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Post by MyAdia on Jun 20, 2011 18:24:33 GMT -5
Charlene has definitely made a splash with her Vogue interview - the media is starting to label her as a clothes horse. Well, Charlene is starting to make some headlines in the British and American media - two venues that she and the palace desperately wanted their flagship of Monaco to make an impact. Only complete morons could have red Charlene's Vogue interview and thought that she makes a good impression on herself and Monaco. Like the Tatler interview she comes across is a complete shallow vapid nouveau-riche gold-digging fame-whore (I know I left out some good adjectives). I had to look up the definition of "clothes horse" to see if it was a derogatory statement as I thought it was. Here are some online definitions for clothes horse:- a person excessively or obsessively interested in clothes, often to a humorous extent
- a person whose chief interest and pleasure is dressing fashionably
- A person who is passionate about new clothes. A big shopper and consequently, a big spender
- a person, especially a woman, who is employed to wear expensive and fashionable clothes
- a person, especially a woman, who is employed to wear expensive and fashionable clothes (my personal favorite and sums up Charlene perfectly. I can stop at this one!)
Duchess Catherine Is Not a Clothes Horse; Princess-to-be Charlene Wittstock Is Becoming OneBy Katherine Boyle of the Washington Post06/20/2011
She’s allergic to horses, so the analogy seems fitting. Last week, Daily Mail reported that Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge refuses to “be seen as a clothes horse” and will not be taking a dresser with her on the royal couple’s upcoming tour to Canada and the U.S. She does have other stylish priorities though: her entourage will include her personal hairdresser, James Pryce.
British tabloids dubbed her the “Discount Duchess” for repeating dresses from her own wardrobe last week, wearing a blue jacquard coat to a church service in honor of Prince Philip’s 90th birthday, which she originally wore to a friend’s wedding in 2009. Later that day, she also wore a black and white Zara dress from 2007 to a friend’s wedding, earning her a thrifty nickname.
However, the Duchess, “put her foot down when it came to interior design,” reportedly having over$1200 worth of candles and room sprays delivered to Kensington Palace to get rid of the palace’s “fuddy-duddy smell.” She is also rumored to be redecorating her quarters in an effort to modernize the 17th century palace. Sources claim that her interior design aesthetic mirrors her modern, sleek fashion sense.
Unlike Duchess Catherine, who refused an interview with British Vogue before her big day, Princess-to-be Charlene Wittstock, 33, posed for Vogue and sat for an exclusive interview only two weeks before her own royal wedding. She will marry Prince Albert of Monaco on July 2, 2011.
Vogue reported that Wittstock is friends with notable designers such as Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel, who helped her develop her fashion tastes while living in Monaco. She has already announced that Giorgio Armani is designing her wedding gown, and hopes “to make Monaco one of the fashion capitals of the world,” said Wittstock. “It would be wonderful to team up with some of my international fashion friends, like Stella McCartney and Ralph Lauren, and get the place buzzing with energy again.” She intends to inaugurate a Monaco Fashion Week.
Prince Albert and Wittstock attended the royal nuptials of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on April 29th. However, it appears the British royal couple will forgo the wedding of Prince Albert and Wittstock, as the wedding conflicts with their first official tour
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Post by paca on Jun 20, 2011 18:43:42 GMT -5
I think underneath the blue coat Kate wore the dress of the day after the wedding, which was not expensive either. And she still looks better then CW. Kate simply stayed herself. I have lost count of the different CWs we have seen ...
I don't think this is the kind of media they intended to receive for their flagship though....
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Post by sandsla on Jun 21, 2011 5:59:27 GMT -5
Wow that should really piss off Armani, so it was Karl that helped her develop her fashion taste? They don't even mention that she was meant to be an ambassador for Armani all these years--she is such a user, but then when he started dressing her, we warned them! Roberta wanted to embrace her and promote her. I wonder how they feel about her now? Does anyone know if Roberta and Armani are going to be at the wedding? I'm not hearing much from them, considering he is doing her wedding dress--very strange? Vogue should know that Armani dressed her for years and they don't talk about it? I wonder what the relationship is between Caroline and Karl now--I find this really odd, and of course it's a complete fabrication. There is nothing and I mean nothing, that is a bit truthful in her interviews. Has anyone seen Charlene in Stella McCarthy or Ralph Lauren? When did they become such good friends and if they are why don't they dress her? This whole interview makes her sounds beyond arrogant and full of herself, and Albert should see that this kind of press with Charlene who hasn't had a dime of her own sounds pretty ridiculous in a time of austerity to promote such frivolous and shallow ideas. But the people promoting her and this wedding fiasco show just how out of touch they are, or just the idea of Charlene they should see as a problem. Albert has the stupidest people on earth working for him.
