Classically Abby - 10 ROYAL Rules That Every ELEGANT Lady Should Follow!

00:00:00.000 And I also think that it is just very beautiful and feminine to have that little air of mystery

00:00:05.040 where you're not necessarily showing off your whole leg, you're just wearing something that

00:00:08.680 does cover a bit more, but it still shows off your shape.

00:00:16.500 Hello, Classic Crew, and welcome to today's video where we're going to be talking about

00:00:21.120 10 classic fashion rules that the royals follow.

00:00:24.580 So the first thing I want to do is thank Melissa Amy for submitting this as an idea for my

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00:01:04.000 So thank you again to Melissa Amy for suggesting a video inspired by Kate Middleton.

00:01:09.520 So my mom is a huge fan of Kate Middleton.

00:01:12.100 She goes onto her website, this website called What Kate Wore All The Time, to see what Kate

00:01:17.820 Middleton is wearing because she has such beautiful classic style.

00:01:21.720 And I totally get it.

00:01:22.980 I mean, I find inspiration from Kate Middleton.

00:01:25.400 I love her style.

00:01:26.800 I love that she always looks modest, beautiful, classic.

00:01:30.580 It's just, it's such style inspo.

00:01:33.460 And I love it.

00:01:34.460 And I really wanted to delve a little bit into the fashion rules that royals have to follow. 0.92

00:01:40.160 Because I think that there are some that we can apply into our everyday lives and just

00:01:44.860 kind of elevate, become more classic, become more elegant in the way that we dress.

00:01:50.200 Now, do you have to apply all of these all of the time?

00:01:52.800 Absolutely not.

00:01:53.660 I don't.

00:01:54.520 But there are some of these things that maybe I want to incorporate into my kind of style

00:01:59.160 of dressing more often.

00:02:00.860 And I think that the royals have some great guidelines.

00:02:03.540 If you're trying to figure out how to be modest, how to be beautiful, how to be classic

00:02:08.380 and elegant, this is a really good place to start.

00:02:10.940 Let's get into today's video.

00:02:12.600 So number one is wear more skirts and dresses. 1.00

00:02:15.340 The queen prefers them. 0.99

00:02:17.020 And I do too.

00:02:17.680 I personally think that wearing dresses and skirts, it's A, so feminine, so flattering.

00:02:23.780 But B, it's really not all that common these days.

00:02:26.480 Often you won't see women wearing dresses.

00:02:29.040 We'll see women in the summer in shorts and we'll see women in the winter in pants. 1.00

00:02:32.800 And I've been the only person in a dress in a store.

00:02:36.300 And it's so funny to me that women don't embrace wearing dresses and skirts more often

00:02:40.840 because they are so comfortable and they are really lovely.

00:02:44.500 I mean, they make you look attractive.

00:02:45.960 So if you want to look more feminine and you want to look more classic, wearing more skirts 0.97

00:02:50.940 and dresses is definitely a good place to start.

00:02:53.460 There are so many places you can buy great skirts and dresses.

00:02:55.880 I get mine most of the time from TJ Maxx.

00:02:58.220 If you guys didn't know, I shop at TJ Maxx a lot.

00:03:01.160 But you can get your dresses a lot of different places.

00:03:03.780 You can get them at a lot of different stores.

00:03:05.280 Even stores that you might think are a little too expensive, check out the sale rack.

00:03:08.400 Sometimes they have some really great sales.

00:03:10.100 I know that I only ever check in the sale rack.

00:03:12.600 I'm not someone who really generally buys things at full price.

00:03:15.820 And you can also find them at thrift stores.

00:03:17.660 I mean, dresses are just a lovely addition to your wardrobe and they will elevate your

00:03:22.060 style, definitely.

00:03:23.220 But there's a part two to this.

00:03:25.260 The royals follow the rule that if you're going to wear skirts and dresses, it has to 1.00

00:03:28.560 come to around the knee.

00:03:29.780 So it shouldn't be more than three or four inches above the knee.

00:03:32.760 I think it's even three inches.

00:03:34.100 You want it to be longer.

00:03:35.580 Now, why is this?

00:03:36.860 So that you don't accidentally flash people.

00:03:39.980 And I think that's a great rule also.

00:03:41.780 I used to have a few more dresses that were a bit shorter.

