I watched the wedding of Charles & Diana & thought the dress was awful. It just looked a mess. The Meg was on the opposite end, being a whole load of nothing & also looked awful.
I watched every minute of Diana's wedding to (then) Prince Charles, and I absolutely hated her gown!! It looked like she was being swallowed up by a giant, ugly marshmallow!!!
Couldn’t agree more. Diana’s dress was far too busy & seemed to eat her alive. I recall that when she got out of the carriage, the actual dress material was terribly creased. It looked awful.
Catherine’s dress was absolutely beautiful. She looked stunning. Everything was right, the dress, the tiara and the veil, she looked so very elegant and so beautiful.
In defense of Diana's wedding dress, the venue was massive, a seating capacity of 3,500 and total height of 365' (Westminster Abbey 2,000 capacity and 225' tall) and it was felt that a massive gown with a long train was needed to fill the space, to give the guests something to look at and not everyone would have an prime seat to be able to see it. Think of the choice of the scale of the gown being analogous to QEII's bold, colorful gowns which were worn to draw attention to her in a crowd. The larger the gown, the easier it would be for those further from the aisle to see. The long train was also chosen to give guests something to look at after Diana had passed by and (again) to fill the space on the long shots and aerial shots from within the cathedral. The exagerated details of the gown were echoing the oppulance of the Victorian Belle Epoque, where even larger sleeves were seen and more massive skirts of earlier Victorian fashion were fashionable. Compared to the detail of a high Victorian gown, Diana's was soft, understated, and romantic, a departure from the trends of gowns from the previous decades. It was the right gown for the venue and time, but the carriage wasn't the right transport for the easily creased paper taffeta used to make the gown. Meghan's gown was abominable. I understand she kept changing her mind during the making of the gown's construction, and so it ended up to be ill-fitting. Catherine's gown was magnificent.
You have a point but I still find Diana's gown ugly despite being an 80s teen. It could have remained big but with a better design. And they should have factored in the carriage so maybe a detachable train or could have been added to the gown once Diana got out of the carriage. And the material should have been the type that is not so easily creased.
I sat up to watch Charles and Diana get married, she got out of the carriage and I said. Oh my god what the hell where they thinking. It looked like she had slept in it and was a terrible design, At Catherine"s wedding I sat praying Please please get out of that car and look beautiful and not like Diana did. I stood up and cheered when she got out. She was beautiful and the dress was stunning. So hands down Catherine's dress will always be the best and I still check her out to see what she's wearing.
@@lisagillum-wells1979That would have been the sensible thing to do. The designer should have suggested that to her. She was only 19 and probably never thought of that.
Catherine's dress is so gorgeous, but the thing that always sticks out to me is the QUALITY of the fabric and structure. It's off the charts! And I've never seen a veil fall so beautifully.
I have to defend Diana’s dress 😂 it was 1981-EVERYTHING was excess, over the top. When she emerged from that coach, it gave PRINCESS. By todays standards, WAY too much. But at the time, that dress was EVERYTHING. She was 19 and had the foresight to know she had to do something SO iconic, people would never forget it-and she did. Catherine’s is timeless and elegant, even 13 years later a bride could wear something similar and still be on trend. Fit impeccably. Meghans dress was abominable. Terribly fit, too thick, too blinding white, shapeless-the veil was too long, the hair was messy & disheveled. Just bad. Ironically Diana’s dress cemented the Emmanuel’s careers, Catherine’s dress made Sarah Burton a superstar-but Meghan’s Clare Waight Keller kinda took a hit for that dress. I think perhaps ppl saw that she had little control over her design because Markle was so demanding and fickle.
Some things were over the top but not everything....... at he time Diana's dress got a very poor reception and people were generally disappointed..... especially when she got out of the coach and the dress was quite creased and looked a bit ugly.....The marriage ceremony was a public holiday which a lot of people weren't happy about ......some people didn't get paid .......so there was quite a bit of resentment about it at that time.... they Didn't want the day off or rather they didn't want to lose a days wage...... There wasn't a flood of Diana style wedding dresses afterwards either....
I agree. 80s were over the top. Our hair could not be too high. Our shoulder pads could not be too big. Belts could not be too wide. I love Princess Diana’s dress… until… I saw Princess Catherine. Has this lady ever put a foot out of step? I have never seen her looking anything but spectacular. Prince William chose well!
A separate note on Meghan's dress. It was fluorescent white, like you see white under a black light! It had that blue-ish tinge that made it look cold like her. It was a big FU to the queen. Queen Elizabeth did have the power to take away her red carpet, so the neon effect was dulled against the cold stone floor of the church. Catherine's dress, and the queen's wedding dress both had the traditional flowers embellished in their gown or veil, but Meghan had to out do them by including flowers from ALL the commonwealth instead of the four flowers from the British isles. She has to have the last laugh while copying everyone else. The tides have turned on her, thank goodness!
I have met Diana and she was very tall. I am 5'4" and was wearing heels. She wore ballet flats and bent forward to shake my hand. She had a figure like a supermodel with superb skin even in the direct sunlight. If anyone could carry that Emmanuel dress, she could.
I agree. I also think that style of bridal dress was in fashion during that year. After the engagement was announced in 1981, Diana attended the wedding of Nicholas Soames and his ex-wife, Catherine because then Prince Charles was his best man. Catherine wore a wedding dress that was very similar to Diana's although a lot more plain without the lace, bows and long train. As she was around 6 feet tall, she carried it off well.
I have a close friend who has worked in a bridal shop for over 20 years. After Catherine's wedding she told me that they got so many requests from brides to get a dress similar to Catherine's. According to her nobody asked to have a dress similar to the one of the cable actress lol.
I was here in the 80s and disliked this dress from the moment she stepped out of the carriage. I was, also, disappointed with her hair. Loved Margaret's dress.
I remember when Prince William and Princess Catherine got married very well. I wasn't overly familiar with them but a teacher at my school was a big fan and wheeled a tv into our classroom so we could watch the wedding. Everyone only half paid attention until we saw Catherine in her dress. She truly left everyone speechless in the best way possible. Us girls were obsessed with the lace and I can confidently say she's the reason I wanted sleeves on my own wedding dress. She set the bar very high for future royal brides.
@rosana847 The more I see that Bridesmaids dress Pippa wore, I find it so tacky. {It would be a fantastic for an evening event}. I hate everything about it. **Everything** However, her Wedding gown was sensational! I think I like it much more than Catherine's. She looked perfect
Diana's dress was too much even for the 80s. Hideous. She looked pathetic. And I thought the same at the time. I was here in the 80s and "fashion" was non-existent. Since it was 81, I blame those people for the hideous things to come. That second dress would have been wonderful.
Meghan's dress was pretty but I didn't like the neckline. I do not like 3/4 sleeves at all so I would have liked long sleeves. I loved the reception dress. She does have good shoulders. As you say, there could have been maybe more in the hips for balance. 😊
@@dianadriverasbury9130Lord, yes. I remember watching the wedding at the time and we hated the dress. She was a young girl buried in layers of fabric. One telling thing is that the dress was not widely copied. In contrast- a lot of people had copies of Sarah (Fergie’s) dress. That dress fit her beautifully.
I was in my 20s when Diana got married. The whole event was fairy tale.. she was young, beautiful, becoming a Princess, she needed a princess gown. The cathedral was huge, the dress had to be big.. remember this was the era of big hair, shoulder pads, etc. Looking back, it was over the top, but at the time, it was perfect.😅
As a little girl watching that wedding I was mesmerized by Diana. She was everything my little girl thought a princess should be. She was given a role to play in life and she did it to a T from the very beginning.
I'm in my late 60s and I remember Diana's wedding dress very well. I didn't know anybody who liked it. It was way, way, way over the top to the point of looking foolish.
I agree! I mean, it looked very appetizing- the colour and wrinkles reminded strongly of a lovely, huge baiser! But it did appear like what a small and a little foolish girl would dream up for her dream wedding. It is a little sad in hindsight to see how it all turned out…
As an 11-year old girl who woke up super early to watch the wedding, I thought Diana’s dress looked exactly like a princess dress. I remember thinking that she was the most beautiful lady that I had ever seen.
In fairness to Diana's dress, I remember when she and Charles were leaving St Pauls and walking down that flight of steps, her train looked like a silken waterfall following them!
Beebs… unless you lived in the 80’s you don’t understand the ethos of excess that was part of that decade.. everything was bigger and over the top.. just look at hair during that time!! It was what it was! As a 19 yr old in 1981, I thought it was absolutely dreamy!! The biggest disappointment was Megan’s dress, it was so poorly fitted my jaw hit the floor! I couldn’t believe a major couturier would allow it out the door..!
@@leahnichol6665 That's my favourite royal wedding dress - the fit of the Bodice, the beautiful neckline and the Tudor sleeves !! Wouldn't be surprised if the Princess Royal still fits into it ! ♥
After seeing Princess Anne before the wedding, in a beautiful soft lacy gown and looked so beautiful (it was the front cover of a magazine, if I remember rightly) I was so disappointed with the harsh lines of her wedding dress. So stiff looking 😢
Catherine was a perfect bride to her handsome Prince. I love everything about her choices. I loved her veil. The tiara was perfect. The bodice and skirt were perfect. She is the perfect wife for Prince William. God bless them all.
I was an adult when Charles and Diana were married. That dress was breathtaking. Also very different. People thought it looked back to the Renaissance; a very sumptuous time totally appropriate for the wedding of the heir to the throne.
ABSOLUTELY agree. I was a kid but I still remember like yesterday. For the time & era, it’s what was expected and it worked. The 80s were over the top. Puffy was in. If you hold the dress to this generations standards, yes it’s way too much snd overpowering. But when she stepped out of that gosh, the whole world gasped in a good way.
Ugh. I remember getting up at 4am to watch the wedding and being SO disappointed by the dress. It was waaay too much, even for the 80’s. I wanted to like it - I really did - but just couldn’t get behind the OTT frou-frou look. Diana looked like she was being drowned in taffeta - and she was not a petite woman!
I have never been into bridal stuff or anything but Princess Catherine's gown: just wow! So beautiful, so sweet and the lace detail was sweetly sexy, that bow in the back, the detail. and yeah: she pulled it all off because that gown was HER, it represented her, it was perfect!
Regarding The Megs' dress, I think the Queen questioned her wearing white and The Meg said: oh no, old lady, now I'm going to wear a dress that is so white, it can be seen from space. OPTIC WHITE. Same with the veil. Queen questions Meghan needing a veil? Here comes the longest, most involved veil ever to veil. Take that, old woman!
@@alandavidge1273 I think our late Queen's face said it *ALL* - I didn't watch the whole wedding because, by then, I'd begun to think that Meghan was not a good fit for the role into which she was marrying but I do remember watching the Queen... Her obvious dislike & disapproval were hilarious as was Catherine, Princess of Wales whose face was a picture of studied calm & expressionless presence.
