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Marks out of 10 for Kate's dress

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RunAwayWife · 29/04/2011 10:12

Get ready ladies

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Laquitar · 30/04/2011 19:12

The fluffy cardigan looks like the one my mum bought for my 5 yr old dd for xmas do

Laquitar · 30/04/2011 19:13

I liked the simple bouquet too.

FellatioNels0n · 30/04/2011 19:13

I am ready Alouiseg. and I am very vampish all in black and grey with bride red lips tonight, so if you wear white lace we will look like Snow White and Cruella De Ville. Hmm

FellatioNels0n · 30/04/2011 19:14

Bright red, not Bride red. Freudian slip!

Bue · 30/04/2011 19:36

Really not sure what happened with the evening outfit - so "off the rack". I can't believe that was designed by Sarah Burton!

The gown was just beautiful though. I thought she would go more directional and fashion forward, but I love the dress more every time I see it. The way the folds of fabric hung and that little bustle on the bum - lovely. I could have done with slightly more volume in the veil but that's a minor point!

Pippa - PHWOAR! Both dresses were fab. Pippa's MOH dress would be fantastic for a bride having a more, er, understated wedding.

overthesea · 30/04/2011 19:58

Agree Kate lost far too much weight. She looks all skin and bone now and it is quite ageing. She was far better with a bit of weight on.

SybilBeddows · 30/04/2011 20:00

I did wonder if she deliberately chose an unoriginal evening outfit so everyone would be talking to her rather than commenting on her dress.
having spent the whole day having her dress looked at rather than people responding to her as a person, it would make sense to want to wear something less interesting that she could just have fun and socialise in.

overthesea · 30/04/2011 20:03

More likely it's just Kate doesn't have a whole lot of style and influenced the designer. This is what she'd have bought from Debenhams if she hadn't had to have had it made by Sarah Burton.

EsioTrot · 30/04/2011 20:04

I loved it...10/10 from me. In fact I loved all of the dresses, thought they complimented each other well too. 10/10 all round. Beautiful, classy and appropriate!

expatinscotland · 30/04/2011 20:26

So, Sarah Burton is really the best of British as far as designers go, yet she 'creates' a bridal gown that's a straight up rip off, bar the neckline and buttons, of Gracy Kelly's dress, and Caroline Bassette Kennedy's dress, again, changing the neckline, for the Maid of Honour.

Two women who died untimely deaths in accidents.

Hmm
overthesea · 30/04/2011 20:35

Well said expat

expatinscotland · 30/04/2011 20:36

I completely agree about strapless dresses. NO ONE, IMO, looks good in one, because they are not a dress, they are a corset with an attached pettticoat. They are an undergarment over which a proper dress should be laid.

oohlaalaa · 30/04/2011 20:50

Oh, expat in scotland, I agree with your comments on strapless dress. I'm getting married in July, and have really struggled with wedding dresses. It's all strapless or spaghetti straps, halterneck etc.

diddl · 30/04/2011 20:51

"So, Sarah Burton is really the best of British as far as designers go, yet she 'creates' a bridal gown that's a straight up rip off, bar the neckline and buttons, of Gracy Kelly's dress, and Caroline Bassette Kennedy's dress, again, changing the neckline, for the Maid of Honour."

But how much input was from Kate also?

If she said she wanted something like Grace Kelly´s dress...

And maybe much of in the design is in the fabric as well as the cut/style.

expatinscotland · 30/04/2011 20:56

'Oh, expat in scotland, I agree with your comments on strapless dress. I'm getting married in July, and have really struggled with wedding dresses. It's all strapless or spaghetti straps, halterneck etc.'

Have one made - it's not that expensive if it's simple - or go vintage.

Trouble with strapless is that if the person is slim, the top doesn't look good because they have small-ish norks. Fake ones look even fakier.

And if the person is 'curvy' or not slim, it's completely unflattering. Way too many ham hock arms, back hamsters and flab spilling over the top. Too many brides who resemble a main sail in a Force 7 gale.

It looks, too, like the person is wearing underwear.

We eloped, so I chose a Jackie-O type shift dress with cap sleeves from Episode (I was definitely slim and toned back then).

GenevieveHawkings · 30/04/2011 21:11

My bug bear was definitely her bouquet - hugely disappointing. It was sweet, classic, timeless and understated and would have looked spot on had the ceremony been in her village church but this occasion and huge stage demanded something more I'm afraid.

The whole occasion lacked colour and vibrancy I felt. There was no colour in the flowers in the Abbey either.

If she wanted lily of the valley (which smells divine and was probably one of the reasons she chose it) it would have looked so much nicer and more striking if she'd had something like this:

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soverylucky · 30/04/2011 21:48

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PlopPlopPing · 30/04/2011 21:54

The whole occasion lacked colour and vibrancy I felt. There was no colour in the flowers in the Abbey either

I disagree, mainly for the reason that the groom was wearing BRIGHT RED! Can you imagine the wedding photos if the bridesmaids and the flowers were brightly coloured. It woulf have looked garish and tacky.

oohlaalaa · 30/04/2011 21:54

expatinscotland - I found a dress, it isnt quite right (on the shoulder straps rather than sleeves), but it cost £400 and looked okay. I considered getting a dress made, but was concerned I wouldnt like it, when finished.

Soverylucky, I agree, wedding dresses with sleeves would be lovely. Hopefully they will now come into fashion.

GenevieveHawkings · 30/04/2011 22:15

Yes his uniform was red and the carpet in the Abbey was red and that was it! The bridesmaids were in cream and her sister was in white and the flowers in the Abbey were more in keeping with a funeral!

I only meant one colour added to the bouquet (deep red) - I hardly think the addition of that one colour would have made it "garish and tacky"! I wasn't exactly suggesting hot pink gerberas, sunflowers and blue hydrangeas and turning it into the nuptial equivalent of the Notting Hill Carnival!!

rubyrubyruby · 30/04/2011 22:24

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BitOfFun · 30/04/2011 22:26

Really? How come?

GitAwfMayLend · 30/04/2011 22:30

Totally agree Expat re strapless dresses being hideous on everyone. I have bored people to death on the subject for years.

Can't have red and white at a wedding, Bof. Blood and bandages innit (I don't know what that means, just remember my gran being scandalised at someone with red bridesmaids dresses and red and white roses in a bouquet. My gran and several other witches chuntered for months about it)

GitAwfMayLend · 30/04/2011 22:32

You can have a perfect figure and still you have skanky underarm skin folds. Why have pictures of yourself with that on show. Strapless dresses are ok for a party, but not a wedding.

I don't know why I have suddently appointed myself the arbiter of bridal style, mind you.

But what the hey.

exoticfruits · 30/04/2011 22:34

I loved her bouquet and thought in keeping with everything else. The simpler the better. (I thought superstition says don't mix red and white flowers at a wedding)