00:03:44.520 And I've really started weeding them out in favor of finding dresses that come to the

00:03:48.160 knee or a little bit longer.

00:03:49.520 I prefer it.

00:03:50.400 I find that it doesn't stress me out in the same way that it's going to ride up or that

00:03:55.020 I'm going to accidentally show someone something I don't want them to see.

00:03:58.140 And I also think that it is just very beautiful and feminine to have that little air of mystery

00:04:03.060 where you're not necessarily showing off your whole leg.

00:04:05.640 You're just wearing something that does cover a bit more.

00:04:07.920 But it still shows off your shape.

00:04:09.820 So I definitely think that's a great kind of rule of thumb.

00:04:13.040 If you're shopping for dresses, don't get something too short.

00:04:15.420 Don't get something that shows off everything.

00:04:17.440 And don't get something that will accidentally show off more than you want to.

00:04:21.080 And that's a great royal rule.

00:04:22.560 I really like it.

00:04:23.540 And it's what I practice.

00:04:25.200 Number two is that jeans are only allowed at casual events.

00:04:29.240 I think this is a great rule.

00:04:30.860 I don't know why you would want to wear jeans to a fancy event.

00:04:34.120 As somebody who doesn't have that many fancy events to go to, if I have a fancy event,

00:04:39.040 I'm wearing one of my favorite dresses.

00:04:41.020 I'm wearing something that I absolutely love and I don't get an opportunity to wear that often.

00:04:45.660 I usually only wear jeans to really casual situations.

00:04:48.960 And I think that's a pretty good rule.

00:04:50.300 I mean, if you want to wear jeans to be comfortable when you're doing something kind of active,

00:04:56.240 that makes sense to me, right?

00:04:57.420 If you're going on a hike or something, then yeah, I get it.

00:04:59.760 But if you're going to a fancy event, don't do the jeans and a nice top thing.

00:05:03.640 Wear a nice dress.

00:05:04.820 Wear a nice skirt.

00:05:06.080 Wear a pretty outfit.

00:05:07.200 I think that that is much more classic and elegant.

00:05:11.080 Number three is that colorful nail polish isn't allowed, but bare nails are.

00:05:15.700 So you guys know I've had colorful nails in the past.

00:05:18.580 I still enjoy them sometimes.

00:05:20.040 But I think I'm kind of moving more towards having a sheer wash of kind of a pale nude color

00:05:26.800 or a pinky color or something that's just a bit more natural.

00:05:30.220 Now, I'll always like a red.

00:05:31.780 I think a red is also very classic and elegant.

00:05:34.380 But I recently got my nails done with my mom.

00:05:37.420 Let's see if it'll focus.

00:05:38.840 And as you can see, it's just a very light pink.

00:05:41.300 I did get some flowers, which I'm guessing they're not allowed to do.

00:05:43.920 But I do enjoy a very natural-looking nail.

00:05:47.000 And I also think that a bare nail is very pretty as long as you keep it trimmed and clean.

00:05:52.440 And I think that that's a great rule.

00:05:54.000 I mean, if you're wearing greens and purples and blues, which I've done, and I'm not saying

00:05:58.200 it's terrible, it doesn't look as classic and elegant.

00:06:01.500 And I think that having just a pretty neutral nail or a bare nail is a very classic and elegant

00:06:07.300 good rule of thumb.

00:06:08.420 I mean, no pun intended.

00:06:09.780 It's something that will go with everything, and it will just constantly make your nails

00:06:13.820 and your hands look beautiful.

00:06:16.180 I think maybe part of the reason they're only allowed to get lighter, neutral colors is also

00:06:20.580 because if it chips, you're not going to notice.

00:06:22.840 Which, again, good rule.

00:06:24.460 I mean, it's smart.

00:06:25.540 So I think it's a nice idea to stick with more natural colors.

00:06:28.520 And I'm really enjoying my light pink nail polish.

00:06:31.600 Number four is use a clutch to hide your cleavage when you're getting out of a vehicle. 1.00

00:06:36.840 So I think this is a great rule.

00:06:38.580 I also think it's so clever because if you're wearing a dress that doesn't necessarily show

00:06:43.040 cleavage but you bend forward, then it might end up showing more than you want to. 0.94

00:06:47.400 So having a clutch that you can just kind of gracefully put over your chest when you're

00:06:51.760 getting out of a car, I think that's just brilliant.

