I started watching the beginning of the coverage live at 2 am
myself. ;-) I hadn't realized there wouldn't be any commercials for
bathroom breaks etc... which was both good and bad since they finally
got onto the balcony at 7:26 am. LOL! I usually dashed out when they
started talking to people in the crowd. I thought her dress was very
Grace Kelly, myself. I *loved* Pippa's dress, with the draped
neckline, it is just sooooo '30s! Although, I could just scream
since I'm in the process of making a silk velvet blouse with that
neckline (and slightly longer sleeves) and a few different gowns and
outfits for my BJDs with it as well, and now everyone will think I
was copying her! Humpf!!!
Anyway, if you wish to see who is wearing what BBCAmerica is the
answer. There are some really cool hats (I thought the royal blue
vertical seed pod thingy was neat), some truly frightful ones (TRH
Princesses Beatrice & Eugenie come to mind... I mean a blue fez with
a ratty feather duster on top?!), a bunch of those annoying
"fascinators", and the scandalous fact that the British Prime
Minister's wife arrived without a hat at all!!! (In case you don't
know they are a "must" for ladies.) She had just pinned a small
jewel to the side of her head.
One of the things I found rather interesting, was one of the
officiants, I can't remember which now (Bishop of London???) was
wearing his new cloth of gold cope and boy was that thing bright and
shiny! If you read an historical mention of it, you sure get an idea
of what a gaudy textile it was, once you see this thing!
Anyway, I don't want to give away too much for those who haven't seen
it yet. I'm finally off to bed. <G>
Cheers,
Danielle
At 10:20 AM 4/29/2011, you wrote:
BBC America is repeating the coverage now, people are still wandering
into the church..
I thought the dress was so retro, could have been worn by Queen
Elizabeth herself. A style that has come and gone so many times--I
made almost identical dresses for a couple of my brides about 15 or so
years ago. Maybe this will help break the fad for strapless gowns
which are too ubiquitous these days.
I've been enjoying the increased coverage of royal wedding gowns of
the past, it's nice to see some close up pictures of those.
Katy
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:09 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> CNN had live coverage since midnight EST. I am in a hotel and we brought
> our VCR to tape it. My husband woke up at 4 am panicked because he set the
> VCR up incorrectly. Thank goodness he woke up to fix the problem. I
> believe CNN is repeating it tonight.
>
> As for Kate's dress...I have seen several of this style wedding
dresses from
> the 1940s. I own one without the slit neckline. I have one or
two original
> 1940s wedding photos with this style dress. Fashion repeating
itself AGAIN.
>
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