shoes are both still in stock. They cost £690 and £450 respectively.
Fans reacted to her glamorous outfit, with many showering Victoria with compliments. "You look better than the models you use, just stunning," wrote one, while another remarked: "Love love love this skirt."
VB modelled her sheer skirt and silk shirt on a Miami balcony
However, some were unsure about the skirt and shirt combination. "Not a fan of the see through skirt and the blouse tucked in but I'm no fashionista. Love those heels though," commented one follower, and a second added: "I agree with you...I think the tucked in blouse ruins the beauty of the see through skirt...but I'm no fashionista either."
Her latest look was a marked change from the casual denim shorts she modelled earlier in February.
Making the most of the sunny weather in Miami, where she has been staying with her husband David and their children since the Christmas holidays, VB rocked her cute shorts with a casual T-shirt.
The Love Me T-shirt from Victoria's own range features two small hearts positioned on the chest and fans cheekily asked if they could get some adjustments. One wrote: "Do they come with lower positioned hearts... *asking for a friend," and another penned: "Interesting logo placement."
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Tensions between the U.S. and China have proved lucrative for some Japanese companies. Nikkei Asia today reported that prices for used chip-making equipment, which aren’t subject to U.S. restrictions imposed in 2020, have risen 20% on average as a result of increased demand from Chinese semiconductor manufacturers.
The U.S. imposed new sanctions on SMIC, the largest semiconductor manufacturer in China, in September 2020 to prevent it from purchasing new chip-making equipment. It also added the company to the Entity List in December 2020 to make it even harder for other businesses to supply it with American-developed technology.
Used chip-making equipment sellers in Japan aren’t subject to those same restrictions. Nikkei Asia said those sellers have struggled to keep their products in stock, which has led to significant price increases over the last year. The value of critical equipment such as lithography systems reportedly tripled in that timeframe.
Nikkei Asia said that “nearly 90% of used machines appear to be headed to China,” per a source at Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance, and that another anonymous source at an unidentified used equipment dealer claimed, “machines that were basically worthless several years ago are now selling for 100 million yen [$940,000].”
Some of that equipment is being used on production lines, but Nikkei Asia said that some of it‘s merely being hoarded just in case it could prove useful in the future. It doesn’t make a difference to the companies selling that equipment; they’re making significant profits and selling through stock they otherwise would’ve sat on.
That isn’t just true of Japanese companies. Bloomberg reported earlier this month that “Chinese businesses bought almost $32 billion of equipment used to produce computer chips from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and elsewhere” in 2020. That was “a 20% jump from 2019,” according to the report, and that growth could continue.
The end goal for China is self-sufficiency. Companies in the country have made progress on their own chip-making equipment so they won’t have to rely on American technologies, for example, and SMIC has sought other ways to reduce the U.S. blacklisting’s effect on its ability to advance the Chinese semiconductor industry.
China’s also worked to develop its own CPUs, GPUs, memory, and other components so it won’t have to rely on Western products. But until it can replace American chip-making equipment entirely, assuming the U.S. won’t budge on its restrictions, the country’s going to have to continue to stockpile these once-outdated machines.
For a promotional event of her recently released film, The Girl On The Train, Parineeti Chopra showed how to slay in an all-black attire and add extra oomph to it.
By Nishtha Grover, Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 28, 2021 11:19 AM IST
An all-black outfit can never go out of style and Parineeti Chopra's latest pictures are a testimony to our statement. The actor is currently busy with the promotions of her recently released film The Girl On The Train and in the process, she is giving us some looks that are inspiring us to upgrade our wardrobes as well.
For the latest event, Parineeti opted to wear a black crop top. The actor flaunted her toned midriff as she wore a turtle neck crop sweater over it which was adorned with ribbed details. She teamed the drop-shoulder sweater with a calf-length black skirt. The pleated skirt had a high elasticated waist and we love it. Maintaining the all-black look, Parineeti stepped into a pair of black heels to go with the outfit and accessorised the ensemble with just a pair of stud earrings.
The 32-year-old glammed up the attire with a dewy makeup look which featured shimmery eyes teamed with mascara-laden lashes, bronzed cheeks with a subtle hint of blush, a nude glossy lip and lots of highlighter. Parineeti added the badass vibe to the ensemble by tying her hair in a messy high ponytail. Her stylist Mohit Rai shared the aforementioned images on Instagram with the caption, "Black magic (sic)."
Coming back to the outfit, the crop sweater that Parineeti wore is from the shelves of the fast-fashion brand Zara and is worth ₹2,790. Her pleated skirt, on the other hand, is by H&M and will cost you ₹2,699. Therefore, if you would like to add this ensemble to your collection, you will have to spend ₹5,489.
Parineeti Chopras sweater is worth ₹2,790(zara.com)Parineeti Chopras skirt is worth ₹2,699(hm.com)
Check out some of the other looks that Parineeti Chopra has been rocking during the promotions:
On the work front, Parineeti is promoting her recently released Netflix film that also starred Aditi Rao Hydari and Kirti Kulhari.
