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Major US Newspaper Calls Prince William And Kate's Royal Tour Of Pakistan 'highly Successful'
Sumaira FH Published October 19, 2019 | 11:39 AM
A leading American newspaper has described the just-concluded trip to Pakistan of Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton as "highly successful", and said it underscored the effectiveness of fashion as a tool of diplomacy
NEW YORK, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Oct, 2019 ) :A leading American newspaper has described the just-concluded trip to Pakistan of Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton as "highly successful", and said it underscored the effectiveness of fashion as a tool of diplomacy.
"It has been, by all accounts, a highly successful five days of outreach. They met with Prime Minister Imran Khan! And schoolchildren! Played cricket! Saw many sights!", The New York Times's fashion director and chief fashion critic, Vanessa Friedman, wrote in an article interspersed with coloured photographs of the couple's engagements during the first royal visit to Pakistan in 13 years.
Entitled, 'In Pakistan, Kate Middleton Aces Fashion Diplomacy', the article said, "The rapturous summaries of their every move were matched only by the rapturous summaries of their every garment. It's been a while since clothes were employed quite so strategically and consistently to send an unspoken, but also unmistakable, message. The effect was refreshing." Meanwhile, in an interview with CNN, Kate Middleton said her tour of Pakistan with Prince William was "really special." "It was amazing seeing some of the geography yesterday, but then to see some of the community activities today has been really special," she said, Prince William standing alongside her.
In her piece, Ms. Friedman of The New York Time said, "From the moment they stepped off the plane, the Duke and Duchess Of Cambridge (O.K., mostly the Duchess, but he played his part too) signaled their intent to allow the quadrillion pictures taken of them to speak louder than the words they uttered mostly behind closed doors.
Their clothes made silent statements cross-border respect, cultural awareness and outreach. No detail, or earring, was overlooked.
"Witness the aquamarine-to-silver draped-neck dress by Catherine Walker with matching pants, a bridge between a tea dress and a shalwar kameez, which the Duchess wore to deplane at Nur Khan airbase on Monday.
"Witness the periwinkle-blue shalwar kameez she wore on a visit to Margalla Hills, north of Islamabad, designed by Maheen Khan, who once dressed Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's former prime minister, as well as Jemima Khan, Prime Minister Khan's ex-wife. (Ms. Bhutto's wax figure at Madame Tussauds in London wears Ms. Khan's design. Coincidence?)".
"Witness the jade-green A-line jacket by Ms. Walker worn over white pants by Ms. Khan, which the Duchess donned to meet the prime minister, an embroidered dupatta tossed over her shoulder".
"Witness the emerald sequined Jenny Packham chosen for a reception at the Pakistan National Monument, which happened to be the green of the Pakistani flag, and which matched the sherwani, a traditional long coat, by the Pakistani designer Naushemian, worn by her husband".
"(The couple has long been adept at color-coordinating their appearances for maximum image-making harmony.)" "And there was more. So much more: earrings by Zeen, a Pakistani high street brand; another shalwar kameez by Gul Ahmed; a kurta by �lan Pakistan; a dupatta by Bonanza Satrangi; a coat from Beulah London. The clothes came at all price points and were often worn in concert: a little British style here, a little Pakistani there. The reaction was, almost entirely, ecstatic. Designers tweeted their excitement at being chosen. Observers applauded. Chroniclers of What Kate Wore went into overdrive." "Part of this, obviously, came from the boost given to local industry conferred by the Duke and Duchess, whose patronage can make national Names known on the international stage. That's always a welcome thing..."
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