Ohhhhh BEEBS I was lucky 🍀 enough to see Diana's wedding gown at an exhibit of her most iconic dresses/outfits many years ago. It really was spectacular. Her wedding dress was amazing - they actually had the train and veil completely extended so you could see how very long it was. Being married in 1984 my dress resembled Diana's lol Princess Charlene's was very understated but classic in every way. Markle's was hideous right down to the fit. The Princess of Wales, Catherine, her dress was absolutely stunning - fitted to perfection!
I went to that exhibit as well. It was fun to see all of those famous outfits in person. Her dress was quite something. I have to admit, I don't like it but it was very 80's. I remember many wedding dresses during that time that were inspired by Diana's.
Mine was, to a certain extent. I wish it had been silk, but it was a ball gown with a train that could be bustled up and bows on the sleeves. Her dress said fairy tale as none have before or since.
Charlene looked like a supermodel dream. She has super wide shoulders but the off-shoulder sleeves wrapped around her so beautifully, it balanced out her look.
Princess Catherine's wedding dress is perfection, and she obviously wanted to make sure that her sister would shine that day ❤ I think that Meghan knew that the Queen did not want her to wear white, so Meghan being Meghan thought, "I'll show you white"
@@anne-marie2972 think she was trying to beat Diane’s veil When she knocked the aids hand away whilst he was trying to help her out of the car. Was another red flag in how she saw and treated people
I was at a conference dinner when Harry wed Meghan. Every woman was surreptitiously watching the ceremony on their phones under the table - and this was in the time we all loved Harry and his bride. There was a palpable sense of disappointment when Meghan got out of the car and we saw the dress.
As a 9 year old in 1981, I loved Diana’s dress! Now I think it was a dress of it’s time. She had more pressure on her because she was marrying the current Prince of Wales. The dress had to be big she was married at St Paul’s Cathedral which I believe is much bigger than Westminster Abbey. When I got married in 1996 I did have a princess style ball gown but not puffy on the top. It is the one time in my life I got to be a princess. By the time Meghan Markle got married I knew that the dress was Ill-fitting because I now enjoy sewing. All those designers who thought the fit was soft and it was just too plain. I love Kate Middleton’s dress. It was romantic and soft and her style. I also love Princess Anne’s wedding dress.
I don’t know who did Diana’s hair and make up but they really didn’t do a good job her air looked down and the heavy fringe wasn’t really her aesthetic.
Wow! What you wrote about Diana's was almost word for word what I was thinking because I was that nine year old too...and the dress had to match the massive venue and the pressure of marrying the Prince of Wales. And you pretty much read my mind on everything else too....in particular have really come to appreciate Princess Anne's dress too. She was amazing. She was also a beautiful second time bride at her wedding in Scotland. I'm happy you got to have and enjoy your princess moment.@@Sewtired
For the first time Meghan did not try to copy Diana, but her wedding dress was, shall we say, "inspired" by the dress of Princess Angela of Leichtenstein, the first European royal bride of African heritage. Just a wider neckline and a brighter white fabric for Meghan.
@jaiemacarthur612: Excellent observation and comment! It would have been far nicer and less stark if there had been a softer (probably lace) layer on top. A top layer would also have helped conceal the fact the dress was too loose on the bodice.
Meghan Markles hair 99percent of the time looks messy. She doesn’t look polished or elegant with bits of hair sticking out or when it’s down and doesn’t look like she hasn’t brushed it. Looks like rats tails.
Grocery store hair. She should have worn a more embellished dress in flowy fabrics, with full curled hair banded to the side and worn over one shoulder. Instead, she recylcled a tablecloth from the Four Seasons.
I am 51, and remember getting up before the sun to watch Diana in her dress. As an 8 year old, it was my fantasy wedding dress for years. Now, I think it overwhelmed her. The dress wore her, not the other way around. 😊
I got up at a ridiculous hour to watch Charles and Diana’s wedding. I got married one week before they did. I never cared for Diana’s dress. It was 10 miles of poof and ruffle. Too, too much. Regardless, she was gorgeous. The Markle dress? Plain, poor fit and wrong style I thought. Enjoyed your video, thank you ❤
@@justineheinrichs2798 I believe, way back then, I recorded it on VCR tape… just in case I didn’t get up. Nowadays, there are so many ways to watch it later, it might not be as tempting to get up in the middle of the night. Like with the Queen’s funeral and Charles’ coronation, I thought I’d get up, but I ended up just watching on UA-cam the next day.
The embellishments and ruffles were the signature style of the Emmanuels then. Lady Diana had one of their ruffled blouses she loved so much. I doubt very much she would've chosen them to make her gown if she didn't like their designs. The gown really made an impression on 16 year old me. I saw it close up in an exhibition here in Sydney, Australia. The mother of pearl sequins on her veil and on Queen Mary's lace on the bodice and in the sleeves was genius. Something never seen before on a royal bride, and they sparkled beautifully under the lights at St. Paul's. The pearls and sequins embroidered around the flower basket lace on the bodice were breathtaking. I have the book "A Dress for Diana" by the Emmanuels, and you can see all the love gone into the making of the gown ❤
Megs' makeup was an attempt at the "natural look" to style her as youthful. Megs was NOT the blushing bride at 36. At that age, everyone is too old to wear that much white. 😂
I disagree about the white, white is traditional at any age. But I think Megan’s vail was definitely too much and really an attempt to call back to Diana’s extreme train without having the actual extreme train. I think she should have had a much nicer hair style with just the tiara and skipped a vail altogether. I know people who got married for the first time much older and wore white and people who got married for the first time younger and wore very colorful dresses. I actually didn’t mind the simplicity of Megan’s dress, that I thought was more akin to an older bride, simple and not over done. I didn’t even mind it being a little loose, but it was too loose in some spots and I think the train should have been shorter since it was so simple. But over time, the more I look at photos, to me the fabric looks thick and heavy.
I was a little girl at the time and thought Diana's dress was absolutely beyond gorgeous! Probably because it was a Cinderellaesque creation! Catherine's dress was amazing, although I do wish she'd worn her hair fully up (but understand why she went with the compromise of half-up). Grace Kelly's dress was SO beautiful and I like that it was clearly an inspiration for Catherine's, especially given that Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were good friends of Grace.
As a 14 year old girl who stayed up all night to watch the wedding of Lady Diana, I gasped in delight at the sight of the dress. I even had my mother make a very similar dress for me, my mother was a wonderful seamstress and I wish I had kept it. I agree with you, it didn't age well, certainly not a "timeless" dress.
Totally agree on Diana’s dress which was my least favorite and Meghan’s. Catherine’s dress was stunning as was Charlenes. I know this wasn’t a royal wedding dress but I absolutely loved Pippa Middleton’s
@ellenoconnor601: I said the very same thing about Pippa’s wedding dress! I loved every single thing, her mother and sister’s outfits for the day; the cream and pale pink roses everywhere; the huge conservatory (and its decor) for the reception, etc, etc. I still go back to look at photos of that wedding, lol! I also loved the dresses worn by Catherine, Charlene, Sarah Chatto and of course, the late Princess Margaret.
Princess Catherine would have been gorgeous in a potato sack. She looked beautiful and stunning and everything else we can think of. She was such a lovely bride. If you’ll notice the look on the queens face during the Wale’s wedding compared to the Sussex wedding. A huge difference.
Right? The late queen was smiling broadly and looked delighted at William and Catherine's wedding. She had a face like thunder at H&Ms. Which is something, considering she had had decades of experience keeping her expression neutral. But then again, the whole family looked FAR happier at Eugenie's wedding just a few months after H&Ms.
I've always thought something must have specifically happened that morning with Harry and Meghan that must have undercut their ability to prepare themselves to go through it. The whole family looked (understandably) grim or displeased.
It was the absolute best kept secret and Diana's dress was a breathtaking reveal....that time was very very grim in Britain and Diana was not just a breath of fresh air for the Royal family butt for the whole country...I was there and I can tell you every single girl of her age was wearing her hair the same as Diana the same type of clothing even when she had just been spotted along the river Dee, the necklace she had with a "D" was copied by soo many, there are few iconic moments people will remember and they usually are the grim type (JFK, 9/11, The Air India disaster, Oct 7th) this was such an uplifting moment we had been through the most dreary grim times there and to have this jolly sweet English Rose come upon the scene...you HAD to have been there!
Diana’s dress kind of set the tone of the 80s, a decade of excess and volume (think 80s hair). 😄 I had never seen Princess Charlene’s dress before - gorgeous! I’m a sucker for beautiful embroidery details. Thanks Beebs!
80s bride here. I had the Princess Diana dress for my wedding and while it was stunning, you are correct that it was a lot of dress. I'm 4'11 and I was 91 pounds the day I got married. There was three times more dress than me. I look at the pictures and I was a tiny head on a big dress. It was also very heavy. (There were like 30 pounds of petticoats to make that full skirt, not to mention the tain.) Mine was hemmed correctly, so I wasn't tripping on it, but I needed help with the volume of the skirt behind me and the giant train. I had those same big sleeves (mine might have been puffier) and I couldn't see around them and if I turned too quickly I had a face full of sleeve. (I think they actually stood up taller than my head.) She got married in July. I got married in June of 1989 in Arizona. It was hot and that dress was HOT. I know they were in London, but I'll bet that dress was hot too. I can sympathise with how much that dress would have been for her and my wedding wasn't near as big as hers. My dress was beautiful, but if I had it to do again, yeah, I'd go with much less dress.
Megan’s dress looks like what is on the mannequin when you start making a dress. Catherine, POW’s dress was gorgeous. Even Diana’s, which was too huge, was much nicer than Markles. Dianas dress was iconic but looked uncomfortable. Catherine got it 100% right.
I was around when Lady Diana married Prince Charles. At the time I felt that Diana was drowning in the dress. I agree with you that it was just too much for her. Megan's dress was not tailored and seemed stiff. I do agree with the Queen that it should not have been white and should not have a veil. The veil did not match the dress style and was too over the top with the embroidery and length. Princess Charlene's dress was beautiful. The embroidery was exquisite and the cross fabric at the neckline would have helped Meghan. The whole look with the veil, train, and hair was so lovely. Princess Catherine's dress was said to have been inspired by Princess Grace's and Princess Margaret's gowns. The lace neckline and sleeves with the embroidery and tulle was beautiful. The earrings she wore were a gift from her parents and had little acorns which reflected the coat-of-arms that was given the Middletons by the Queen. I am loving Bridal Week.
The Meg's whole look screamed this is a business deal NOT a union based on love. The dress looked so unfinished and lacked polish and sophistication as well as ill fitting.
I love how you added the clip of Megnut exiting the car on her wedding, and smacking the hand of the gentleman trying to provide support…she’s insane!!
The late Queen looked so happy at William and Catherine’s wedding. After their bow and curtsy to her, she bent forward to take a good look at the dress as they walked away. She clearly liked it.
