film stars
Do people really talk/write like this? Was this edited? Does Pippa actually say “film stars”? Is she the Dowager Countess? Does she pronounce it “fillum”? They’re called movie stars. Try it: Moooo-vie. What’s that? No, you don’t sound like a cow. You sound like a normal human.
passed on like a dead man’s shoes
Blink. Blink.
fanciful turban
Okay, sure.
characterful hat
I can, with grave certainty, say that I have never ever seen the word “characterful” before, and obviously “characterful hat” is a completely new and unexpected turn of phrase for me. Still digesting.
quintessentially English jamboree
Oh. The opulent, incredibly exclusive, aristocrat-laden event at which 11 monarchs have been in attendance and Her Majesty is present — and has been since 1945 — to which “gentlemen” must wear top hats — is a jamboree? Righto.
Finally:
I haven’t experimented with a wacky statement headpiece just yet, but I’m working on it!