Today’s event had SO MANY LOGISTICS! I am delighted. Kate popped over to Covent Garden to visit the Royal Opera House to visit the costumers who work with the Royal Ballet, look at their workshops, learn about how they make stuff/dye things/use fabric, meet some dancers, and take in a rehearsal of The Two Pigeons, a project that the Royal Ballet is working on in concert with the Royal Ballet School. This is all so Noel Streatfield!
We’ve got lots of good coverage from the Twitters, too:
The Duchess of Cambridge has said she is “fascinated by the different techniques” used by the dye specialists of the Royal Opera House during her visit today. Here she is being shown around by Parveen Banga, head of the dye department pic.twitter.com/IuVXxzmyaE
— Russell Myers (@rjmyers) January 16, 2019
The Duchess meets @TheRoyalBallet Principal Dancers @LondonBallerina Lauren Cuthbertson, Laura Morera, Tomas Mock and @VMuntagirov, who discuss some of the challenges of dancing in costumes. #RoyalOperaHouse pic.twitter.com/tVWjD35HaM
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) January 16, 2019
In the @RoyalOperaHouse’s dye shop, digital printing is used to reproduce historic fabrics. #RoyalOperaHouse pic.twitter.com/ojYzRTsZ2Q
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) January 16, 2019
Fay Fullerton, @RoyalOperaHouse’s Head of Costume, shows The Duchess ballet costumes during today’s visit to Covent Garden – which are especially designed to allow dancers to move freely. #RoyalOperaHouse pic.twitter.com/yKIxXCYOze
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) January 16, 2019
Clothes-wise, this raspberry suit — which I quite like — is Oscar de la Renta, and we’ve seen it before. The blazer was half-off but is now sold out, and ditto the skirt. Moda Operandi is suggesting wearing this duo with tangerine shoes, which I love, but, come on you guys. Kate was never gonna do that. But I do want to give her a little friendly squeeze for wearing shoes with a little zing to them, which I’d happily link to (they’re the Rupert Sanderson “Nada” patent leather heels), but Sanderson’s site has crashed. YOU’VE STILL GOT IT, KATE.
