The Duchess of Cambridge and Her Conquest of Southeast Asia

While the World may not know New York Fashion Week was in progress the past week, you must indeed by living under ice in Antarctica if you have not heard about the other, one-woman fashion show also happening last week. Yes, it’s the triumphant tour of Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, to the Southeast Asian countries of Malaysia and Singapore.

Prince William and Kate are on of a tour of Commonwealth Countries on behalf of the Queen of England, who this year celebrates her 60th year on the throne. Singapore was the first part of the leg, and Kate touched down in Southeast Asia wearing a custom-made Jenny Packham kimono style dress with an orchid pattern and plunging neckline. She wore this dress to her visit to the Singapore Botanical garden, and it provided great complimentary background for both Vanda William Catherine and Dendrobium Memoria Princess Diana.

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