00:06:54.580 I think that's so smart.

00:06:55.900 It's the same thing as putting your legs together when you exit a car so that you don't

00:06:59.940 accidentally flush people.

00:07:01.620 I think these are great rules, and they're kind of good etiquette.

00:07:04.740 I also love having a clutch just for fancier events because clutches hold the right amount

00:07:10.540 of stuff without being something you have to throw over your shoulder, and it doesn't

00:07:13.320 really look very fancy, and it doesn't look very classic.

00:07:16.060 So using a clutch to block your cleavage, that is just a brilliant move in my opinion. 0.96

00:07:20.620 Number five is wear bright colors if you want to get noticed, like the queen.

00:07:24.940 The queen often wears crazy colors when she goes out to events.

00:07:28.800 It's not just, like, a red.

00:07:31.720 She'll wear garish colors, and it cracks me up.

00:07:34.640 But she says that the reason she does it is because she wants to make sure that the 0.90

00:07:37.660 people recognize her.

00:07:39.140 And I think that's actually a great rule of thumb.

00:07:41.080 If you want to go out and be noticed, wear a bright color.

00:07:44.280 If you want to catch someone's eye, wear a bright color.

00:07:47.340 I'll wear a red dress if I want to stand out.

00:07:50.680 I'll wear a pink dress if I want to stand out.

00:07:53.140 And if I want to recede a little bit into the background, I'll wear a navy dress or a

00:07:57.160 black dress, something that doesn't call as much attention.

00:08:00.100 But I love that the queen has this specific rule so that she can constantly be recognized

00:08:05.800 when she goes out if she wants to make sure that the people recognize her when she's out

00:08:10.340 and about.

00:08:10.740 And I just think that's great.

00:08:11.880 So if you want to incorporate that into your life, yeah, do it.

00:08:15.720 Number six is only wear wedges for less formal occasions.

00:08:19.860 The queen doesn't like wedges very much. 0.99

00:08:21.380 So Kate and Megan don't usually wear wedges when they're out and about.

00:08:24.880 I actually agree with this.

00:08:26.820 I really like wedges and they're very comfortable.

00:08:29.440 But the only wedges that I wear are really casual.

00:08:32.560 I wear them when I want to slightly dress up a more casual outfit.

00:08:36.620 So I would never wear a wedge to a fancy dinner or event.

00:08:41.420 If you're going to go to a fancy dinner or event, wear a pair of heels.

00:08:44.460 It just looks nicer.

00:08:45.940 But wear wedges when you're just out and about or in a more casual situation.

00:08:49.740 Number seven is wear pantyhose if you want to look your best.

00:08:53.420 So in the royal family, they generally encourage the women to wear pantyhose all the time.

00:08:58.600 So Kate does most of the time.

00:09:00.340 I think this is actually a very good rule of thumb.

00:09:02.900 If you want to look your absolute best, wear a pair of tights.

00:09:06.160 Now, I don't personally love wearing tights.

00:09:08.520 So I don't usually do it, especially if it's hot out.

00:09:10.980 I'll only really wear pantyhose in the wintertime.

00:09:13.920 But if you want to make your legs look smooth and really just make them look attractive,

00:09:19.900 wearing pantyhose is probably the best way to do it.

00:09:22.500 When I was an opera singer, it was actually also a rule for us that if we went to an audition

00:09:26.580 when we had to look our best, we were supposed to wear pantyhose.

00:09:29.280 Wearing pantyhose when you go to a fancier event and you want to look your best,

00:09:33.040 it's always going to look nicer.

00:09:35.100 Number eight is avoid fabrics that wrinkle easily.

00:09:38.140 The royals don't want to wear fabrics that wrinkle because they're going to be in photos. 0.60

00:09:41.380 So it makes sense that they would avoid those kinds of fabrics.

00:09:45.040 I think that's also a great rule of thumb.

00:09:47.600 Also, because many of us don't have the time or want to take the time to steam or iron our clothing.

00:09:53.300 So if you get clothes that wrinkle easily and you're constantly going to have to be fixing it and smoothing it,

00:09:59.140 you're probably not even going to wear it anyways.

00:10:01.300 I suggest finding clothing that doesn't wrinkle that easily.

