the "k.g." is for knight of the garter. if you don't know what that is, why don't you google it? this is not the answer bucket.

i was all set to explain how i figured out why i didn't have much to say here lately and how it's all due to my not running because the time while i'm running's often the time i work out something i want to talk about.

however.

the dress code for the royal wedding has been released and explained, so no fear! there's plenty to talk about!

in case you don't know, his royal highness prince william of wales, k.g., is marrying miss catherine middleton. look at the invite - "marriage of blah blah with blah blah". WITH. huh. anyhoo, billy k.g. is marrying with catie-m, and what's a girl to wear?


the invite states: uniform, morning coat or lounge suit. well. seems easy enough, no? the only uniforms i have are for futbol, and so i think i will go with a morning coat or lounge suit. those ARE types of pyjamas, right? you wear the lounge suit for sleeping and put on the morning coat when you get up. easy peasy! the wedding's at 11AM, bright and early, so shuffling over in pjs is a good idea.

okay, so really, what is morning dress? it's what we yanks would likely call sunday best - too dressy for business, too casual for evening. traditionally, morning dress for women includes a hat and gloves. it's the perfect time to channel your inner audrey hep! mini-dresses are forbidden in this dress code so don't even think about it. NO. FORBIDDEN! if you want to wear pants, you must wear a matching coat. this would be the "pantsuit" made so brilliantly famous by hillary clinton. go hill, you fashion godess! here is cute cate in morning dress, worn to another girl's wedding a couple years ago. notice cate's opted to go gloveless and hosieryless, but has donned a snappy hat. cate's friend here clearly has leg-tan-envy.


contrary to popular belief, the morning coat is not a bedroom robe. can't believe you'd even THINK that. haha!! no. a morning coat is a specific piece of a man's wardrobe: a single-breasted coat with the front cut away, leaving tails in the back. this design originated as a way to make the coat easier to wear while on horseback. while the COAT WEARER is on horseback, ya doof, not while the coat is on the horsie's back. horsies don't wear coats! (although sometimes they do wear blankies. and, sometimes hats. yes, you will occassionally see a horse sporting a jaunty haberdash.)


this morning jacket comes complete with a fickle finger of fate. nice detail!

here's billy k.g. demonstrating the proper way to wear a morning jacket. he and catie-m are here headed for yet another wedding. you know how it is when you're young and all your crowd are marrying off. imagine if your crowd were the size of a small country, such as wales. so many weddings. wonder how many morning coats billy k.g. has in his armoire.


so much for morning attire. what's this lounge suit we've been hearing so much about? while we yanks might believe a lounge suit is a powder blue jacket over open-necked shirt accented with gold chains, that is decidedly not the case. a typical lounge suit consists of striped or checked pants, a waistcoat, and a formal shirt & tie. here are prince harry and the royal wankers dressed in lounge suits for... wait for it... a wedding!


the final category of acceptable dress for the royal wedding is uniforms. "uniform" here does not mean futbol togs and that is all i am going to say about uniforms because if you are eligible to wear a uniform to a formal occassion, you would know it.