A dress whose attached cape or trailing panels create movement — and, occasionally, hazards. Kate Middleton’s yellow Elie Saab at the Oman banquet was a flowing cape gown in full sail, which is precisely how a fold of it slid beneath her chair leg as King Charles rose to speak. The design’s drama and the mishap’s cause were one and the same.
(The White House / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain))
Mentioned in: Kate Middleton’s Flowing Gown Gets Caught Under Chair During State Banquet