One of the things I found rather interesting, was one of the officiants, I can't remember which now (Bishop of London???)
I think he was whatever the head of Westminster Abbey is called. That cope was given in commemoration of something or other recently. (BTW--I didn't know that the head of the Abbey--is he the dean?--reports directly to the queen, not the Archbishop of Canterbury--at least, all this was according to BBC. Well, she is the Defender of the Faith, after all.) Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: Danielle Nunn-Weinberg <gilshal...@comcast.net> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Fri, Apr 29, 2011 1:36 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] pouting about R. Wedding coverage 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, <penn...@costumegallery.com> 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. > > > > Penny Ladnier, owner > > The Costume Gallery Websites > > www.costumegallery.com > > 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history > > FaceBook: > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Costume-Gallery-Websites/107498415961579 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > >-- >Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian >katybisho...@gmail.com www.VintageVictorian.com > Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. > Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. > >_______________________________________________ >h-costume mailing list >h-costume@mail.indra.com >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
