Royal Visit

Now, I'm not sure if you heard, but a couple of weeks back Will and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were in Ottawa.

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I know! Craaaazy.

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The only chance I had of casually bumping into the Royals was after a staff lunch at the NAC. Our route back to the office just happened to pass by the War Memorial just as the Cambridges' (wait, is it Windsors... Middleton-Windsors? Mountbatten? What IS their last name... let's just stick with Kate and Will for sanity's sake) were set to arrive. So I thought, if I had the chance to meet them I'd be stupid not to greet them in the colour of royalty.

The skirt is on heavy rotation as part of my work week wardrobe (try saying THAT three times fast!) but this was the shirt's debut - and what a debut it was! 

It was exactly the outfit I was hoping it would be on such a hot and humid day... especially one offering up the chance of bumping into a bona fide Princess.

Top & Tank - SmartSet; Skirt - Jacob; Shoes & Earrings - Aldo

Paired with peacock feather earrings - because feathers are all the rage right now - it was the perfect purple pairing (alliteration!)

Kate must have had the same idea because she wore this just moments later...

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Okay, so it was a day later, minor detail. Regardless, I guess what they say is true: Great minds (with great names) think alike!

In the end, I didn't end up meeting the Duchess - I didn't even come close - although I know if we had met we would have been bosom friends... Anne of Green Gables reference... see, we're totally like one in the same... Okay, maybe not so much, but a Petite can dream can't she!


This Friday, Petite Adventures catches up with Malorie Bertrand, Editor-in-Chief of Ef Magazine, Ottawa's Sustainable Style Guide. Learn what it takes to be eco-chic!