Still, she says she’d like to see more brides choose a refined, romantic look.
Celebrities often choose strapless gowns for award show appearances, and while everyone knows those photos are retouched, they’re still influential.
Note, says Bay Area custom gown designer Martha Blanchfield, those actresses are standing stock still for those photos that are seen around the globe. Glossy gossip mags are a big factor. When parliament will invite him to ascend the throne, the Crown Prince -who due to his chequered past and the fact that he has lived the majority of his life outside Thailand commands little of the respect and affection his father built up during his more than sevendecade reign -wants to leave the formal succession until later. Unprecedented outpouring of public grief over the death of Thailand’s king has begun to show signs that it could turn nasty after a series of incidents in which angry citizens have turned on those perceived as not showing the correct levels of respect to the late monarch.
King Bhumibol passed away last Thursday aged 88 after suffering a long illness. His death has prompted an unprecedented yearlong period of mourning in Thailand and led to a mass outpouring of grief that has brought tens of thousands of people onto the streets of the capital and a sent a wave of emotion across the nation of 67 million people. By the way, the Koh Samui incident stemmed from a social media posting by a woman which had been perceived as defamatory against the king’s heir, Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn -who is yet to formally ascend to the vacant throne -and the country’s acting regent, ’96 year old’ former Prime Minister, Prem Tinsulanonda.