I got married in 82. I remember watching Diana's wsdding. Waiting with baited breath for her gown, when she emerged from the coach my first thought was 'That is really ugly!!!' I never fell in love with that dress.👍👍👍
DIANA was a child when she had married. A very young girl who had "little girl dreams" who wanted to capture all of that on her Wedding day and did ! Every young girl who had watched Diana's Wedding were so excited and envious seeing "dreams do come true" ! We all could identified with her and it wasnt the 2020s. . Diana believed with her whole heart she was a FAIRYTAIL PRINCESS as we all did Diana beleived you marry your PRINCE as you ride off in a ROYAL CARRIAGE... Believing married life would be so magical and so in love forever but it wasnt reality and Walt Disney could not have done it any better! Diana was truly a Fairytail Princess in the flesh and her gown revealed it and she should have worn glass slippers to make it all complete ! We were all in love with her ! And we watched her grow as her fashion and confidence took off throughout the years.! She was a Barbie in fashion! While CATHERINE was an older woman wanting a far different image. She envisoned herself representing The Monarchy and Royal. She was not a child and knew her Prince for a decade and could handle reality because she was realistic and had experienced life and lived among the middle class. Catherine had put effort and perfection into that moment knowing her Wedding was a part of History in the making. She carried herself down the red carpet in such a beautiful way. Her gown was elegant and form fitting, suited for a Princess of a modern day design of Princess Grace own Wedding gown! We were in awe and remain so and she has never disappointed ! Catherine's Royal Wedding outdid even Princess Ann's. BUT MM gown and wedding had many flaws. Little effort and perfection was taken in consideration The whole Wedding day, from up those stairs ....to the wedding march .... to the gown its self ...All failed miserably! It was a terrible disaster! You covered your eyes not to see the mishaps and those blinders ! It was so very painful ! Did she forget? It was all meant to be a Royal Wedding and it clearly was not ! 😮 😢
Sadly the 80s were all about, puff sleeves, frills and large bows! We all went with it. Can't help feeling that Megsy just looks like she was wearing a sheet. A hospital sheet.
I was married in 1965, my dress ( homemade) was white velvet ( it was December) with a boat neckline with three quarter length sleeves and a slight tulip shape skirt, almost the same as Meghan’s, but much nicer, I believe it cost about £50! At least mine was perfectly fitted.
Did not care for Diana’s wedding dress at all. Was very disappointed to see her emerge and walk up the steps. The dress, train & veil just seemed to emerge forever. Everything was very overdone, but reportedly exactly how Diana wanted it. Markel’s dress was awful - color & veil were very inappropriate. The fit was poor and unattractive. Her reception dress was fine, but not great. Catherine’s dress was stunning in fit, design. The veil was graceful. Her reception dress was very pretty. The Queen’s wedding dress was stunning.
I was around in the 80s and watched Charles' and Diana's wedding on TV. I remember being disappointed by the dress and how wrinkled it was. I also felt Diana's bangs could have used a trim. Still, it was an iconic, fairytale event and I loved her.
I’m Diana’s age and the dress was toooo much ! I agree sleeves were the main issue and the flowers were too big too. Meghan’s reception dress was nice but the wedding dress was too plain.
I never liked Diana's wedding gown. I thought it was ugly then, and it's ugly now. I'm not a fan of busy, and that dress was REALLY busy. And you're right, that train was way too long. The saving grace? It was a royal wedding, full of fairytale glamour, and it was lovely to witness. At the time, I didn't think much of Markle's dress, but with time, I realized it was pretty blah, and the whole wedding was over the top, considering she'd been married before and wasn't marrying the heir to the throne. I don't know what the RF was thinking, but they let her get away with far too much regarding the wedding. The dress should not have been pure white; the veil and train had no business being as dramatic as they were. Incorporating flowers of all the Commonwealth countries seemed presumptuous then and even more so now. For all Markle's bleating about wanting a whimsical, romantic dress, the overall presentation was far from it. She looked like she couldn't be bothered to look special that day. Her hair was a mess. The embellishment on Princess Charlene's wedding dress was very pretty and feminine. Catherine's dress hit all the right notes and is the best of the bunch. It was romantic, and she looked beautiful.
"I don't know what the RF was thinking " is what many did thought of that. I watched other channel that had the interviewer asked the questions to Markle regarding on her wedding dress, even asked her about Queen's thoughts, Markle skipped the question, " I made all the decisions" snub over the interviewer. It gave me an impression RF and Markle may been on not same page over dress those days as go over the dress. I believe in the end of day Queen did not want to hurt Harry 's feeling the most. However, I agree with you, on white issue for her being married before. She could have a dark ivory or dark cream with a soft gold with flowers hair band would be a pretty one.
Hi Beebs....great wedding dress input. I was married two years before Diana and watched that wedding as it went live. My dress was absolutely gorgeous, and still is relatable, but nothing like Diana's. I wish I could send a photo so you could see a gown from the same time period. In retrospect, I agree with much of your views, especially trying to imagine seeing her dress without the 70/80s trends and vibes while living the styles. Back then, there was so much going on in fashion, home interiors(my profession), crafts and even movies etc. It was a time when everyone was tea-dying unbleached muslin and making accent pillows and homemade handicrafts and faded and dusty colors...that county rustic look in everything. Tailoring was not essential to the fashion trends. I remember maternity dresses being big and flouncy to "hide" the fact that you were losing your figure as long as possible. Diana's dress, as wrinkled as it was, looked like she was a symbolic angel on a cushion. The photos of her, especially sitting with mounds of fluffy (albeit wrinkled) fabric, made her look like the innocent young girl, sitting on clouds or whipped cream and seemed to reflect the purity of being offered up as a virgin that she was expected to be. As crazy as it was, as she unfurled it all on television, it personally gave me goose bumps! The only thing that really fell flat for me was her hairstyle. NOTHING negative was really reported about her gown that I can remember. She was the golden girl, the angel sent to the royal family and the hope for happiness in the royal family and for Prince Charles. Looking back, it's fascinating and sad so see how all of that feeling in the air played out to be such a tragedy. The saving grace in that marriage is the hope in Prince William, along side of Princess Catherine makes it a union that was meant to be.
@swissuz: You’re the only one I’ve ever seen comment on Diana’s hairstyle that day! 👍 That was the very first thing that looked “off” to me because her hair didn’t look right with the fussy dress and tiara. It looked like she was going off to play tennis or something. I don’t know what a stylist could have done to make the hair suit the dress and tiara better - but feel someone surely could have come up with an idea to blend the two together! Re the wrinkled dress, I do recall somebody on tv saying that, to them, Diana stepping out of the carriage in the wrinkled dress, reminded them of a chrysalis emerging from its cocoon as a beautiful butterfly! I thought that was a lovely comment.
Out of the dresses, my favorite was the princess of Wales. And for Princess Diana‘s, I was alive when she married Charles, I was in my early tween years and I agree with you 100%, in that her dress is iconic, but was not timeless and has not stood the test time .
Why is everyone so hung up on the wrinkles in Diana's dress? I don't think they detract from the beauty of her dress. Yes, the dress is over the top, but so was the wedding and Diana. It was a fairytale dress, and she was adorable.
My favorite was Catherine’s . I’m dating myself but I remember watching Charles & Diana’s wedding. I think we have to cut Diana some slack . She was 19 when the dress was designed and I think she still had visions of a fairytale wedding . I read that when she got up to the altar , Charles said “ you look beautiful “ and she replied “ beautiful for you.” I also remember that it was reported that they had to keep tucking in the waist because Diana list so much weight before the wedding . I actually thought Fergie’s dress was prettier though .
No one mentions Fergie’s dress! Remember the anchor she had worked into the train? It’s really too bad that marriage didn’t work out and that Andrew turned out to be awful, because unlike Charles and Diana, who were sort of playing roles, I got the impression that they genuinely liked each other. They still do, which may seem weird, but except for Andrew’s stuff (YIKES), it’s kind of nice for a formerly married couple to really be friends.
@@professorbutters I did mention Fergie’s dress in a comment. I did think it was prettier than Diana’s , though I didn’t care for that enormous floral headpiece she wore cling into church
@@sue8344Yes- I remember Fergie wore the flower head dress walking down the aisle to the ceremony- But after the marriage ceremony she went to the back of the alter when they signed the marriage documents, she switched to the York TIara that the Queen had gifted to her. It signified she was walking into the church as a “commoner” and walking out as a “royal.” I love Fergie’s dress! It fit beautifully.
Catherine’s skirt and train were absolutely exquisite and they fell into place perfectly, no matter how she moved. We take it for granted but it’s not easy to achieve. Charlene’s gown was perfect on her and she was a truly elegant bride. I did feel badly for her that her lovely train seemed to roll itself into a tube-like shape as she walked back and forth from signing the registry and then departed the ceremony. I asked a very knowledgeable seamstress about what could have caused that problem and she thought that the designer would have made an underskirt/ petticoat to support the skirt and train. The wedding day was a scorcher and my friend wondered if Charlene chose to not wear the underskirt to help combat the heat.
I'm a year older than Diana and I loved the dress. What 21 year old wouldn't in 1981? The reports were that because she was getting married in St Paul's Cathedral, the dress and it's train had to be larger than life so not to be swallowed up by the grandness of the setting. That's why the train was so long. I remember when she stepped out of the carriage and she was a wrinkled mess. I can still remember the Emmanuels working to get the dress smoothed out, which they succeeded in doing. Would I wear those sleeves now. No, but in 1981...you betcha. Because I was young and that was the style. I loved every royal wedding dress since then except for Meagan's, because they reflect the bride and the era they were made and worn. Diana's dress reflected her and her era as well. The 70s had just ended...and I look back at what I wore during high school and laugh with embarrassment...but I was stylin' then. There is also a lot of regency bias in these videos as well. Totally understand it and accept it..
I was 20 in 1981 and thought Diana's dress was awful. Hideous design, too much everything, and a really, really poor fabric choice knowing it would have to be scrunched up to fit into the carriage.
I was 9 years old and it was amazing! Lol. Then every Christmas for a few years the CBC (Canadian) replayed the wedding it looked lovely on the old television. Even today I love it for representing the style of the time. The Emmanuel’s made many more dresses for Diana just like Sarah Burton makes many dresses for Catherine.
@@Sewtired I was the same age as you were. In 1981 TV was new to our country and we had a brand new TV! Everyone in the neighbourhood came to our place to watch the wedding - our living room was like a small movie theatre. Diana looked like a fairytale princess. Streets in London looked like from another planet to us. Now whenever I visit London it always brings back memories of that day in a faraway place. Such a magical day.
Aging myself here but I was in college in 81 and stayed up all night to watch Diana's wedding. Even though it WAS the 80s, you are right, it was over the top even from 80s standards... and I even thought so at the time... this dress is too puffy and huge. However, she was gorgeous and could pull off anything. Would look radiant in a paper bag!
