Kate also had a baby 3 weeks ago and may not have had time to be fitted for a new dress and may not have a full wardrobe to pick from.
I didn’t like the jewel tone dresses many picked, and didn’t like the tail on Amal’s dress. It was a spring, daytime wedding and I prefer the flowery dresses and light colors. I liked Meghan’s mother’s dress/coat very much, but I would have liked her hat to have a little more lift to it with a bow or feather or something to add height.
@maya54 Thank you for posting the link to the op-ed about Meghan (#443). It brought tears to my eyes. Diana would have loved her. I hope that the royal family understands how fortunate they are to have her.
It seemed to me that the wedding yesterday incorporated many more tributes to Diana than I remember from Will’s wedding. This may be because Harry and Meghan had much more freedom in planning their wedding than Will and Kate did.
I think that the choices of some women to wear very striking outfits don’t necessarily represent a desire to draw attention away from the bride. These are fashionable women and making an effort could be viewed as a way to honor the occasion. I’ve seen criticism of women who wore insufficiently “special” outfits to the wedding, like the princess who wore the plain blue sheath (either Beatrice or Eugenie).
There were a lot of poor choices made by female guests at the wedding in terms of attire. Amal Clooney’s dress is actually very simple, elegant, and modest in its design. It is classy and honestly, she is a big part of the overall look. She could rock a paper bag - her figure, the way she carries herself. I doubt Meghan would fault Amal’s fashion choice or feel like she was upstaged. I would imagine she would appreciate the style and class Amal’s choice brought to the wedding.
@doschicos, agreed. I doubt very much that Amal Clooney feels the need to draw attention to herself with what she wears.
Many pages back there was discussion about where Sarah Ferguson was seated. After viewing the What Meghan Wore blog, I can tell that I was wrong about her being on the front row of the choir seats just as you enter that area from the nave. A picture posted there shows she was directly behind Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer and his wife in the beautiful purple dress. Across from them on the “royal side” were former Prime Minister John Major and his wife who looked very nice in her yellow suit. No others are identifiable to me from that picture.
Some very nice pictures there, especially of the detail on the veil.
https://whatmeghanwore.net/2018/05/19/a-wedding-in-windsor-meghan-harrys-special-day/
I do follow the Amal fashion blogs. Believe me, she is very much into drawing attention to herself.
http://www.instyle.com/news/amal-clooney-red-lace-corset
She wears designer clothes in the $$$$.
Gayle King: “We all just wanted the boys to be okay.” That’s how I’ve felt, as an age contemporary of Princess Diana and a mother.
I keep thinking about how elegant Doria Ragland looked. I felt sad that she was sitting alone. It occurred to me that she could have invited a best friend to join her.
The major n Middletons show class in the way they dress. Much had been said about Kate. I also Thought Pippa dressed conservatively and wore her hair in an updo.
Highly recommend the Lifetime Movie - “Harry and Meghan” A Royal Romance- assuming most of this is true you will be enlightened about their relationship! The show deals with all the ugly issues they have faced.
She loves fashion, there’s no doubt about that. Just because someone likes fashion doesn’t mean they like to draw attention to themselves. She is a world-renowned, respected lawyer, and was, long before she married George. I’m sure that that is far more important to her, and to the causes she represents. She can afford designer clothes. What’s wrong with that?
“She wears designer clothes in the $$$$.”
Of course. When you’re gorgeous and in the public eye and can afford to wear clothes in the $$$$ (besides I bet she doesn’t always pay full price), that’s what you wear. She is very much at the forefront of fashion. That doesn’t make it an issue that she wore what she wore to the wedding. If a bride is worried about being “upstaged” you don’t invite high fashion folks to your wedding. I seriously doubt Meghan is worried about being upstaged - at all. She’s a smart, confidant woman. It’s not like Amal wore a red corset to a wedding. Sheesh.
Now that I’ve seen the sketches for the wedding dress, I see that it had the potential to be striking. Unfortunately, the veil did not cascade like it did in the sketch. Instead it looked like it was caught on something and that Meghan’s head was going to be jerked backwards at any moment, it made my neck hurt just to watch her. I hope it wasn’t uncomfortable for her.
I read that she paid $7,000 for alterations. She didn’t get her money’s worth. The dress didn’t fit properly from the bustline up. My mother, a seamstress, would have never left a bride walk down the aisle in such an ill fitting dress. A good fit would have improved the look of the dress immensely.
@Momto4kids said:
Okay, I’d like to know where this is coming from. I have not really followed this courtship or wedding and know very little about this woman. What evidence is there that she is a “fake humanitarian”?
As to Harry, my understanding is that from the days of the nude dancing and and nazi dress, he HAS indeed “grown up and manned up”. I will admit that I don’t know all that much about him either, other than what I have accidentally stumbled upon in the news and media. I thought I had read that he admitted that he has spent a fair amount of time in therapy to help him better cope with his life and problems.
Again, this kind of comment is puzzling to me. You don’t know her, so is your critical statement based on documented behavior or testimony from people who actually DO know her?
If she were my daughter, I would have so many ambivalent feelings about this wedding and all the vicious comments and judgments being made about her by people who do not know her.
I sure hope their marriage works and that it is worth all of this scrutiny that she will have to endure for the rest of her life.
I took another look at Amal’s dress and I think I would have liked it better without the cloth train which for me was the first thing I saw and it detracted from the ensemble. For Meghan I saw a close up of the veil/train. I loved, loved the train. For me it was the one thing she could do to give to people that wanted that princessy foo foo movie look. It was so pretty in its own simplicity. I, too loved John Kennedy’s wife’s dress but she wasn’t 36 and on her second wedding white wedding dress. She had sexy and blingy with her first one. I applaud Meghan on her restraint and her pared down silhouette. Honestly I don’t think it was supposed to be skin tight with that heavy fabric.
If someone doesn’t crave attention with their dressing, they wouldn’t be walking around with a red corset ensemble, IMO. I guess we will just have to agree to disagree that Amal loves and dresses for attention. I’m not saying I don’t enjoy seeing what she is wearing. Those designer clothes are mostly on loan from the designers.
Have not been a huge fan of Megan Markle/Harry (mainly because it seemed like it moved a little quickly) but I must say - I thought she nailed it!
Loved her dress, her veil, and her party dress.
Somehow her main dress looked almost medieval to me, which I thought was very cool. She struck the right note imho.
I want whatever she used on her lips. What a great subtle color.
I thought Meghan looked beautiful. I don’t think it matters how old she is, if she’s been married before, or who she’s marrying. She should be able to choose whatever dress, make-up, and hairstyle she wants. I thought she looked like her, not a someone else’s glamorized version of herself, which was nice. I did think the top of her wedding dress seemed a little baggy in some shots. Is that just the way that style fits or was it just a bad angle?
@SouthFloridaMom9: I think I read that they had actually been dating since mid-2016. So, about 2 years to the wedding… not too quickly (though, when compared to Kate and William’s decade-long courtship, I guess it was quick!) They reportedly were able to manage dating for a number of months under the radar before the press caught on. No doubt it was helpful in the early stages to have a relationship like ‘regular people’ !