There is a lot of chat about the future of work: Will we do it at home, or will we revert to commuting to the old traditional workplace?
But there is an additional, different question: What will we wear?
Go to the mirror and look at yourself. Except for the odd Zoom meeting you might have tried to dress for, you are a different person.
The fact is that even a traditionalist like me, who has worn a jacket and tie since his first days of school, is, well, letting down.
Worse, after a year of sweats and other baggy, comfortable clothing, I feel constricted and ill at ease when I put on a suit – which is mainly when I record television programs on Zoom or some other video hook-up.
I suspect that you are like me for these Zoom, or the like, formals; you wear a jacket and jeans or exercise pants, hiding your lower half under a table. Notice how cramped you feel above the waist.
Women, do you remember, putting on full makeup — known in the cosmetic trade as “war paint” – now that you’ve grown accustomed to the au naturel look? Maybe for morale, you wear just a slash of lipstick now and again. Those nice suits in the closet, or flattering dresses, do you remember how confining they were? How hard it was managing that dangling bling?
On that Hallelujah Day when the pandemic is over, will men and women be prepared to get out of those oh-so-comfortable sneakers for Oxfords and pumps?
Was it worth it, yesterday’s clothing? After COVID-19, the way we were isn’t going to be the way it will be. Anyone for going back clothes wise? Or have we been emancipated from wardrobe tyranny and shoe slavery?
There have been various attempts in recent years to dress us down, like Casual Friday. I remember giving a speech at the prestige law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom when they were trying to dress casually all week. The women partners looked miserable; they had made partner, bought Chanel suits, but now they were expected to wear their law school rags. And, oh, the misery of the middle-aged men partners, who had looked to bespoke suits to cover up the expansion of their waists, which had accompanied the collection of fat fees with the advance of age.
The only assault on male fashion before the change agent that is COVID-19 was the abandonment, for reasons unknown, of the poor necktie. What did it do wrong? Let me tell you, no one looks better without them. The naked male throat in a shirt designed for a tie isn’t lovely. Compensation is at hand in a revived interest in the pocket handkerchief or pocket square (which was once used for drying the tears of distressed damsels but is now used for cleaning one’s eyeglasses in the time of #MeToo).
Formality in dress has been under attack for a long time. The tech titans, like Steve Jobs, and rock musicians were the shock troops. No longer do smart restaurants enforce coats and ties for men and look askance at women in pants. Wearing sweats, shorts, sneakers? “Your table is ready, sir or madam.” Ugh!
Going forward, we may be so casualized in dress that we go to church in pajamas and work in anything that covers the body and is comfortable. The god of comfort has conquered the heavens.
I hope that for the sake of everyone, the fashion mavens, goaded on by the magazines like Vogue and GQ, devise a new era of clothes as comfortable as sweats and as flattering as, well, what we used to wear.
Meanwhile, if you know anyone who would like to buy some suits (portly), sports coats (Scottish tweed), and shoes (leather lace-up), have them call me. I’m going to get with the new fashion, where comfort is the only criterion.
Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. His email is llewellynking1@gmail.com. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WTVF) — For most teenage girls, buying a prom or formal dress is a right of passage- but for some families, it's a hefty expense. However, because of this year's "Love the Dress" event in Franklin 260 young girls went home with a dress of their choice this weekend.
More than 3,000 dresses were donated by community members, local stores, schools, and designers.
Girls could bring a formal dress to swap at the event, or purchase one for up to $20. Those struggling financially were given vouchers for a dress.
All proceeds go towards event costs and WayFM’s community fund.
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - With some schools in the Tri-Cities moving forward with prom this year, the search to find the perfect dress is now on.
“I’m very excited. I’m going to be going with my boyfriend,” said Northwest High School Junior Hailey Wilson.
She’s looking for a ballgown fit for a princess.
“I’ve always been fascinated by those big Cinderella dresses like you see in the movies,” Wilson said.
Wilson came to the YWCA in Hastings to find it.
“When my aunt sent me a photo of the poster, “I’m like that’s really cool, go check it out.”
Every year they sell gently used prom dresses for only $30 as part of their Gowns for Good fundraiser.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity for girls not only who might not be able to afford a brand new dress but just to be able to save money for your family in general,” said YWCA Hastings Director Laura Stutte.
Girls from high schools in the Tri-Cities, Minden, Blue Hill, North Platte and several others stopped by to shop with their families.
“There were about 20 girls standing outside when I opened the door,” Stutte said. “We had people coming from all over the state, so we’re very excited about that.”
The YWCA has been doing this good for almost a decade, and they said their supply is bigger than ever before.
“We sold about 180 of them last year but we get at-least that many, if not more donated on an annual basis,” Stutte said.
They had more than 800 dresses to choose from in a variety of colors, styles and sizes.
“I dreamed of it as a little girl getting to wear these big beautiful dresses that you get to wear one night a year,” Wilson said.
Wilson’s happy she gets to live out her fairy-tale, especially since seniors didn’t get to have a prom last year due to COVID-19.