As much as I love Catherine's dress and I do, in terms of royal wedding dresses Grace Kelley will always be my #1. Her dress is breathtaking even all these years later--plus it inspired Catherine so got to give it to the OG trendsetter
I was around in 1981. I didn’t like the dress. I thought it was too poofy. I really liked Catherine’s dress. I have never liked anything but simp,e lines and designs.
I was a dressmaker doing wedding dresses when Dian married. We had some brides waiting to see what her dress was like to see if they wanted the same. We never made a dress anywhere near that. Nobody wanted it. It was very over the top.
Diana's dress was of it's time....I watched the wedding on tv....Never liked it, the sleeves, the frilly bits?!? Loved Princess Margret's dress and Princess Anne's dress. Catherine, Princess of Wales was also great.
I think Diana's and Prince Charles' whole wedding was a huge proof that less is always more when it comes to weddings. If you love someone, your perfect day doesn't need to be perfect. Compare this with with Prince Charles and Camilla's wedding prayer ceremony: simplest of the elegantly simple, sure a symbol of simple, strong, real love.
There’s a lot to be said for classic simplicity. Camilla’s outfit for her wedding to Charles was beautiful and suitable for a woman of her age marrying for the second time. Beautiful and dignified. But I won’t fault the barely-20 year old Diana, marrying the heir to the throne, inside huge and majestic St Paul’s Cathedral. Her dress was appropriate to her age, the times, and the nature of the ceremony. It’s sad that they ultimately weren’t suited to each other and I’m glad Charles is happy today with a wife who is more compatible to him.
In some defense of Charles and Diana’s wedding, Charles the first Prince of 🏴 to get married in a loooonnnng time so it was significant and a certain majesty was required. His marriage to Camilla was and 2nd for both so it had to be simple no church wedding rather a blessing.
Yes, Charles and Diana’s wedding was the biggest news story and the most significant wedding of the last century. It was a very bid deal, in addition to a couple in love getting married. They understood this😉😊
I’m old enough to have sat through Diana’s wedding and thought her wedding gown was incredibly gorgeous and magical. I’m also old enough to realize it was NOT. It WAS over the top, but still…it’s Lady/Princess Diana❤❤❤ On the other hand, Prince William and Catherine’s wedding was perfect in every way! Her dress will always be my favorite. And maybe one day Megan will actually finish hers!🤣
I remember waking up at 6:00 am to watch Prince Charles's and Lady Diana's wedding. The first glimpse of the dress from the carriage was ethereal because of the mountain of tulle and taffeta. It's not my favorite wedding dress but is the most iconic because it was the inspiration for all wedding and prom dresses in the 1980s. Of course, Catherine's is my favorite because it was so reminiscent of Grace Kelly's. Princess Grace also did not wear a tiara at her wedding indicating that perhaps it's a custom.
@keithgiblin2636 I think the Cartier Halo was perfect for her size, hairstyle, and the style of her dress and veil. Anything larger or more ornate would have been overpowering and too gaudy.
A national touring show of all of Princess Diana’s most iconic dresses was a huge draw about 20 years ago. My daughter and i went to the exhibit and it was awesome to see everything from the black “revenge” dress to her wedding gown. I remember being shocked at how different her wedding dress looked on the mannequin as opposed to her wedding day. It looked much less “poofy” and busy. Not sure if she had some kind of slip underneath that poofed it out on her wedding day, but it was much more subdued on the mannequin. The other shock was how tiny it was in size. The waist was incredibly small. You would have never guessed that on her wedding day because of how much the dress engulfed her.
Okay, I’m so glad you said what you said about Princess Diana’s dress. I’m sure this will upset a lot of people, but I have always found her dress to be……. Uh🥲………. HIDEOUS. I cannot stand it. It looks like a costume to me. I’m so glad we have moved on from that ridiculous 80s style!
It was A LOT! But I also watched the wedding on TV as an adult, and I thought it was beautiful. She looked like a fairy princess. The 80s were a time of excess in clothing and in hair (although her hair was never excessive), but IMO Diana’s wedding dress started a trend of really poofy wedding dress style. It was a lucky thing she was so tall, that was the only thing that saved her from being overwhelmed by her dress. But in spite of all that, I loved it then and still think it was lovely for her at that time.
Catherine, I'm sure, listens to her stylist. Markle won't take any advice because she knows best. Hence, her dress was terrible and Catherine's was perfect.
I got married just a few months before Diana did. I can still remember being crestfallen when I saw her emerge from the glass coach that morning. At the time their story was portrayed as a fairytale and that was not how I pictured a fairy princess. It was a crushed & wrinkled mess and it simply overwhelmed her frame. The train was way too long and appeared to be just stuck onto the back like a little girl playing dress up with a couple of bath towels safety pinned to her waist. Looking back, she was so young, I doubt she would have picked that design even a few years later seeing how her style aesthetic developed as she matured. But the Spencer tiara…*sigh*…a perfect choice for her.
We can argue day and night about whether or not Diana's dress was too much (it was, but the 80's were into that), but I think, regardless, we all have a sentimental spot for it being worn by one of the most iconic women ever to come out of England.
I was in high school for Diana and Charles' wedding. I thought she was breathtaking! I didn't want anything like it for my own wedding. In retrospect, the sleeves are too much. I consider how young Diana was. For 1981, that dress was iconic. I did not like MM's dresses. Charlene's dress was gorgeous. I was concerned by how unenthusiastic she was for her wedding. She appeared as a deer in the headlights and sad. I thought Catherine's dress struck the right balance. It was magical. Catherine was a gorgeous bride, and I loved dressing Pippa similarly. I understood Eugenie's dress choice, but I didn't like it at all. Beatrice's dress... OMG!! Reusing her grandmother's dress was so sweet. That's the wedding I wanted to attend. I want to see more pictures from Beatrice and Edo's wedding.
I watched the wedding of Charles & Diana & thought the dress was awful. It just looked a mess. The Meg was on the opposite end, being a whole load of nothing & also looked awful.
It does look like something a 19 year old would want. Every trick on one gown!!
Both looked awful for different reasons.
Same
I watched every minute of Diana's wedding to (then) Prince Charles, and I absolutely hated her gown!! It looked like she was being swallowed up by a giant, ugly marshmallow!!!
Same here! I was embarrassed for her.
I’m 71. Never liked Diana’s dress. She looked like Little Bo Peep. Katherine was the classic bride. All paled compared to her
Were of like minds about Diana’s wedding dress…pure ugly.
@@barbarastedillie1336Echo that! Poor Diana looked like she was being eaten by the dress.
Couldn’t agree more.
Diana’s dress was far too busy & seemed to eat her alive. I recall that when she got out of the carriage, the actual dress material was terribly creased. It looked awful.
Thank you! Was it probably one if the worst wedding dresses I have ever seen.
Diana’s dress looked like she’d slept in it. Terrible. The dress swallowed her.
Catherine’s dress was absolutely beautiful. She looked stunning. Everything was right, the dress, the tiara and the veil, she looked so very elegant and so beautiful.
And happy. We could all share in real happiness on that day. ❤❤🎉
@@jswjanjan They were so happy and in love, and still are . Such a beautiful family now too. ✨
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I agree. Her gown was perfection. I might have chosen a tiara that showed up better. That tiara might be good when worn alone and not with a veil.
I disagree, the dress was too girlish for her more mature face.
In defense of Diana's wedding dress, the venue was massive, a seating capacity of 3,500 and total height of 365' (Westminster Abbey 2,000 capacity and 225' tall) and it was felt that a massive gown with a long train was needed to fill the space, to give the guests something to look at and not everyone would have an prime seat to be able to see it. Think of the choice of the scale of the gown being analogous to QEII's bold, colorful gowns which were worn to draw attention to her in a crowd. The larger the gown, the easier it would be for those further from the aisle to see. The long train was also chosen to give guests something to look at after Diana had passed by and (again) to fill the space on the long shots and aerial shots from within the cathedral. The exagerated details of the gown were echoing the oppulance of the Victorian Belle Epoque, where even larger sleeves were seen and more massive skirts of earlier Victorian fashion were fashionable. Compared to the detail of a high Victorian gown, Diana's was soft, understated, and romantic, a departure from the trends of gowns from the previous decades. It was the right gown for the venue and time, but the carriage wasn't the right transport for the easily creased paper taffeta used to make the gown.
Meghan's gown was abominable. I understand she kept changing her mind during the making of the gown's construction, and so it ended up to be ill-fitting.
Catherine's gown was magnificent.
I agree, Diana had to have a big, impactful dress to match the venue
Yes Diana was spectacular. The dress fit with the time she was married.
You have a point but I still find Diana's gown ugly despite being an 80s teen. It could have remained big but with a better design. And they should have factored in the carriage so maybe a detachable train or could have been added to the gown once Diana got out of the carriage. And the material should have been the type that is not so easily creased.
I sat up to watch Charles and Diana get married, she got out of the carriage and I said. Oh my god what the hell where they thinking. It looked like she had slept in it and was a terrible design, At Catherine"s wedding I sat praying Please please get out of that car and look beautiful and not like Diana did. I stood up and cheered when she got out. She was beautiful and the dress was stunning. So hands down Catherine's dress will always be the best and I still check her out to see what she's wearing.
Same reaction at our house when Diana hauled that dress out of the carriage. We were like whoa that’s too much dress
My first thought was the dress was wearing her!
Same thing at my Grandparents’ house where we stayed up all night to watch the wedding
I think the train should have been detached and at the cathedral waiting on Diana and put on there.
@@lisagillum-wells1979That would have been the sensible thing to do. The designer should have suggested that to her. She was only 19 and probably never thought of that.
Catherine's dress is so gorgeous, but the thing that always sticks out to me is the QUALITY of the fabric and structure. It's off the charts! And I've never seen a veil fall so beautifully.
The recent royal wedding of Olivia Henson,the bride's veil ia also exquisite
I have to defend Diana’s dress 😂 it was 1981-EVERYTHING was excess, over the top. When she emerged from that coach, it gave PRINCESS. By todays standards, WAY too much. But at the time, that dress was EVERYTHING. She was 19 and had the foresight to know she had to do something SO iconic, people would never forget it-and she did.
Catherine’s is timeless and elegant, even 13 years later a bride could wear something similar and still be on trend. Fit impeccably.
Meghans dress was abominable. Terribly fit, too thick, too blinding white, shapeless-the veil was too long, the hair was messy & disheveled. Just bad.
Ironically Diana’s dress cemented the Emmanuel’s careers, Catherine’s dress made Sarah Burton a superstar-but Meghan’s Clare Waight Keller kinda took a hit for that dress. I think perhaps ppl saw that she had little control over her design because Markle was so demanding and fickle.
actually she had just turned 20 on July 1. I will always remember that because i married my first ex husband on July 29.
Some things were over the top but not everything....... at he time Diana's dress got a very poor reception and people were generally disappointed..... especially when she got out of the coach and the dress was quite creased and looked a bit ugly.....The marriage ceremony was a public holiday which a lot of people weren't happy about ......some people didn't get paid .......so there was quite a bit of resentment about it at that time.... they Didn't want the day off or rather they didn't want to lose a days wage...... There wasn't a flood of Diana style wedding dresses afterwards either....
