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Kate's dress and hat were more appropriate for the occasion.  She (or her team?) has impeccable taste.[/quote]

Kate looks perfect, as usual.  I don't care for MM's hat.  It looks like like a sun hat for the beach.  But hats are hard to pull off or most, especially Americans that aren't used to buying and wearing them formally.  Her dress is fine, but did she not keep the cape on? Someone mentioned bare arms..[/quote]
The cape is part of the dress — she didn’t take it off. The “bare arms” squeals came from the forearms peeking from under the cape. More ridiculous headlines used against MM and no one else (similar to the OMG! They’re holding hands!! cry). [/quote]

I made the bare arms comment.  I didn’t see it criticized in the press.  I just prefer arms covered at funerals and other solemn events.  I don’t think she looks trashy, I was just making a comment about her fashion choice.  I’m also one of those people who thinks women should only wear closed-toe shoes to the office.  It’s just an opinion.[/quote]

Carole Middleton wore 3/4 length sleeves that showed about the same amount of bare arm and I haven't seen anyone comment negatively on that. I agree that people should be fairly covered up at a funeral (no low necklines or short skirts, it's just distracting) but I feel that MM's dress was very covered up. It's not like she was wearing a sleeveless shift -- it's just that her forearms peak out of the cape part of the dress. Which presumably is why she also wore gloves.

I am also tired of everyone comparing MM to Kate as though they are in the same position and Kate just magically dressed better for the occasion. They are not. Kate is married to the heir to the throne and is a working royal -- her attire was almost certainly decided and made for her well in advance of this funeral and her look composed to look a very specific way. For instance, I would bet that the Queen likely specified what jewelry she would like Kate to wear to the funeral, which then dictated the rest of her outfit which was designed to show them off. Not kidding. Kate is very ensconced in the system of the RF and this funeral was planned to proceed and look perfect and she was part of that.

Meghan is just Harry's wife, doesn't even live in London, is not a working royal. She had to have a dress ordered quickly for the funeral, as well as all the other clothes she needed for the week's events. It's unsurprising that she wound up in a hat that was a bit light and summery for the event (it was a black version of one she's worn before by the same London designer who always makes her hats). Also not surprising that her dress wasn't just spot on perfect for the event like Kate's was -- again, she just had a black version of a dress she'd previously worn from a British designer she was familiar with who presumably could get it to her quickly. The fact that it's a simple dress and they'd made it for her before likely made it easier.

Could Meghan have looked more perfect with a bit more time and effort. Sure. But that's not how funerals work. She is not sitting around preparing for the Queen's funeral, which is literally one of the things Kate has been doing (not in a morbid way, but succession is just a fact of the RF and the queen was very old). She also does not spend her days going to royal events like other people at the wedding, and therefore does not have clothes in rotation or a dressmaker on call who could put something together quickly.

Kate and Meghan are not equals, but people like to treat them that way when they want to make a negative comparison (of either of them! this works both ways because it's about misogyny and criticizing women) because it's easy. Stop comparing them! They are in different situations with different expectations and different resources. They both acquitted themselves very well over the last week. That should be enough.[/quote]

I just made a comment about Meghan’s arms.  I didn’t even mention Kate.  I’m not going to review each guest for their sleeve length to ensure I make the same comment about everyone.  Relax.[/quote]

Fine.  I’m glad Kate’s sleeves wore long both because it was appropriate to the occasion, and because it covered the multi-strand pearl bracelet that she wore and that I didn’t particularly care for.  Happy now?[/quote]

You are taking this personally for some reason. I just think it's weird that people are criticizing MM's dress for showing too much arm when other people showed the same amount and don't get the criticism. Same with Beatrice and Fergie wearing shorter skirts and no one says anything.

Everything MM does is picked apart to the minutest detail and it's mysterious to me because I thought she looked nice and understated and seemed to be going out of her way not to draw attention to herself, and still people are raking her over the coals. Her hat is too summery, her dress showed too much arm, her makeup is too heavy.

Honestly, she looked better than 90% of the other people there. I don't get the criticism at all. She looked fine. I don't love everything about it but overall I think she did a really good job. [/quote]

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