00:10:04.340 And maybe you'll have like a couple pieces that do wrinkle,

00:10:07.280 but for the most part, avoiding clothing that wrinkles, I think that's a very good rule.

00:10:12.400 It means that you'll end up having clothes that do look nicer and more put together more frequently.

00:10:17.360 Number nine is that heels shouldn't be too tall. 0.99

00:10:20.840 Now apparently the reason for this is that they don't want the women to wobble when they're walking. 1.00

00:10:25.960 Again, something I've talked about on my channel and I agree with.

00:10:28.780 And they don't want the women to appear too tall. 0.99

00:10:31.280 Now I'm not obviously sure exactly what that means, but I kind of understand it. 0.98

00:10:34.980 If you're wearing a silly tall heel, I mean, you're gonna look silly. 0.73

00:10:39.320 There are certain levels of heel height that just aren't great. 0.74

00:10:42.220 And I think that in the royal family, they encourage women to wear a sensible heel,

00:10:46.080 a heel that they can actually walk in and they're not going to be in pain.

00:10:49.200 So I agree with this.

00:10:50.300 This is something that I am a big proponent of.

00:10:52.060 Only buy heels that you can walk in. 0.94

00:10:54.900 I bought a pair of heels recently.

00:10:56.580 They are a little bit high for me.

00:10:58.100 They're not the most comfortable.

00:10:59.320 It was not the best purchase.

00:11:00.620 But I was very proud of myself because I actually wore them in my Carmen music video,

00:11:05.440 which I will link here.

00:11:07.280 And I actually, after wearing them for about 15 minutes,

00:11:11.280 it was actually easy enough for me to walk in them.

00:11:13.120 So only buy shoes that you can walk in.

00:11:15.860 If those shoes that I had worn in my Carmen video, I actually could not walk in,

00:11:19.980 I would just have to give them away or return them.

00:11:21.820 I mean, you're not gonna wear them.

00:11:23.620 They're gonna hurt you.

00:11:24.800 They're not gonna be that attractive that you'll ever choose them over another pair of shoes.

00:11:28.620 This is the real thing.

00:11:29.600 So, yes, that is a very good rule and one that I highly recommend that you should follow.

00:11:34.780 That isn't one that's like, oh, I guess you could or you couldn't.

00:11:37.160 No.

00:11:37.660 This is a rule that you just follow.

00:11:39.440 Number 10 is that hair should look neat and natural.

00:11:42.160 So, no crazy colors, no weird updos, nothing like that.

00:11:45.860 And this is a rule that I think that we should all follow.

00:11:48.000 I think we should not get crazy hair colors.

00:11:50.020 I don't think that that looks very classic or elegant.

00:11:52.700 And I don't think that we should have our hair looking really messy.

00:11:55.600 I think that we should have our hair looking as nice as we can make it look.

00:11:58.860 And get natural color, right?

00:12:01.000 So, I have color in my hair, but it is, you know, it looks natural enough.

00:12:05.440 And it's highlights.

00:12:06.780 So, it's not purple or green or something like that.

00:12:10.180 And I generally try to keep my hair looking neat and nice.

00:12:13.060 Now, there are days that I do kind of more of a beachy wave and I embrace the wave in my hair.

00:12:17.580 That's not something that the royals would ever do.

00:12:19.640 But for a more casual day, okay, I can get behind that a bit more.

00:12:23.100 But in general, it's always nice to have nice, clean looking hair.

00:12:27.400 And I just wanted to give one little bonus rule, which is your makeup should be subtle too.

00:12:32.580 This is something that the royal family feels very strongly about.

00:12:35.360 They don't have crazy smoky eyes.

00:12:37.500 And they don't have crazy colors on their face.

00:12:40.740 They really do go more subtle and natural.

00:12:42.820 And I think that's generally good to do as well.

00:12:44.780 I mean, I sometimes will go crazy with the eye makeup or I'll wear a red lip.

00:12:49.600 But for the most part, I generally try to wear my makeup more natural, more subtle.

00:12:54.220 Because I think it is more attractive.

00:12:56.020 And you want people to actually see you, not your makeup.

00:12:58.840 So, that is it for today's video.

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Classically Abby - June 30, 2021

10 ROYAL Rules That Every ELEGANT Lady Should Follow!

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