@@azillliasmith2734oh, there were…including mine. They were tamed down, of course, but big ball gowns with trains and bows were a thing.
I agree. 80s were over the top. Our hair could not be too high. Our shoulder pads could not be too big. Belts could not be too wide. I love Princess Diana’s dress… until… I saw Princess Catherine. Has this lady ever put a foot out of step? I have never seen her looking anything but spectacular. Prince William chose well!
@@professorbuttersI had big puff sleeves too not Diana big but big😂😂
A separate note on Meghan's dress. It was fluorescent white, like you see white under a black light! It had that blue-ish tinge that made it look cold like her. It was a big FU to the queen. Queen Elizabeth did have the power to take away her red carpet, so the neon effect was dulled against the cold stone floor of the church. Catherine's dress, and the queen's wedding dress both had the traditional flowers embellished in their gown or veil, but Meghan had to out do them by including flowers from ALL the commonwealth instead of the four flowers from the British isles. She has to have the last laugh while copying everyone else. The tides have turned on her, thank goodness!
Princess Diana's dress was very over the top, but you have to remember it was the 80's, and fit that Era perfectly.
Well said.
I think Diana started the 80s fashion trends with her wedding dress. She got married in 1981and Dynasty gave everything a big push.
Funny enough, her dress reminds me of 1700s royalty.
I believe it was based on the Renaissance Royal fashion.
Even for the 80s that was over the top.
You mentioned that Meghan’s dress was stiff, unmoving and unsentimental in every way. I say it fit her personality too a tee.
I have met Diana and she was very tall. I am 5'4" and was wearing heels. She wore ballet flats and bent forward to shake my hand. She had a figure like a supermodel with superb skin even in the direct sunlight. If anyone could carry that Emmanuel dress, she could.
She did!
@@keithgiblin2636It was probably heavy and uncomfortable but as you say Diana carried it off .
Kathleen in high heel shoes Diana was probably six foot tall.
I agree. I also think that style of bridal dress was in fashion during that year. After the engagement was announced in 1981, Diana attended the wedding of Nicholas Soames and his ex-wife, Catherine because then Prince Charles was his best man. Catherine wore a wedding dress that was very similar to Diana's although a lot more plain without the lace, bows and long train. As she was around 6 feet tall, she carried it off well.
Absolutely 💯 stunning
I have a close friend who has worked in a bridal shop for over 20 years. After Catherine's wedding she told me that they got so many requests from brides to get a dress similar to Catherine's. According to her nobody asked to have a dress similar to the one of the cable actress lol.
This I can believe hate her dress
I was here in the 80s and disliked this dress from the moment she stepped out of the carriage. I was, also, disappointed with her hair.
Loved Margaret's dress.
I believe that
Been to a few weddings since and those dresses looked eerily similar to Catherine’s🤣
Princess Catherine's reception dress was beautiful also.
Her wedding dress was gorgeous and very feminine. Just lovely. 😍
I LOVED the reception dress! (The wedding dress too, obviously, but the reception dress doesn't get enough credit.)
@@fibanocci314 I totally agree. 💯
@@fibanocci314 megans dress for her 1st marriage was a copy of Catherines reception dress 😂
I remember when Prince William and Princess Catherine got married very well. I wasn't overly familiar with them but a teacher at my school was a big fan and wheeled a tv into our classroom so we could watch the wedding. Everyone only half paid attention until we saw Catherine in her dress. She truly left everyone speechless in the best way possible. Us girls were obsessed with the lace and I can confidently say she's the reason I wanted sleeves on my own wedding dress. She set the bar very high for future royal brides.
I thought Catherine's wedding dress was beautiful, she looked fabulous.
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The more I see that Bridesmaids dress Pippa wore, I find it so tacky. {It would be a fantastic for an evening event}.
I hate everything about it. **Everything**
However, her Wedding gown was sensational! I think I like it much more than Catherine's. She looked perfect
Agreed is fit her to a T and she looked amazing.
Diana's dress was too much even for the 80s. Hideous. She looked pathetic. And I thought the same at the time. I was here in the 80s and "fashion" was non-existent. Since it was 81, I blame those people for the hideous things to come. That second dress would have been wonderful.
Meghan's dress was pretty but I didn't like the neckline. I do not like 3/4 sleeves at all so I would have liked long sleeves. I loved the reception dress. She does have good shoulders. As you say, there could have been maybe more in the hips for balance. 😊
@@dianadriverasbury9130Lord, yes. I remember watching the wedding at the time and we hated the dress. She was a young girl buried in layers of fabric. One telling thing is that the dress was not widely copied. In contrast- a lot of people had copies of Sarah (Fergie’s) dress. That dress fit her beautifully.
One of my favourite royal wedding dresses is Princess Anne's when she married Mark Phillips.
I was in my 20s when Diana got married. The whole event was fairy tale.. she was young, beautiful, becoming a Princess, she needed a princess gown. The cathedral was huge, the dress had to be big.. remember this was the era of big hair, shoulder pads, etc. Looking back, it was over the top, but at the time, it was perfect.😅
Exactly! Lol
@@alty5214 Still is! "Nothing compares."
Yes, but for a Princess Wedding, she should of worn White. Purity, Virginal and Chaste. This wasn’t a dress I would wear, no matter what!
As a little girl watching that wedding I was mesmerized by Diana. She was everything my little girl thought a princess should be. She was given a role to play in life and she did it to a T from the very beginning.
I'm in my late 60s and I remember Diana's wedding dress very well. I didn't know anybody who liked it. It was way, way, way over the top to the point of looking foolish.
I agree! I mean, it looked very appetizing- the colour and wrinkles reminded strongly of a lovely, huge baiser! But it did appear like what a small and a little foolish girl would dream up for her dream wedding. It is a little sad in hindsight to see how it all turned out…
As an 11-year old girl who woke up super early to watch the wedding, I thought Diana’s dress looked exactly like a princess dress. I remember thinking that she was the most beautiful lady that I had ever seen.
Me too! It was all *so* amazing!
Awww that's so sweet!!!
In fairness to Diana's dress, I remember when she and Charles were leaving St Pauls and walking down that flight of steps, her train looked like a silken waterfall following them!
Me too! I thought it was an amazing dress, still do!
Beebs… unless you lived in the 80’s you don’t understand the ethos of excess that was part of that decade.. everything was bigger and over the top.. just look at hair during that time!! It was what it was! As a 19 yr old in 1981, I thought it was absolutely dreamy!! The biggest disappointment was Megan’s dress, it was so poorly fitted my jaw hit the floor! I couldn’t believe a major couturier would allow it out the door..!
As a kid in the 80s, I did not care for Diana's dress. When I saw what The Princess Royal's first wedding dress looked like, I loved that one!
Yes! I loved Princess Anne’s first wedding dress. The medieval references, the gores from shoulder to floor, and that veil! Wonder full. 😊
The seaming on the bodice was so wonderful! That alone pushed her gown into my short list of top favorites.
@@leahnichol6665 That's my favourite royal wedding dress - the fit of the Bodice, the beautiful neckline and the Tudor sleeves !!
Wouldn't be surprised if the Princess Royal still fits into it ! ♥
After seeing Princess Anne before the wedding, in a beautiful soft lacy gown and looked so beautiful (it was the front cover of a magazine, if I remember rightly) I was so disappointed with the harsh lines of her wedding dress. So stiff looking 😢
Catherine was a perfect bride to her handsome Prince. I love everything about her choices. I loved her veil. The tiara was perfect. The bodice and skirt were perfect. She is the perfect wife for Prince William. God bless them all.
I was an adult when Charles and Diana were married. That dress was breathtaking. Also very different. People thought it looked back to the Renaissance; a very sumptuous time totally appropriate for the wedding of the heir to the throne.
ABSOLUTELY agree. I was a kid but I still remember like yesterday. For the time & era, it’s what was expected and it worked. The 80s were over the top. Puffy was in. If you hold the dress to this generations standards, yes it’s way too much snd overpowering. But when she stepped out of that gosh, the whole world gasped in a good way.
@@Nosillamp😬 🙄
@@Nosillamp. Actually. . . Not everyone!
@@NosillampI remember just being so shocked at the ugly shape of the dress and the awful creasing!
Ugh. I remember getting up at 4am to watch the wedding and being SO disappointed by the dress. It was waaay too much, even for the 80’s. I wanted to like it - I really did - but just couldn’t get behind the OTT frou-frou look. Diana looked like she was being drowned in taffeta - and she was not a petite woman!
I have never been into bridal stuff or anything but Princess Catherine's gown: just wow!
So beautiful, so sweet and the lace detail was sweetly sexy, that bow in the back, the detail. and yeah: she pulled it all off because that gown was HER, it represented her, it was perfect!
Regarding The Megs' dress, I think the Queen questioned her wearing white and The Meg said: oh no, old lady, now I'm going to wear a dress that is so white, it can be seen from space. OPTIC WHITE. Same with the veil. Queen questions Meghan needing a veil? Here comes the longest, most involved veil ever to veil. Take that, old woman!
To match her veneers🤣🤣🤣
The Queen was also known to disapprove of bare shoulders in church.
and Megain never cared what the RF actually thought of her
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@@alandavidge1273 I think our late Queen's face said it *ALL* - I didn't watch the whole wedding because, by then, I'd begun to think that Meghan was not a good fit for the role into which she was marrying but I do remember watching the Queen... Her obvious dislike & disapproval were hilarious as was Catherine, Princess of Wales whose face was a picture of studied calm & expressionless presence.
which means it was a self-own, she ended up looking messy and ragged and is now on a Worst list for royal weddings!
The feature that made Princess Catherine’s ensemble so lovely was her radiant smile. ❤️
I agree...radiant smile is the correct description, as opposed to Meghan's plastered on false smile.
@@swissuz You mean "The Rictus Grin"?!!
The way she smiled when she got out of the car and waved at the people warmed my heart!
Ohhhhh BEEBS I was lucky 🍀 enough to see Diana's wedding gown at an exhibit of her most iconic dresses/outfits many years ago. It really was spectacular. Her wedding dress was amazing - they actually had the train and veil completely extended so you could see how very long it was. Being married in 1984 my dress resembled Diana's lol
Princess Charlene's was very understated but classic in every way.
Markle's was hideous right down to the fit.
The Princess of Wales, Catherine, her dress was absolutely stunning - fitted to perfection!
I went to that exhibit as well. It was fun to see all of those famous outfits in person. Her dress was quite something. I have to admit, I don't like it but it was very 80's. I remember many wedding dresses during that time that were inspired by Diana's.
Mine was, to a certain extent. I wish it had been silk, but it was a ball gown with a train that could be bustled up and bows on the sleeves. Her dress said fairy tale as none have before or since.
I also saw that exhibition. I thought the dress looked worse than it did on TV!
