The Duchess of Kent may be a leader of fashion, but she has in fact far fewer clothes than most film stars, What she buys, she chooses carefully and wears over and over again, She buys, one notices, a lot of black and a lot of velvet. She the only member of the Royal family who favours black when not in mourning and her latest dress purchase combines her two loves. The dress is ultra-simple and well within the scope of millions of women with slender purses, It has no trimming, no drapery, no frills; just a very full velvet skirt gathered on to a tight-fitting bodice, Two items of the Duchess's wardrobe are familiar to all those who come into frequent contact with her—her furs and her jewels. Her new clothes are always chosen with these in mind. This dress, for instance, will make a perfect ensemble with the short white ermine and fox wraps which she often wears in the evening, It will form an ideal background for the complete sets of diamond end pearl jewellery she always wears. Long pendant earrings, diamond clips and bracelets, make one of the sets for evening.
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