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Post by royalpauper on Jun 21, 2011 12:25:47 GMT -5
HA, ha, ha....WC is sooo lucky to have found such an idiot like Albert who doesn't read anything that his "handlers" didn't pre-screen for him. He probably has no clue what people outside the Palace and media beyond Monaco borders think of his future dumb wife. This Charlene is truly luckiest person on this planet! ha, ha, ha....
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Post by MyAdia on Jun 21, 2011 12:42:08 GMT -5
HA, ha, ha....WC is sooo lucky to have found such an idiot like Albert who doesn't read anything that his "handlers" didn't pre-screen for him. He probably has no clue what people outside the Palace and media beyond Monaco borders think of his future dumb wife. This Charlene is truly luckiest person on this planet! ha, ha, ha.... Bingo RP! I really do believe that not only Albert's handlers, but also Charlene only give to Albert the things that they want him to read. Albert truly lives in his own bubble and is completely surrounded by flunkeis. Actually, I don't believe all of what I wrote. Sorry, but Albert knows that many people in Monaco and elsewhere do not like Charlene. But, I think his handlers have been great in creating an environment where Albert truly believed the sycophantic media hype that marrying Charlene will bring glamour and attract people to Monaco. Albert is foolish and not only have a demeaning view of women, but also he doesn't not have a clue of what attract wealthy intelligent people. Albert actually believed that dressing up a dumb-as-rock bimbo with expensive clothes will attract wealthy people to his country! |
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Post by royalpauper on Jun 21, 2011 12:49:07 GMT -5
How difficult is to go on-line and google "Charlene Wittstock"  Is he really that ignorant and oblivious? I would have googled my butcher if I was interested to know if there was anything about him "out there" besides the quality of his meat.  |
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Post by MyAdia on Jun 21, 2011 12:52:36 GMT -5
Instead of reading articles like the above Washington Post over the last six years, Albert and his handlers based Charlene's appeal on articles like the one below from the French mag Marie Claire who feels that Charlene deserves a fashion award because she can spend money and wear bustier. Albert should have known that he was reading the wrong type of magazines when they use in the same breath the words: " Charlene," " bustier tops," and " elegant."
Charlene Wittstock and the elegance of the future princess of Monaco
by Margaux Le Bris
21 June 2011
The future princess of Monaco has a look all its own, between elegance and modernity. It adheres to the style chameleon Charlene Wittstock, it appears in gala dress ultra-feminine, bare-legged or in casual mode. Deciphering the looks of the pretty blonde two weeks before her wedding.
Charlene Wittstock adopts the bustier
The former backstroke swimmer deserves an award for her fashion taste in clothing! Charlene Wittstock , the bride of Albert II of Monaco, we are amazed by his style chameleon: sometimes in evening dress, sometimes giving him a slim black look glam rock , the South African 33 year old knows what that showcases her athletic body.
Since her engagement to Prince Albert , Charlene Wittstock relies on fashion houses: Armani has chosen especially to create her wedding dress that is discovered on a st July 2011. True to the brand and its Akris Artistic Director Albert Krimler, beautiful recites the social gatherings and charity most often strapless dress, which releases its head carriage and puts in its beauty swimmer's shoulders.
Follower of the nude color and pastel shades , which give a natural and elegant style, Charlene Wittstock also likes to reveal her hand through the funky asymmetrical dresses she particularly likes, and printed fifties. Sage princess dresses at nights of charity to which she attends with her future husband, she is loose in the concert of Iggy Pop and enjoying himself on the dance floor look rock and black ballerinas.
Charlene Wittstock, next mode is the day and night. And we, we love it!
The South African sparkles in satin strapless gray, at the amfAR gala 2010.