@@GradKat that's a shame you felt that way, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For the time, I thought it was lovely.
Charlene looked like a supermodel dream. She has super wide shoulders but the off-shoulder sleeves wrapped around her so beautifully, it balanced out her look.
Charlene’s dress was exquisite and fit her beautifully. She looked like a princess.
It is such an elegant dress. MM’s dress looks like something from the clearance rack at David’s bridal.
Princess Catherine's wedding dress is perfection, and she obviously wanted to make sure that her sister would shine that day ❤ I think that Meghan knew that the Queen did not want her to wear white, so Meghan being Meghan thought, "I'll show you white"
Meghans dress matches her personality IMO
Messyyyy
I thought the same thing! Inappropriate, fake, ill-fitting, and spiteful.
Also that ridicolous way too long veil. Not a good look for divorcee. She looked like a ghost 👻.
@@anne-marie2972 think she was trying to beat Diane’s veil When she knocked the aids hand away whilst he was trying to help her out of the car. Was another red flag in how she saw and treated people
Empty just like meganut Empty of class and beauty
I was at a conference dinner when Harry wed Meghan. Every woman was surreptitiously watching the ceremony on their phones under the table - and this was in the time we all loved Harry and his bride. There was a palpable sense of disappointment when Meghan got out of the car and we saw the dress.
Meghan's "reception dress" was another "so there" to the Royal Family, since it was well known that the Queen disapproved of bare shoulders
Yes. She was looking to be problematic from the start including demanding a certain controversial tiara Her silly googly eyes said im a fake
The Queen wore strapless & off the shoulder dresses when she she was younger
The Queen only disapproved of bare shoulders in church.
I suspect she actually wanted that evening dress for the wedding
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Never in church would the queen bare her shoulders.
The queen wore strapless when it was appropriate only.
Why did she even wear strikingly white dress for her THIRD wedding. But each to her own……
I agree on the alternative dress. My complaint on Diana’s dress is the focus was not on her. Apparently she had a 19” waist. I had no clue.
I seem to recall David Emmanuel saying that Diana's dress had to be taken in at the waist several times as her anorexia kicked in
How could the focus ever *not* be on Diana??
I never cared for Diana’s dress. Princess Charlene’s dress was exquisite….❤
Agree real Diana’s dress. The dress wore her instead of her wearing the dress.
I will always think Diana's dress looked like Ebeneezer Scrooge's nightdress
As a 9 year old in 1981, I loved Diana’s dress! Now I think it was a dress of it’s time. She had more pressure on her because she was marrying the current Prince of Wales. The dress had to be big she was married at St Paul’s Cathedral which I believe is much bigger than Westminster Abbey.
When I got married in 1996 I did have a princess style ball gown but not puffy on the top. It is the one time in my life I got to be a princess.
By the time Meghan Markle got married I knew that the dress was Ill-fitting because I now enjoy sewing. All those designers who thought the fit was soft and it was just too plain.
I love Kate Middleton’s dress. It was romantic and soft and her style. I also love Princess Anne’s wedding dress.
I don’t know who did Diana’s hair and make up but they really didn’t do a good job her air looked down and the heavy fringe wasn’t really her aesthetic.
Wow! What you wrote about Diana's was almost word for word what I was thinking because I was that nine year old too...and the dress had to match the massive venue and the pressure of marrying the Prince of Wales. And you pretty much read my mind on everything else too....in particular have really come to appreciate Princess Anne's dress too. She was amazing. She was also a beautiful second time bride at her wedding in Scotland. I'm happy you got to have and enjoy your princess moment.@@Sewtired
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I loved Princess Anne's wedding gown also, yes, Princess Catherine's gown was stunning ❤
For the first time Meghan did not try to copy Diana, but her wedding dress was, shall we say, "inspired" by the dress of Princess Angela of Leichtenstein, the first European royal bride of African heritage. Just a wider neckline and a brighter white fabric for Meghan.
Meghan also chose a terrible fabric for the design - far too thick, stiff, and slippery. Princess Angela designed and fitted her dress herself!
Harkles dress looks like a sheet wrapped around her
From her "Suits" days?😮
I can't even give it that much credit!
That's what I said!
Seriously Megs? A veil over your face as a divorced woman?
I recall that David Emmanuel said Diana's dress was inspired by portraits of Spencer female ancestors from the 1600's.
The Meg's dress, to me, looked liked an under- sheath missing the detailed sheer or lace overlay of the dress as it was meant to be worn.
@jaiemacarthur612: Excellent observation and comment! It would have been far nicer and less stark if there had been a softer (probably lace) layer on top. A top layer would also have helped conceal the fact the dress was too loose on the bodice.
Meghan Markles hair 99percent of the time looks messy. She doesn’t look polished or elegant with bits of hair sticking out or when it’s down and doesn’t look like she hasn’t brushed it. Looks like rats tails.
Grocery store hair. She should have worn a more embellished dress in flowy fabrics, with full curled hair banded to the side and worn over one shoulder. Instead, she recylcled a tablecloth from the Four Seasons.
She should wear her curls.
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Wasn’t it funny that she actually had a hair dresser who allowed that awful look!
@@rosalindagoss2926 What look - it all fell out as the 'spectacle' went on...
Last Sarah Chatto's dress and bridesmaids were my favourite. She looked so elegant and so happy on the day.
A family friend worked at the mill where the silk for Diana’s dress was spun. She was gifted a tiny square of the material as a memento.
That is so cool!
I am 51, and remember
getting up before the sun to watch Diana in her dress. As an 8 year old, it was my fantasy wedding dress for years. Now, I think it overwhelmed her. The dress wore her, not the other way around. 😊
I got up at a ridiculous hour to watch Charles and Diana’s wedding. I got married one week before they did. I never cared for Diana’s dress. It was 10 miles of poof and ruffle. Too, too much. Regardless, she was gorgeous.
The Markle dress? Plain, poor fit and wrong style I thought.
Enjoyed your video, thank you ❤
I got up early too (or stayed up). I’m thinking it was approximately 2am or 3am ish mountain time.
@@kathykoeven wasn’t that crazy 😉? Even now I just might do it again, if I could motivate myself.
@@justineheinrichs2798 I believe, way back then, I recorded it on VCR tape… just in case I didn’t get up. Nowadays, there are so many ways to watch it later, it might not be as tempting to get up in the middle of the night. Like with the Queen’s funeral and Charles’ coronation, I thought I’d get up, but I ended up just watching on UA-cam the next day.
The embellishments and ruffles were the signature style of the Emmanuels then. Lady Diana had one of their ruffled blouses she loved so much. I doubt very much she would've chosen them to make her gown if she didn't like their designs. The gown really made an impression on 16 year old me. I saw it close up in an exhibition here in Sydney, Australia. The mother of pearl sequins on her veil and on Queen Mary's lace on the bodice and in the sleeves was genius. Something never seen before on a royal bride, and they sparkled beautifully under the lights at St. Paul's. The pearls and sequins embroidered around the flower basket lace on the bodice were breathtaking. I have the book "A Dress for Diana" by the Emmanuels, and you can see all the love gone into the making of the gown ❤
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Princess Catherine looked beautiful on her wedding day.
Megs' makeup was an attempt at the "natural look" to style her as youthful. Megs was NOT the blushing bride at 36. At that age, everyone is too old to wear that much white. 😂
And a two time divorcee.
I think she was 40
I disagree about the white, white is traditional at any age. But I think Megan’s vail was definitely too much and really an attempt to call back to Diana’s extreme train without having the actual extreme train. I think she should have had a much nicer hair style with just the tiara and skipped a vail altogether. I know people who got married for the first time much older and wore white and people who got married for the first time younger and wore very colorful dresses. I actually didn’t mind the simplicity of Megan’s dress, that I thought was more akin to an older bride, simple and not over done. I didn’t even mind it being a little loose, but it was too loose in some spots and I think the train should have been shorter since it was so simple. But over time, the more I look at photos, to me the fabric looks thick and heavy.
I was a little girl at the time and thought Diana's dress was absolutely beyond gorgeous! Probably because it was a Cinderellaesque creation! Catherine's dress was amazing, although I do wish she'd worn her hair fully up (but understand why she went with the compromise of half-up). Grace Kelly's dress was SO beautiful and I like that it was clearly an inspiration for Catherine's, especially given that Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were good friends of Grace.
As a 14 year old girl who stayed up all night to watch the wedding of Lady Diana, I gasped in delight at the sight of the dress. I even had my mother make a very similar dress for me, my mother was a wonderful seamstress and I wish I had kept it. I agree with you, it didn't age well, certainly not a "timeless" dress.
Totally agree on Diana’s dress which was my least favorite and Meghan’s. Catherine’s dress was stunning as was Charlenes. I know this wasn’t a royal wedding dress but I absolutely loved Pippa Middleton’s
@ellenoconnor601: I said the very same thing about Pippa’s wedding dress! I loved every single thing, her mother and sister’s outfits for the day; the cream and pale pink roses everywhere; the huge conservatory (and its decor) for the reception, etc, etc. I still go back to look at photos of that wedding, lol!
I also loved the dresses worn by Catherine, Charlene, Sarah Chatto and of course, the late Princess Margaret.
Hands down, Catherine is my all time favorite wedding dress ! Princess Diana next.
Megzilla is my worst !
Princess Catherine would have been gorgeous in a potato sack. She looked beautiful and stunning and everything else we can think of. She was such a lovely bride. If you’ll notice the look on the queens face during the Wale’s wedding compared to the Sussex wedding. A huge difference.
Right? The late queen was smiling broadly and looked delighted at William and Catherine's wedding. She had a face like thunder at H&Ms. Which is something, considering she had had decades of experience keeping her expression neutral. But then again, the whole family looked FAR happier at Eugenie's wedding just a few months after H&Ms.
Yes the queen looked incredible in the yellow and radiated genuine happiness.
I've always thought something must have specifically happened that morning with Harry and Meghan that must have undercut their ability to prepare themselves to go through it. The whole family looked (understandably) grim or displeased.
It was the absolute best kept secret and Diana's dress was a breathtaking reveal....that time was very very grim in Britain and Diana was not just a breath of fresh air for the Royal family butt for the whole country...I was there and I can tell you every single girl of her age was wearing her hair the same as Diana the same type of clothing even when she had just been spotted along the river Dee, the necklace she had with a "D" was copied by soo many, there are few iconic moments people will remember and they usually are the grim type (JFK, 9/11, The Air India disaster, Oct 7th) this was such an uplifting moment we had been through the most dreary grim times there and to have this jolly sweet English Rose come upon the scene...you HAD to have been there!
Yes! 🎉
Diana’s dress kind of set the tone of the 80s, a decade of excess and volume (think 80s hair). 😄
I had never seen Princess Charlene’s dress before - gorgeous! I’m a sucker for beautiful embroidery details. Thanks Beebs!