“Senior year prom is like the biggest ever,” Wilson said. “I feel like it’s kind of unfair for them not to get to have that because that’s one of the biggest moments of your life.”
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This ruched body-con tank dress from Leith is available in three different colours and is majorly marked down right now. (Image via Nordstrom)
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Working from home doesn't always have to be business on the top, sweatpants on the bottom. With warmer weather just around the corner, get ready to throw a couple of dresses into the rotation.
We're not talking about extremely fancy dresses with the zipper at the back that you can never reach with ease to zip up. Think comfortable dresses that are convenient to put on because we don't need to decide which bottoms to match with a top.
If you're looking for a comfortable but professional-looking dress to wear during work hours, you can't go wrong with this cute tank dress. If you want to wear it while there's still snow on the ground, you can easily style it with a cardigan.
With so many sale picks, it can be a bit overwhelming to search through page after page full of items. Luckily, we’re constantly on the lookout for the best discounts and have spent some time combing through the latest additions to the Nordstrom sale section, so you don’t have to.
Leith Ruched Body-Con Tank Dress - Nordstrom, $39 (originally $56)
This week's top-rated editor pick is a tank dress with gentle ruching at one side that's currently marked down by 30 per cent.
This is the perfect dress to wear during work hours or during your virtual date nights, and it comes in three different colours, including Black, Grey Medium Charcoal Heather and Brown Henna. Dress it up by adding layered necklaces or throw on your favourite cardigan or a cute jean jacket to make an extra cozy outfit.
Promising reviews
This ruched dress has earned a 4.5-star rating from Nordstrom shoppers with over 3,600 reviews, and many calling it "the perfect dress."
"I have this dress in six colours, THAT is how wonderful of a dress it is. True to size, as a 4/6, with 32-27-37 measurements I always fit into the small with so much comfort! I can breathe, sit, move, eat, nothing feels too tight or baggy. The bottom is cut as seen in the picture, super flattering, with an appropriate length for work or a night out,: one happy customer wrote in their review. "The colours are vibrant but not obnoxious, to include this gorgeous bright pink! The material is soft and breathable, allowing you to wear it in comfort during a hot summer day, or in December with a cardigan/sweater. No worries about it being see-through either. Although! I would wear no-show panties to avoid any visible panty lines in the back of the dress."
"The perfect dress. Fabulous fit for any body shape. The dress fits so well and it looks amazing on a curvy figure. I really appreciate this option and the quality of the dress is so great that I will order another dress in the future, in different colour, if available. Please get more in stock. Thank you so much for making me feel beautiful," wrote one Nordstrom shopper.
Leith Ruched Body-Con Tank Dress - Nordstrom, $39 (originally $56)
Another customer said they love the dress so much that they got it in four colours. "I got the white one for my engagement pictures and the mauve one for Christmas card photos. Love this dress! I’m 120lb 5’3” and got a small," they added in their review.
"Buy it, you won't regret it! Its a super cute dress. Its thicker material than the ones you get on Amazon. I think its a beautiful dress, but I also think it runs a little bit smaller to the size. Maybe it was just me so you would have to make your own judgment. I am 5'3, 38D, 160 lb and I feel my chest area was tight. I needed to order 1 size up because it was also short on me. Overall super cute dresses and a must buy," another shopper wrote.
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"I got the black colour. I sized up to a large, I’m usually a medium. But the dress is perfect for a night out or casual during the summers. It is true to size but the large, I just felt comfortable in. I think this dress is more of your choosing what size you’d like to wear," raved another Nordstrom shopper.
"This dress is a great fitting dress! But the orange colour is more of a rust colour, rather than the bright orange that appears in the picture. I am 5'4" and usually wear a size 4/6, and the medium was the right size, versus a small. It's a super comfy dress and fit wells, even for a curvy, pear-shaped figure like mine. I will be keeping the dress in the gray color, but the orange is going back. The dress is perfect on it's own or under a jacket/cardigan," another shopper wrote.
Looking for more Nordstrom sale section finds? Check out our favourite finds of the week below.
Socialite V-Neck Top - Nordstrom, $34 (originally $39)
Socialite's cute v-neck top is perfect for creating a casual look, and it comes in grey, burgundy and tan. It's the perfect sweater to wear during your Netflix binges and the V-neck cut makes it more breathable than a turtleneck.
These high-waisted skinny jeans from Topshop are the perfect closet staple. Dress them up with a cute bodysuit and a pair of heels or throw on a hoodie for a more comfortable look.
If you want to keep your hands warm during a winter walk but you also want to be able to send a text message, these are the gloves for you. These sleek leather gloves are lined with cashmere and feature touchscreen-compatible fingertips to help keep you connected to the social media world even in the cold weather.
Spend the rest of the winter in this super cute fleece jacket from Nike. It comes in three different colours including Team Orange/White, Dk Smoke Grey/Black/White and Astronomy Blue/White.
This is the perfect coffee table book for the Naomi Campbell fan in your life. It's updated and published in cooperation with Naomi and it offers an intimate encounter with one of the greatest fashion models of all time.
