I loved everything about it!
Does the Queen have a warehouse full of every dress, coat, purse, hat, pair of shoes ever worn?!
All Brides look beautiful
I don’t believe the tiara that Meghan Markle wanted to wear was the one that Eugenie wore. I don’t think this is where I originally read this, but Google directed me to this article about it, which is consistent with what I read about it originally.
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/style/1206138/meghan-markle-news-prince-harry-wedding-tiara-queen-latest
I loved the wedding dress and thought the sleeves were fine given that it was necessary to add sleeves. If you are on Instagram, you can look at the windsor.royal.family account for pictures of all the Queen’s grandchildren on their respective wedding days. Zara Phillips’ dress doesn’t have sleeves, but it does have wide illusion shoulder straps. She marches to her own drummer like her mother, so not surprising. Her dress is actually the prettiest of the bunch, IMO.
I actually didn’t mind the sleeves themselves. I just don’t think they did a good transition from using the old straps.
@Madison85, I am reading Angela Kelly’s book about the Queen’s wardrobe right now. She is the Queen’s dresser and designs much of her wardrobe. Evidently, there is a whole wing on the floor above the living quarters dedicated to maintaining all of the Queen’s working wardrobe with records on what was worn and for what occasion. I’m not sure if the older pieces are kept in house or stored elsewhere, but it seems everything is kept.
In on partShe detailed what it took to provide some of the outfits worn by the Queen’s family on Coronation Day to an exhibit in Scotland and it was somewhat fascinating how much security went into moving those historical items from London to Scotland. Lots of interesting tidbits like how Angela wears the Queen’s new shoes for a bit to break them in for HM’s comfort.
Not every single dress. But yes, each outfit is logged and stored away. Most formal dresses are kept for eternity. Day dresses, unless there is a history making reason to keep, are eventually given away.
For the most part, she wears the same shoe style in different colors and has them reheeled and resoled as needed. Eventually they get tossed.
To me the dress had a dirndl look. I kept thinking, edelweiss, edelweiss. It certainly shows off her lovely curvy figure.
I think she looked lovely. Everything about her look, was princess perfect, and, IMO she outshone all recent royal brides by the simplicity of her gown, and her very intimate wedding day.
I was so touched by the fact that not only her tiara was personally special to the queen, but I thought the sentiment behind her re-purposed dress, that had once been worn by her grandmother, was magical.
Interesting and different. Not sure I loved it, but much better than her sister’s dress.
The groom…dreamy.
I would have lost the straps, attached a sheer, long sleeved, Vera Wang-style top with a high, simple round neckline, and created a tea length gown.
I loved that she wore her grandmother’s dress. It wonder if the Queen saves all the dresses, maybe for historical reasons? Cannot imagine that she sends old stuff down to the local thrift shop.
The flowers and arch were beyond beautiful.
@coralbrook read post 25. That explains the saving of dresses very well.
@2VU0609 , thanks for the book reference. I just checked it out online and it will make a fun light read this afternoon.
A few years ago, we were in London in September, and were able to tour Buckingham Palace; they open it to the public when the Queen is in Scotland. Several of the formal rooms were dedicated to an exhibit of the Queen’s wardrobe through the decades. It was amazing. She was truly a beautiful young woman.
Don’t care for the dress, particularly that „oh no, we need longer curtains for the new house!“ look, but desperately want that rose arch. I look at my scraggly honeysuckle battling mildew and want to slink away…
I think that everything was lovely. Remember, all of this was planned in a matter of 3 weeks. The government allowed for 30 people to attend a wedding, so the rush was to get them married. They waited long enough because of the virus. They can throw a big party in a year for their anniversary. Keeping it small meant keeping it simple. I love the photograph of her peeking to her side as they walked out the door. I am sure that we will see one of her pictures on the Queen’s desk in the near future.
I liked the official socially distanced photograph of the wedding couple and Queen and Phillip. It all looked beautiful. It was intimate and loving, and that showed in the pictures of the groom looking at the bride. Instead of dealing with hundreds of guests and media, they could concentrate on the people they loved the most and each other. Possibly a relief for a royal wedding.
That archway was exquisite! It appears the queen may have wore a fuller petticoat underneath the dress, which spread the diamond lines, which is why I liked the dress better on the queen. Still, the bride was lovely and I thought it was very special how she married in an intimate ceremony that closely honored her grandmother.
The original dress worn by the queen appears to have had a balloon style skirt, meaning the bottom of it was gathered, turned under, and attached to an inner lining to achieve the fullness shown in photos.
The color of the added piece at the bottom matched the groom’s vest which I thought tied their outfits together nicely. Flowers were gorgeous.