Both Princesses Catherine and her sister were stunning ❤
80s bride here. I had the Princess Diana dress for my wedding and while it was stunning, you are correct that it was a lot of dress. I'm 4'11 and I was 91 pounds the day I got married. There was three times more dress than me. I look at the pictures and I was a tiny head on a big dress. It was also very heavy. (There were like 30 pounds of petticoats to make that full skirt, not to mention the tain.) Mine was hemmed correctly, so I wasn't tripping on it, but I needed help with the volume of the skirt behind me and the giant train.
I had those same big sleeves (mine might have been puffier) and I couldn't see around them and if I turned too quickly I had a face full of sleeve. (I think they actually stood up taller than my head.)
She got married in July. I got married in June of 1989 in Arizona. It was hot and that dress was HOT. I know they were in London, but I'll bet that dress was hot too.
I can sympathise with how much that dress would have been for her and my wedding wasn't near as big as hers.
My dress was beautiful, but if I had it to do again, yeah, I'd go with much less dress.
and you survived the dress God Bless you
Thank you for that story.
This made me LOL
Megan’s dress looks like what is on the mannequin when you start making a dress. Catherine, POW’s dress was gorgeous. Even Diana’s, which was too huge, was much nicer than Markles. Dianas dress was iconic but looked uncomfortable.
Catherine got it 100% right.
I was around when Lady Diana married Prince Charles. At the time I felt that Diana was drowning in the dress. I agree with you that it was just too much for her.
Megan's dress was not tailored and seemed stiff. I do agree with the Queen that it should not have been white and should not have a veil. The veil did not match the dress style and was too over the top with the embroidery and length.
Princess Charlene's dress was beautiful. The embroidery was exquisite and the cross fabric at the neckline would have helped Meghan. The whole look with the veil, train, and hair was so lovely.
Princess Catherine's dress was said to have been inspired by Princess Grace's and Princess Margaret's gowns. The lace neckline and sleeves with the embroidery and tulle was beautiful. The earrings she wore were a gift from her parents and had little acorns which reflected the coat-of-arms that was given the Middletons by the Queen.
I am loving Bridal Week.
Princess Catherine's Dress was Absolutely Beautiful she looked Stunning as always.
I wish they would have shown the dress Catherine changed into for her reception. Another beautiful class act.
The Meg's whole look screamed this is a business deal NOT a union based on love. The dress looked so unfinished and lacked polish and sophistication as well as ill fitting.
IMHO exactly what she was to royal life. 😅
Yes! Business-matrimonial style😂
“Lacked polish and sophistication”: This One’s Wife to a tee.
I love how you added the clip of Megnut exiting the car on her wedding, and smacking the hand of the gentleman trying to provide support…she’s insane!!
@bells-in-your-head: That poor man; I felt so sorry for him! I hope he didn’t go home that night thinking he’d done anything wrong.
I didn’t like Meghan’s dress. On TV it looked to me like it was made of wool 😂😂😂
It looked like polyester to me…. Like gabardine.
@@kookyjoeb5524 😂 at least it didn’t look like silk 😂
The late Queen looked so happy at William and Catherine’s wedding. After their bow and curtsy to her, she bent forward to take a good look at the dress as they walked away. She clearly liked it.
Aww🥰
I got married in 82. I remember watching Diana's wsdding. Waiting with baited breath for her gown, when she emerged from the coach my first thought was 'That is really ugly!!!' I never fell in love with that dress.👍👍👍
I too don’t like huge meringue dresses, but it was fine for the huge venue and a royal wedding to the future king. A real ‘princess’ vibe
I was so disappointed.
It was a highlight of my life!
DIANA was a child when she had married.
A very young girl who had "little girl dreams" who wanted to capture all of that on her Wedding day and did !
Every young girl who had watched Diana's Wedding were so excited and envious seeing "dreams do come true" !
We all could identified with her and it wasnt the 2020s. .
Diana believed with her whole heart she was a FAIRYTAIL PRINCESS as we all did
Diana beleived you marry your PRINCE as you ride
off in a ROYAL CARRIAGE...
Believing married life would be so magical and so in love forever but it wasnt reality and
Walt Disney could not have done it any better!
Diana was truly a Fairytail Princess in the flesh and her gown revealed it and she should have worn glass slippers to make it all complete !
We were all in love with her ! And we watched her grow as her fashion and confidence took off
throughout the years.! She was a Barbie in fashion!
While CATHERINE was an older woman wanting a far different image. She envisoned herself representing The Monarchy and Royal.
She was not a child and knew her Prince for a decade and could handle reality because she was realistic and had experienced life and lived among the middle class. Catherine had put effort and perfection into that moment knowing her Wedding was a part of History in the making. She carried herself down the red carpet in such a beautiful way. Her gown was elegant and form fitting, suited for a Princess of
a modern day design of Princess Grace own Wedding gown! We were in awe and remain so and she has never disappointed !
Catherine's Royal Wedding outdid even Princess Ann's.
BUT
MM gown and wedding had many flaws. Little effort and perfection was taken in consideration
The whole Wedding day, from up those stairs ....to the wedding march .... to the gown its self ...All failed miserably!
It was a terrible disaster! You covered your eyes not to see the mishaps and those blinders ! It was so very painful ! Did she forget?
It was all meant to be a Royal Wedding and it clearly was not ! 😮 😢
Diana was NOT a child - she was an adult woman
Sadly the 80s were all about, puff sleeves, frills and large bows! We all went with it. Can't help feeling that Megsy just looks like she was wearing a sheet. A hospital sheet.
Sadly? I feel sorry for you!
Not everyone went with it.
I was married in 1965, my dress ( homemade) was white velvet ( it was December) with a boat neckline with three quarter length sleeves and a slight tulip shape skirt, almost the same as Meghan’s, but much nicer, I believe it cost about £50! At least mine was perfectly fitted.
Did not care for Diana’s wedding dress at all. Was very disappointed to see her emerge and walk up the steps. The dress, train & veil just seemed to emerge forever. Everything was very overdone, but reportedly exactly how Diana wanted it.
Markel’s dress was awful - color & veil were very inappropriate. The fit was poor and unattractive. Her reception dress was fine, but not great.
Catherine’s dress was stunning in fit, design. The veil was graceful. Her reception dress was very pretty.
The Queen’s wedding dress was stunning.
I was around in the 80s and watched Charles' and Diana's wedding on TV. I remember being disappointed by the dress and how wrinkled it was. I also felt Diana's bangs could have used a trim. Still, it was an iconic, fairytale event and I loved her.
I’m Diana’s age and the dress was toooo much ! I agree sleeves were the main issue and the flowers were too big too.
Meghan’s reception dress was nice but the wedding dress was too plain.
Catherine is gorgeous inside and out. She just shines with a spiritual glow , my favorite by far !
I never liked Diana's wedding gown. I thought it was ugly then, and it's ugly now. I'm not a fan of busy, and that dress was REALLY busy. And you're right, that train was way too long. The saving grace? It was a royal wedding, full of fairytale glamour, and it was lovely to witness.
At the time, I didn't think much of Markle's dress, but with time, I realized it was pretty blah, and the whole wedding was over the top, considering she'd been married before and wasn't marrying the heir to the throne. I don't know what the RF was thinking, but they let her get away with far too much regarding the wedding. The dress should not have been pure white; the veil and train had no business being as dramatic as they were. Incorporating flowers of all the Commonwealth countries seemed presumptuous then and even more so now. For all Markle's bleating about wanting a whimsical, romantic dress, the overall presentation was far from it. She looked like she couldn't be bothered to look special that day. Her hair was a mess.
The embellishment on Princess Charlene's wedding dress was very pretty and feminine. Catherine's dress hit all the right notes and is the best of the bunch. It was romantic, and she looked beautiful.
"I don't know what the RF was thinking " is what many did thought of that. I watched other channel that had the interviewer asked the questions to Markle regarding on her wedding dress, even asked her about Queen's thoughts, Markle skipped the question, " I made all the decisions" snub over the interviewer. It gave me an impression RF and Markle may been on not same page over dress those days as go over the dress. I believe in the end of day Queen did not want to hurt Harry 's feeling the most. However, I agree with you, on white issue for her being married before. She could have a dark ivory or dark cream with a soft gold with flowers hair band would be a pretty one.
Being a second time bride m had carte blanche to create a total sensation and wear any colour at all. That's what she came up with.
Hi Beebs....great wedding dress input. I was married two years before Diana and watched that wedding as it went live. My dress was absolutely gorgeous, and still is relatable, but nothing like Diana's. I wish I could send a photo so you could see a gown from the same time period. In retrospect, I agree with much of your views, especially trying to imagine seeing her dress without the 70/80s trends and vibes while living the styles. Back then, there was so much going on in fashion, home interiors(my profession), crafts and even movies etc. It was a time when everyone was tea-dying unbleached muslin and making accent pillows and homemade handicrafts and faded and dusty colors...that county rustic look in everything. Tailoring was not essential to the fashion trends. I remember maternity dresses being big and flouncy to "hide" the fact that you were losing your figure as long as possible. Diana's dress, as wrinkled as it was, looked like she was a symbolic angel on a cushion. The photos of her, especially sitting with mounds of fluffy (albeit wrinkled) fabric, made her look like the innocent young girl, sitting on clouds or whipped cream and seemed to reflect the purity of being offered up as a virgin that she was expected to be. As crazy as it was, as she unfurled it all on television, it personally gave me goose bumps! The only thing that really fell flat for me was her hairstyle. NOTHING negative was really reported about her gown that I can remember. She was the golden girl, the angel sent to the royal family and the hope for happiness in the royal family and for Prince Charles. Looking back, it's fascinating and sad so see how all of that feeling in the air played out to be such a tragedy. The saving grace in that marriage is the hope in Prince William, along side of Princess Catherine makes it a union that was meant to be.
@swissuz: You’re the only one I’ve ever seen comment on Diana’s hairstyle that day! 👍 That was the very first thing that looked “off” to me because her hair didn’t look right with the fussy dress and tiara. It looked like she was going off to play tennis or something.
I don’t know what a stylist could have done to make the hair suit the dress and tiara better - but feel someone surely could have come up with an idea to blend the two together!
Re the wrinkled dress, I do recall somebody on tv saying that, to them, Diana stepping out of the carriage in the wrinkled dress, reminded them of a chrysalis emerging from its cocoon as a beautiful butterfly! I thought that was a lovely comment.
Out of the dresses, my favorite was the princess of Wales. And for Princess Diana‘s, I was alive when she married Charles, I was in my early tween years and I agree with you 100%, in that her dress is iconic, but was not timeless and has not stood the test time .
Why is everyone so hung up on the wrinkles in Diana's dress? I don't think they detract from the beauty of her dress. Yes, the dress is over the top, but so was the wedding and Diana. It was a fairytale dress, and she was adorable.
Meghan's dress looked like the wedding dress of a female Storm Trooper from Star Wars . Like it was armored.
