I liked the dress, but heard someone calling it modern. Hmmm…not in my opinion. In fact, I thought it was a bit retro.
My favorite hat to hate is this one, worn by Sarah and Andrew’s daughter:
http://clutch.mtv.com/tag/princess-beatrice-elizabeth-mary-of-york/
Well, when the dress is called ‘modern’, no doubt they mean ‘more modern than Diana’s’, but I think you’re right; looks more retro to me. I think it was really nice. That hat, though, is the stuff nightmares are made of!
Yes, that particular hat is fugly, but most of them were awesome. I saw a few ladies who weren’t wearing hats, and that I can’t understand. Who would give up a chance to sport one of those awesome works of art?
Eugenie’s was pretty silly, too. My mother was also amused by Eugenie’s dress.
I only had eyes for Kate’s dress–which I thought was lovely and very reminiscient(sp) of Princess Grace’s wedding dress. My criticism of Beatrice and Eugenie is that they should have either insisted that Sarah Ferguson, their mother, be invited or they should have sent their regrets and not attended.
Maybe that awful fascinator was a protest of sorts about their mother being excluded! That’s the only rational explanation I can give for a young woman looking into the mirror at herself in that and saying “Yep, this is the one!” What the heck was it even made out of? It looked like styrofoam!
And the dress was impeccable…yea, sleeves! May they make a comeback on bridal gowns everywhere!
odd hats must run in the family. sophie’s and ann’s weren’t normal like the queen’s. sophie’s was nearly as bad as beatrice’s.
i agree on the grace kelly looking dress. very, very, nice.
i think the blue canoe/banana wins the odd hat competition.
Here’s Beatrice and Eugenie in all their glory (not):
http://www.stylebistro.com/Royal+Wedding+Best+Dressed/articles/sPBX5QOLj9w/Princess+Eugenie+Pictures
It’s not an ugly hat, it’s an unusual one (and I admit it doesn’t quite work). But fashion Nazis think unusual or different is a crime. And God forbid people wear things with any actual colors in them. . .
No one has ever called me a fashion Nazi before! I am honored.
Meanwhile, I loved the Queen’s dress and hat:
Yeah, the Queen looks good.
Princess Beatrice, meanwhile, looks like some bizarre beige ungulate getting ready for mating season. (And who did her makeup? Eesh.)
Oops. The PM’s wife is underdressed and the deputy PM’s wife is, well, oddly dressed.
http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/photos/Best-hats-at-the-royal-wedding/8102780?photo=23
Was Eugenie the one in the blue vagina hat?
Yeah, that’s Eugenie.
I loved the fact that there were actually sleeves on the gown! Maybe this will end the trend of strapless from the past few years.
I kind of liked Victoria Beckham’s hat. http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/photos/Celebrities-at-the-royal-wedding/8102206 but her dress did nothing for me.
I appreciated her dress in that it minimized the ‘I’m 5 months pregnant’ thing. I don’t think a royal wedding is the time to flaunt a big old pregnant belly.
Isn’t that style of has called the Eugenie Hat, or maybe Princess Eugenie hat? I seem to recall learning that at a wedding in the late 70s or early 80s at which the bride wore one.
It seems Princess Beatrice feels the need to make statements with her hats
Great link, gwendee. There is a candid shot of the Queen smiling that is just lovely.
I blame Camilla for a disasterous time I had at a wedding in England. As a hat-lovin’ American, I was all excited about my hat for my brother-in-law’s wedding. Huge, green hat. A statement hat, if you will. Carried it on the plane. Got to the wedding–no hats. Not a one, except mine. I felt like an idiot. Turns out Camilla started a trend for small fascinators at her wedding. Bitch.
I am not a fashion Nazi. I agree that unusual or different is not a crime, and I have nothing against color.
But that was one ugly hat. I kept starting at it, like at a bad accident.
No, it was hideous. Not unusual, hideous. Unflattering. Bad colour. Ugly shape. Hideous.
I’m sorry - in a sea of 1,000 wacky hats at least a few of them are going to be ugly.