Simpler but also class, nice climbs on sandals with straps, attached to the belt of a whole camel bustier / skirt knee Akris beige in qualifying Grand Prix F1 of Monaco in May 2011.
The former backstroke swimmer is unanimously in May 2011 at the Amber Lounge Fashion Show in Monaco in combination Akris fluid and wide bottom, and rhinestone bustier top.
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Post by hibou on Jun 21, 2011 13:00:52 GMT -5
I like the part where she says who she's now GOOD FRIENDS WITH. I'm sure she and Stella McCartney are close buddies. I say good for Armani to keep his mouth shut. He is wise to realize this girl is an embarrassment. Karl on the other hand, has lost his edge if he's kissing her ring. JMO
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Post by MyAdia on Jun 21, 2011 13:01:24 GMT -5
The LA Times breifly mentions Charlene's Vogue interview (in the style section) - but in a manner whereas they compare her to Kate Middleton in a rather negative manner. But, I am sure Chalrene will be happy just to be mentioned and use this as proof that she is a style icon - now even in the U.S. Additionally, VisitMonaco will place the article on their Facebook page. 
Your Morning Fashion and Beauty Report: Lady Gaga wears Versace. Charlene Wittstock talks fashion. Heidi Klum shines.
by Susan Denley
June 20, 2011
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There's another royal wedding coming up this summer when Monaco's Prince Albert marries former Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock on July 1. Wittstock is more open about talking fashion than Kate Middleton was before her. For instance, we already know that her wedding gown was designed by Giorgio Armani. whereas Middleton's dress designer was top secret until the big day. She also admits to some qualms about dressing the part of a princess. “Finding my fashion feet has certainly been the biggest challenge,” she says. Luckily she's had help, from the likes of Karl Lagerfeld and Michael Kors and is considering starting a Monaco Fashion Week. [Vogue]
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Post by sandsla on Jun 21, 2011 14:58:36 GMT -5
The LA Times breifly mentions Charlene's Vogue interview (in the style section) - but in a manner whereas they compare her to Kate Middleton in a rather negative manner. But, I am sure Chalrene will be happy just to be mentioned and use this as proof that she is a style icon - now even in the U.S. Additionally, VisitMonaco will place the article on their Facebook page.
Your Morning Fashion and Beauty Report: Lady Gaga wears Versace. Charlene Wittstock talks fashion. Heidi Klum shines.
by Susan Denley
June 20, 2011
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There's another royal wedding coming up this summer when Monaco's Prince Albert marries former Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock on July 1. Wittstock is more open about talking fashion than Kate Middleton was before her. For instance, we already know that her wedding gown was designed by Giorgio Armani. whereas Middleton's dress designer was top secret until the big day. She also admits to some qualms about dressing the part of a princess. “Finding my fashion feet has certainly been the biggest challenge,” she says. Luckily she's had help, from the likes of Karl Lagerfeld and Michael Kors and is considering starting a Monaco Fashion Week. [Vogue]
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Again there is a glaring omission of Armani who is the designer of her wedding dress, and for whom she was an ambassador of for years, and who picked her butt up out of the trash trash closet of hers! This girl pisses of people and burns bridges of everyone she comes in contact with. I have not seen Charlene wear Chanel once, and all this time Karl was the Monaco women's primary designer of choice and resident designer of Monaco! Blatant fabrication, and they could not be more dismissive of her in this little blurb!! I love it! ;D People think LA is about a few trashy girls you could count on one hand? I have no idea why someone thinks Anna Nicole Smith has anything to do with Hollywood or LA? The movers and shakers of LA are people like Eli Broad, not superficial reality stars. I am making this point because Charlene couldn't get arrested here, there are too many people just like her that are not from here, but come here, because they believe they are destined to be a star! This girl is nothing to write home about here! That is a few tossed out sentences, like oh yeah some other royal is getting married if anyone cares |
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Post by cm7007 on Jun 21, 2011 18:04:43 GMT -5
The thing is that these idiots have not taken into account the number of people CW has offended. There are quite a lot of people - people with money and influence who simply dislike her - for a lot of reasons. These are people who know, and spend money on these designer. What they say, and have said, to these designers about CW holds a great deal of weight with them. For all these dopes know, and stupid Stahl is at the head of the stupid people, someone like myself is very close friends with Armani, I might even have a close relative working for him - and perhaps Karl is a close friend. You get the idea. Just because someone isn't "famous" doesn't mean they don't have a great deal of respect and influence. From where I sit - CW really is toast if she thinks she's going to make it far in the fashion world. She's a joke and no amount of money will change that - and PA just doesn't have any gravitas on the world stage that would make any kind of a difference to whether she is "accepted" or not. He's basically a joke as well. (He didn't have to be. In the beginning I, like most of us here, really had high hopes for him - but maybe it's a good example of The Peter Principal at work here ...?)
