Planet Earth Prince

Pippa Middleton's Bridesmaids Dress Reproduced, on Sale for $277!

It was the dress that nearly stole the show at the wedding of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge back in April, and catapulted Pippa Middleton into the international spotlight. And now that famous figure-hugging ivory bridesmaid gown by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, which was custom-made for the maid-of-honor, can be yours. Well, sort of.

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The British department store Debenhams has produced a knock-off version of the original design that will go on sale later this year for $277, according to the AFP. Middleton's cowl-neck gown with button-detail at the back reportedly cost over $32,000.

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In addition to selling a replica of the bridesmaid dress, the store has also created a $162 version of the floor-length green dress by Alice Temperley that Middleton, 27, wore to the evening reception.

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"Men and women everywhere were talking about Pippa instantly, so naturally Brides-to-be will want to imitate his classic look - both for themselves and their bridesmaids," says Alain Mehada, head personal shopper to the branch of Debenhams on Oxford Street in London.

Royal fans are dying to get copies of wedding dress can put their names on the "lady in waiting list" by sending an email ladyinwaitinglist@debenhams.com.

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Prior to “Planet Earth,” the last Prince album I can say I liked (or at least kinda liked) was “Rave Unto the Joy Fantastic.” The last two (”3121″ and “Musicology”) - though obviously both commercial comebacks - did next to nothing for me. They were just more additions to the growing list of disjointed, thrown-together sub-par works that Prince began releasing back in ‘94 with “Come” (though not including every album after that, just that the good ones were less and less frequent). I distinctly remember how distressing it was for an artist who was responsible for such a long line of carefully crafted albums to expect record buyers to be satisfied with willful sloppiness. Sure, with “Come” (and others) he was hurrying to get out of his Warner’s contract - but all these years after the fact, what matters is the music…not his fued with the label. I continue to maintain that he hasn’t released a truly great album since 1992’s ‘Symbol’ album (and even that one was flawed, i.e. Tony M was still on board). And I still say that “The Truth” (i.e. disc 4 of “Crystal Ball”) is the closest he’s come to that greatness in the years since.

All that said, I’ll reiterate: I like this new album. It turned out to be a nice surprise - not a major return to form, but a mostly consistently enjoyable collection of new songs. Are they all new? It’s hard to say - I do have trouble believing all the musicians who are credited in the album’s sparse (nearly non-existant, truth be told) liner notes turned up for recent sessions. Some of this music was quite possibly in the can for many years - the wildly varying tone, and overall sound, throughout the album supports this idea. Before delving into a song-by-song look, I’ll summarize my overall feelings. The focus here seems to be tight, concise pop songwriting. Prince used to break boundaries and take chances with song form, but since those days seem long gone I’m satisfied to hear relatively straightforward songs containing strong melodies and memorable hooks. It’s far preferable to the aimlessness of recent sludge like “3121″ and “Musicology."I also hear guitar solos as much - more than anything since" chaos and disorder "way back in 1996. Throughout "Planet Earth", there are plenty of musical surprises and oddities - the chord changes and unexpected twists and turns unpredictable melodic vocal arrangements support unusual. No, it's not "Lovesexy" revisited by any means, but it keeps the listener from getting bored to tears (as did the last two albums).

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