royal wedding pt.1 - the blue carpet
First the guests arrived. It was like the Oscars, but with tiaras. My favorite was the understated elegance of Princess Mary of Denmark, though Queen Silvia and Princess Madeleine of Sweden were beautiful as well. Worst dressed, not even a contest - Princess Mabel of the Netherlands.
posted by melilotnfosco | 4:16 PM
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ugh! why does this link not work most of the time?
probably cuz i got the picture thing working
i didn't care for mary's, but i liked letizia's. queen silvia's was beautiful, too.
madeleine's was too floofy on the bottom and too much like her dress from the evening before on the top.
and yes, mabel's was the worst.
but really, a lot of those dresses made me think - you're royalty, and this is a wedding. is that the best you can do?
oh, and my other comment - daniel's parents look alike.
i think i would've liked letizia's more if it wasn't the same color as her skin and was on someone who didn't get the award for too skinny. she needed something to fool people into thinking she had some curves.
ordinarily i would say that yes madeleine's dress was too floofy, but it really did flutter nicely when she walked, and i think the fact that she is so regal helped her carry it off.
and as for mabel, i'm with mom. she said it was not just ugly but disrespectful. it was not remotely suited for the occassion, and kind of making a mockery of it.
and yes, daniel's parents look alike. i felt bad for her, though. she looks like an ordinary mother of the groom, and while i realize she's not royalty so she shouldn't be up to those standards, they could've helped her out a little bit - get her hair done, add some jewelry. she must've felt out of place.
and yes, i did mean to say 'shouldn't be up to those standards,' not 'shouldn't be held up to those standards'
so who's in the picture? that link doesn't work for me... :(
this picture is princess mary.
and yeah, the link doesn't work 90% of the time for me either. i dont' know.
Yay, it finally worked! :)
Some thoughts: I don't really like Letizia's either. I think I wouldn't even if it were on a curvier girl, but I dunno -- I might have to see it.
I don't get Mabel's. Is it just pants with tulle??
I really didn't like Princess Laurentien's. It didn't seem formal enough or something. Maybe I just didn't like that print.
I think I most liked Princess Claire's (but it does look like an Oscar gown), Princess Mary's (although I bet it would look fine without the lace on top too), and Tatiana's (but I guess she's not royalty?).
I didn't think Princess Martha Louise's was flattering at all on her body. At least not in the picture on this site.
Some of these women look a lot younger than the men they're with.
I do like how most of the girls look more normal-sized than the girls in Hollywood though. And they still look great! (for the most part:)
I wish we could pick their dresses out for them. Wouldn't that be a fun job? And obviously some of them need the help...
OK, now what about the bride?? :)
Wow, that turned out to be a lot longer than I thought! Sorry!
pants with toulle. can you get any tackier?
queen sonja of norway's dress was ugly, too, but it paled in comparison to mabel's.
Princess Laurentien - i tried to give her the benefit of the doubt that it was a cultural thing. maybe that's the fashion in holland. (and the yellow part was her sash, not part of the dress, so there is that.)
princess martha-louise's dress wasn't great, though i really liked her dress from the night before (i'll post a pic).
i'm not really a fan of tatiana's, but princess claire's dress was pretty.
oh yeah, and my mother took one look at princess mette-marit of norway and said, 'you can tell she wasn't raised a royal. look at the way she stands.'
and of course the women look younger. if you were a prince, why on earth wouldn't you be a playboy for awhile then settle down with someone 20 years younger? (actually prince albert of monocco just announced his engagement to a woman 20 years his junior.)
and yes, we should totally get to choose their dresses. :)
although actually queen silvia is 2 years older than king carl gustaf
Except for Princess Mabel's outfit (NB Thanks for teaching me what "tulle" is), everyone looked great! Y'all are so picky!
oh heavens. will we have to dress you, too?
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