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Post by paca on Jun 21, 2011 19:03:55 GMT -5
Your are right, they both don't make a difference in the world, although one of them could have if he had lived up to his own words. I think that the problem here is no longer whether you like one or the other, but rather whom to despise most. An I am afraid it must be Albert. CW is only following a natural instinct and sth women have done and been forced to do for centuries on: she is using all her means to secure her livelihood. On the other hand we have Albert who has had everything at his fingertips and is giving everything away because he just can't be bothered to make an effort. He can't be bothered to pull his act together and be a decent head of state and he can't be bothered to get into a relationship with someone who is at least intellectually and educationally his equal. He prides himself of being a sportsman and the discipline it takes to succeed in sport. Well, we know how far he got in his sport.And we can see how he is doing in his job as head of state and how he does in relationships with equal women....in all of them he failed and with the latter I doubt that he ever tried. I am sorry, but this man does not have the discipline and dedication it takes to be a great sportsman, politician, husband or anything. And that is because Albert is a quitter. In a 100m race he quits after 50m because he sees that others are ahead and he would have to fight to get them again. He sees he can't win so he doesn't even try to come in second or third. He set out to make MC an example to the rest of the world, turning it's lack of size into an advantage. Instead he drives his country within less then a decade from a prospering country to the verge of bankruptcy. And why? Because he would have had to stand up to a few people and show them who is boss and get things done. But that would have taken hard and tedious work. And no bystanders clapping their hands and applaud. Albert had it all and threw it away out of cowardice and laziness paired with self deception and inexcusable naivety...And that's why he is worse then CW. She only played her cards right when given the chance, but he had all aces and gave them away. And what is worse is that he has the behaviour of a gambler with 12 kids at home, betting all the savings on one number. He does not think once about what the kids will be eating the next day and how to clothes them. All he cares for is this one kick. Albert does the same thing in marrying CW and he doesn't think once about the consequences...
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Post by cm7007 on Jun 21, 2011 22:37:07 GMT -5
Your are right, they both don't make a difference in the world, although one of them could have if he had lived up to his own words. I think that the problem here is no longer whether you like one or the other, but rather whom to despise most. An I am afraid it must be Albert. CW is only following a natural instinct and sth women have done and been forced to do for centuries on: she is using all her means to secure her livelihood. On the other hand we have Albert who has had everything at his fingertips and is giving everything away because he just can't be bothered to make an effort. He can't be bothered to pull his act together and be a decent head of state and he can't be bothered to get into a relationship with someone who is at least intellectually and educationally his equal. He prides himself of being a sportsman and the discipline it takes to succeed in sport. Well, we know how far he got in his sport.And we can see how he is doing in his job as head of state and how he does in relationships with equal women....in all of them he failed and with the latter I doubt that he ever tried. I am sorry, but this man does not have the discipline and dedication it takes to be a great sportsman, politician, husband or anything. And that is because Albert is a quitter. In a 100m race he quits after 50m because he sees that others are ahead and he would have to fight to get them again. He sees he can't win so he doesn't even try to come in second or third. He set out to make MC an example to the rest of the world, turning it's lack of size into an advantage. Instead he drives his country within less then a decade from a prospering country to the verge of bankruptcy. And why? Because he would have had to stand up to a few people and show them who is boss and get things done. But that would have taken hard and tedious work. And no bystanders clapping their hands and applaud. Albert had it all and threw it away out of cowardice and laziness paired with self deception and inexcusable naivety...And that's why he is worse then CW. She only played her cards right when given the chance, but he had all aces and gave them away. And what is worse is that he has the behaviour of a gambler with 12 kids at home, betting all the savings on one number. He does not think once about what the kids will be eating the next day and how to clothes them. All he cares for is this one kick. Albert does the same thing in marrying CW and he doesn't think once about the consequences... I could not agree with you more, Paca. Well said. |
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Post by margarita on Jun 22, 2011 0:31:18 GMT -5
"Just because someone isn't "famous" doesn't mean they don't have a great deal of respect and influence."