😂. That gave me such a laugh . A storm trooper . That's exactly what she looked like
That's an insult to Storm Troopers
Much as I love a boatneck, my mind did whisper, “Storm Trooper Bride” 😅.
Her vail was definitely too long.
The veil was totally inappropriate. It was her second marriage. The Queen was right. Bad taste.
I hadn't seen Princess Charlene's wedding dress before. I agree this one is beautiful!! Loved the neckline & the embroidery.
My favorite was Catherine’s . I’m dating myself but I remember watching Charles & Diana’s wedding. I think we have to cut Diana some slack . She was 19 when the dress was designed and I think she still had visions of a fairytale wedding . I read that when she got up to the altar , Charles said “ you look beautiful “ and she replied “ beautiful for you.” I also remember that it was reported that they had to keep tucking in the waist because Diana list so much weight before the wedding . I actually thought Fergie’s dress was prettier though .
No one mentions Fergie’s dress! Remember the anchor she had worked into the train? It’s really too bad that marriage didn’t work out and that Andrew turned out to be awful, because unlike Charles and Diana, who were sort of playing roles, I got the impression that they genuinely liked each other. They still do, which may seem weird, but except for Andrew’s stuff (YIKES), it’s kind of nice for a formerly married couple to really be friends.
@@professorbutters Fergie's dress was nasty.
@@professorbutters I did mention Fergie’s dress in a comment. I did think it was prettier than Diana’s , though I didn’t care for that enormous floral headpiece she wore cling into church
@@sue8344Yes- I remember Fergie wore the flower head dress walking down the aisle to the ceremony- But after the marriage ceremony she went to the back of the alter when they signed the marriage documents, she switched to the York TIara that the Queen had gifted to her. It signified she was walking into the church as a “commoner” and walking out as a “royal.” I love Fergie’s dress! It fit beautifully.
@@professorbuttersyes, I remember thinking, they seemed well matched
Catherine’s skirt and train were absolutely exquisite and they fell into place perfectly, no matter how she moved. We take it for granted but it’s not easy to achieve. Charlene’s gown was perfect on her and she was a truly elegant bride. I did feel badly for her that her lovely train seemed to roll itself into a tube-like shape as she walked back and forth from signing the registry and then departed the ceremony. I asked a very knowledgeable seamstress about what could have caused that problem and she thought that the designer would have made an underskirt/ petticoat to support the skirt and train. The wedding day was a scorcher and my friend wondered if Charlene chose to not wear the underskirt to help combat the heat.
I'm a year older than Diana and I loved the dress. What 21 year old wouldn't in 1981? The reports were that because she was getting married in St Paul's Cathedral, the dress and it's train had to be larger than life so not to be swallowed up by the grandness of the setting. That's why the train was so long.
I remember when she stepped out of the carriage and she was a wrinkled mess. I can still remember the Emmanuels working to get the dress smoothed out, which they succeeded in doing.
Would I wear those sleeves now. No, but in 1981...you betcha. Because I was young and that was the style.
I loved every royal wedding dress since then except for Meagan's, because they reflect the bride and the era they were made and worn.
Diana's dress reflected her and her era as well. The 70s had just ended...and I look back at what I wore during high school and laugh with embarrassment...but I was stylin' then.
There is also a lot of regency bias in these videos as well. Totally understand it and accept it..
I was 20 in 1981 and thought Diana's dress was awful. Hideous design, too much everything, and a really, really poor fabric choice knowing it would have to be scrunched up to fit into the carriage.
@@decodolly1535 well, then you're the fashionista I'm not. Congratulations!
I was 9 years old and it was amazing! Lol. Then every Christmas for a few years the CBC (Canadian) replayed the wedding it looked lovely on the old television. Even today I love it for representing the style of the time.
The Emmanuel’s made many more dresses for Diana just like Sarah Burton makes many dresses for Catherine.
Great comment. Thanks for taking the time to share.
@@Sewtired I was the same age as you were. In 1981 TV was new to our country and we had a brand new TV! Everyone in the neighbourhood came to our place to watch the wedding - our living room was like a small movie theatre. Diana looked like a fairytale princess. Streets in London looked like from another planet to us. Now whenever I visit London it always brings back memories of that day in a faraway place. Such a magical day.
Aging myself here but I was in college in 81 and stayed up all night to watch Diana's wedding. Even though it WAS the 80s, you are right, it was over the top even from 80s standards... and I even thought so at the time... this dress is too puffy and huge. However, she was gorgeous and could pull off anything. Would look radiant in a paper bag!
Diana's dress--Too much dress then. Too much dress now.
As much as I love Catherine's dress and I do, in terms of royal wedding dresses Grace Kelley will always be my #1. Her dress is breathtaking even all these years later--plus it inspired Catherine so got to give it to the OG trendsetter
I was around in 1981. I didn’t like the dress. I thought it was too poofy. I really liked Catherine’s dress. I have never liked anything but simp,e lines and designs.
I was a dressmaker doing wedding dresses when Dian married. We had some brides waiting to see what her dress was like to see if they wanted the same. We never made a dress anywhere near that. Nobody wanted it. It was very over the top.
Diana's dress was of it's time....I watched the wedding on tv....Never liked it, the sleeves, the frilly bits?!? Loved Princess Margret's dress and Princess Anne's dress.
Catherine, Princess of Wales was also great.
I thought Diana’s “backup” would’ve been more flattering for her. The v-neck and slim sleeves would’ve been less overwhelming.
I think Diana's and Prince Charles' whole wedding was a huge proof that less is always more when it comes to weddings. If you love someone, your perfect day doesn't need to be perfect.
Compare this with with Prince Charles and Camilla's wedding prayer ceremony: simplest of the elegantly simple, sure a symbol of simple, strong, real love.
There’s a lot to be said for classic simplicity. Camilla’s outfit for her wedding to Charles was beautiful and suitable for a woman of her age marrying for the second time. Beautiful and dignified.
But I won’t fault the barely-20 year old Diana, marrying the heir to the throne, inside huge and majestic St Paul’s Cathedral. Her dress was appropriate to her age, the times, and the nature of the ceremony. It’s sad that they ultimately weren’t suited to each other and I’m glad Charles is happy today with a wife who is more compatible to him.
In some defense of Charles and Diana’s wedding, Charles the first Prince of 🏴 to get married in a loooonnnng time so it was significant and a certain majesty was required. His marriage to Camilla was and 2nd for both so it had to be simple no church wedding rather a blessing.
Yes, Charles and Diana’s wedding was the biggest news story and the most significant wedding of the last century. It was a very bid deal, in addition to a couple in love getting married. They understood this😉😊
I really can't agree. We all got to share in the joy of Diana's wonderful big day.
I’m old enough to have sat through Diana’s wedding and thought her wedding gown was incredibly gorgeous and magical. I’m also old enough to realize it was NOT. It WAS over the top, but still…it’s Lady/Princess Diana❤❤❤
On the other hand, Prince William and Catherine’s wedding was perfect in every way! Her dress will always be my favorite.
And maybe one day Megan will actually finish hers!🤣
Diana's dress *was* magical! One could never say that, in a similar way, of any other dress.
I remember waking up at 6:00 am to watch Prince Charles's and Lady Diana's wedding. The first glimpse of the dress from the carriage was ethereal because of the mountain of tulle and taffeta. It's not my favorite wedding dress but is the most iconic because it was the inspiration for all wedding and prom dresses in the 1980s. Of course, Catherine's is my favorite because it was so reminiscent of Grace Kelly's. Princess Grace also did not wear a tiara at her wedding indicating that perhaps it's a custom.
Catherine *did* wear a (much too small) tiara.
@keithgiblin2636 I think the Cartier Halo was perfect for her size, hairstyle, and the style of her dress and veil. Anything larger or more ornate would have been overpowering and too gaudy.
@@GrandDuchessAniya Because she's short??
@@keithgiblin2636 no, because she is tall and has fine features.
@@keithgiblin2636 I think she's referring to Charlene not wearing a tiara.
A national touring show of all of Princess Diana’s most iconic dresses was a huge draw about 20 years ago. My daughter and i went to the exhibit and it was awesome to see everything from the black “revenge” dress to her wedding gown. I remember being shocked at how different her wedding dress looked on the mannequin as opposed to her wedding day. It looked much less “poofy” and busy. Not sure if she had some kind of slip underneath that poofed it out on her wedding day, but it was much more subdued on the mannequin. The other shock was how tiny it was in size. The waist was incredibly small. You would have never guessed that on her wedding day because of how much the dress engulfed her.
Okay, I’m so glad you said what you said about Princess Diana’s dress. I’m sure this will upset a lot of people, but I have always found her dress to be……. Uh🥲………. HIDEOUS. I cannot stand it. It looks like a costume to me. I’m so glad we have moved on from that ridiculous 80s style!
It was A LOT! But I also watched the wedding on TV as an adult, and I thought it was beautiful. She looked like a fairy princess. The 80s were a time of excess in clothing and in hair (although her hair was never excessive), but IMO Diana’s wedding dress started a trend of really poofy wedding dress style. It was a lucky thing she was so tall, that was the only thing that saved her from being overwhelmed by her dress.
But in spite of all that, I loved it then and still think it was lovely for her at that time.
If you weren't there you wouldn't understand. Fashion was actually fun.
Catherine, I'm sure, listens to her stylist. Markle won't take any advice because she knows best. Hence, her dress was terrible and Catherine's was perfect.
I got married just a few months before Diana did. I can still remember being crestfallen when I saw her emerge from the glass coach that morning. At the time their story was portrayed as a fairytale and that was not how I pictured a fairy princess. It was a crushed & wrinkled mess and it simply overwhelmed her frame. The train was way too long and appeared to be just stuck onto the back like a little girl playing dress up with a couple of bath towels safety pinned to her waist. Looking back, she was so young, I doubt she would have picked that design even a few years later seeing how her style aesthetic developed as she matured. But the Spencer tiara…*sigh*…a perfect choice for her.
We can argue day and night about whether or not Diana's dress was too much (it was, but the 80's were into that), but I think, regardless, we all have a sentimental spot for it being worn by one of the most iconic women ever to come out of England.
I was in high school for Diana and Charles' wedding. I thought she was breathtaking! I didn't want anything like it for my own wedding. In retrospect, the sleeves are too much. I consider how young Diana was. For 1981, that dress was iconic. I did not like MM's dresses. Charlene's dress was gorgeous. I was concerned by how unenthusiastic she was for her wedding. She appeared as a deer in the headlights and sad. I thought Catherine's dress struck the right balance. It was magical. Catherine was a gorgeous bride, and I loved dressing Pippa similarly. I understood Eugenie's dress choice, but I didn't like it at all. Beatrice's dress... OMG!! Reusing her grandmother's dress was so sweet. That's the wedding I wanted to attend. I want to see more pictures from Beatrice and Edo's wedding.
Remember those rumors that Charlene tried to flee before the wedding and they confiscated her passport to trap her?!
Can't wait for the BAFTA red carpet. And what about Prince William! Hubba-hubba!!!