The Royals: The Most Fashionable Show on Air

Let’s look over a few looks and examine why The Royals may just be the most fashionable show on the air.


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E!’s new guilty pleasure TV show, The Royals, is filled with all the decadence we’re so accustomed to seeing on the backs of Kate Middleton and Prince William. From the furniture to the hors d’oeuvres, The Royals has no trouble throwing around fictional British taxpayers money. Yet the most decadent aspect of the show is the delightful couture, especially when on the backs of Queen Helena (played by Gossip Girl favorite Elizabeth Hurley) and Princess Eleanor (played by Alexandra Park). The boys may technically rule the kingdom, but The Royals doesn’t undermine the most powerful asset the royal women have: their appearance.

Yes, anyone who watches the show will know the Queen and her daughter has their differences, but in the end they both get intense delight from being the best-dressed woman in a room. With shows like Gossip Girl and Sex in the City off the air, a girl’s gotta get her fashion fix somewhere, might as well be from the fictional monarchy. Let’s look over a few looks and examine why The Royals may just be the most fashionable show on the air.

Queen Helena


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According to Royal’s costume designer Rachel Walsh, Queen Helena is consistently wearing designers like “Victoria Beckham, Vera Wang, and Dolce and Gabbana” on a daily basis (source).

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As the lip gloss may suggest, The Royal’s Queen isn’t based off of any real-life monarch. But for Gossip Girl fans, Elizabeth Hurley’s smoldering, fitted, knee-length silhouettes are a welcome familiarity.

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Princess Eleanor


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One part Jenny Humphrey, one part Joan Jett, and perhaps one part Samantha a la Sex in the City, Princess Eleanor doesn’t shy away from drugs, sex, and the royal rock n’ roll E! promoted so faithfully. With eyeliner permanently scorched into her skin and a knack for stealing fine liquors, Eleanor is everything America dreams of when we think of what our monarchy would be like. One of the most iconic fashionable scenes from the show lives in Episode 3, where a delightful fight over the royal color purple emerges between the Princess and her mother. But if this short, flippy, futuristic dress isn’t good enough for the Queen, it’s certainly good enough for us.

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Vanity Fair has even deemed Alexandra Park “the next Blake Lively” (source). And no, not just because of her acting prowess (which outshines her fellow cast members, going above and beyond what E! ever asked of her). Why? Because her character uses her clothes as her armour, ready to battle the lifestyle that was thrust upon her at birth.

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Ophelia Pryce


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Last time we checked, one of the most profitable moments in modern British tourism was the famous Will & Kate wedding, so it’s no surprise The Royals is reimagining the star-crossed lovers’ early days of romance. Ophelia, the daughter of the Royal head of security, is slowly falling for the irresistibly baby-faced Prince Liam, and we’re all about it.

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Alas, her fashion sense is more along the lines of Julia Stiles in “The Prince and Me” than our beloved Kate. Which brings us to…

Gemma


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Prince Liam’s ex-girlfriend may be the emotional and ethical opposite of the Duchess of Cambridge, but her sense of style is aligned perfectly with Kate’s

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According, again, to costume designer Walsh, we learn she’s all about accessible brands; we’re talking J.Crew and Stella McCartney versus Princess Eleanor’s Alexander McQueen (source.)

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What could have been a throwaway tv show may just be turning into the infusion of fashion pop culture’s been aching for.