CM7007: Ohhh yesss. I don't know what kind of idiots work for Albert! Some who don't know what makes the world go round. Stupid Stahl & Co. think it's only money.
They loose everything.
Maybe Albert gets hospitalized some days befor the "event" (I can't call it wedding, sorry) ...
your know the foot/shoulder injury thing someone else took as excuse to con everyone, come to MC and get her meal ticket.
Thats his last card to play.
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Post by paca on Jun 22, 2011 4:21:09 GMT -5
LOL in trashlene speak it is an "events" (note the s) and not a wedding  Sorry to crush your hopes, but I am afraid this will take place. But just as we saw her coming, we will see her going.... Albert I had a first wife who was rather useless and then he married ALice. And during her time Monaco lived it's cultural prime. Rainier and Grace never achieved what those two achieved. |
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Post by margarita on Jun 22, 2011 5:04:45 GMT -5
LOL in trashlene speak it is an "events" (note the s) and not a wedding Sorry to crush your hopes, but I am afraid this will take place. But just as we saw her coming, we will see her going.... Albert I had a first wife who was rather useless and then he married ALice. And during her time Monaco lived it's cultural prime. Rainier and Grace never achieved what those two achieved. Paca - your words in Gods ear!!! I very much hope so... (btw: What if CW gets pregnant, gives birth and then divorce? Might Albert anyway decide to pass to Caroline, Andrea or Pierre -or Alexandra?) |
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Post by paca on Jun 22, 2011 6:18:59 GMT -5
If there is an heir, their is an heir. Only the heir can decide not to take reigns. Albert would have to change constitution for that. Albert I did not like his own son. That's why the oceanographique museum belongs to France and not Monaco. Albert I protected everything he cared for from his son. That's why the Institute oceanographique is located in Paris not Monaco. Rainier changed the constitution to protect Monaco from Albert. No more adopted or illegitimate children have claims on the throne and the property of the souverain. It has all become part of the title. Before everything was personal property, now the personal property is limited. Albert only has his inheritance in cash; the rest belongs to the title so he can't just do what he likes with the money. Plus in case of divorce or an early death, the wife only get's a comparatively small sum.
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Post by margarita on Jun 22, 2011 8:18:10 GMT -5
Thanks Paca.
So a constitution change might still prevent the worst - puuh!
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Post by paca on Jun 22, 2011 11:45:58 GMT -5
He still needs the political weight to change the constitution as the conseil national has a word to say too. And I don't see how and why Albert should wish to change the constitution. If the constitution will be changed then because he is forced to. An heir to Albert would not necessarily be bad, even if CW was the mother. Albert I hated his son (probably because he suspected that he was not his) and Louis II did not get along well with Rainier. Albert might have a sone or daughter who dislikes him and what he stands for and might turn into a very good ruler. People have the habit of arranging themselves around weak leaders. Look at Germany prospering. It is not prospering because of it's politicians, but in spite of them. WHen you realize that the political system in power does not help you to get your problems solved, then if you are lucky you have the right people at the right places who will take good decisions. That's how Germany managed to get through the crisis. The workers knew that they could not ask for pay raises when the entire company is in danger and the employers knew that once things look better they have to give back. They went back to the good old fashioned way of entrepreneurship. They know that one will not survive without the other. Albert seems to have forgotten that he needs a people to be prince...
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Post by mrszinck on Jun 22, 2011 12:11:55 GMT -5
....know the important people. |
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Is he really that ignorant and oblivious? I would have googled my butcher if I was interested to know if there was anything about him "out there" besides the quality of his meat. 
Sorry to crush your hopes, but I am afraid this will take place. But just as we saw her coming, we will see her going.... Albert I had a first wife who was rather useless and then he married ALice. And during her time Monaco lived it's cultural prime. Rainier and Grace never achieved what those two achieved.