https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:18:42 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-347095 Tue, 10 May 2011 04:38:42 +0000 fathenry 347095@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Watched the royal wedding recaps over champagne with my mom for mother's day yesterday. I loved Kate's dress, veil and her accessories. Just beautiful! I remember watching Diana's wedding as a kid. Too much fun! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-343032 Mon, 02 May 2011 11:04:59 +0000 An 343032@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I thought Kate looked beautiful and appropriate in her wedding dress. I also would have liked to have seen her with softer eyeliner and hair. But that's really just being picky because I thought she looked gorgeous nonetheless. I thought her veil was beautiful also.</p> <p>Now, her second dress and hair I just LOVED!!! Perfection!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342906 Mon, 02 May 2011 01:38:30 +0000 Mellllls 342906@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>taylor, i'm totally in on that!</p> <p>i'm not surprised that the picture of them all getting dressed is fake although I do love it. i highly doubt they would have released that picture if it was genuine. i like to think they all got dressed together though. that what my bridesmaids and i did as well as my husband and his groomsmen. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342822 Sun, 01 May 2011 23:04:33 +0000 taylor 342822@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Steffi...Yours is FABulous!! I would totally wear that!!<br /> I want to see Angie's too.<br /> If there is ever a YLF convention we should all get one and wear it!! wouldn't that be FUN! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342797 Sun, 01 May 2011 21:59:47 +0000 nancylee 342797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fi, thanks for sharing the gorgeous photos of Joss Stone. Somehow I missed her in the whole proceedings. So festive and happy and bright! Love!</p> <p>Patty, I cannot get enough of seeing those kisses...so thanks for another chance. :-)</p> <p>Krishnidoux, thanks for the Slate link. It will be wonderful indeed if Kate's understated style begins a new era of elegance, and we can leave the era of beauty as defined by "hotness" behind! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342700 Sun, 01 May 2011 19:33:57 +0000 Patty 342700@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kate___WHAT??????? Look-a-likes???????????!!!!!!!!!<br /> I still want to think they all changed in the same room tho.<br /> DOH! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342692 Sun, 01 May 2011 19:19:04 +0000 sarah 342692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Apologies if someone mentioned Sophie Winkleman already, but I thought her entire ensemble was absolutely stunning. The NYT won't let me download the photo, but check it out:</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/04/29/fashion/weddings/royal-hats-11.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/slidesh.....ts-11.html</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342689 Sun, 01 May 2011 19:08:08 +0000 Kate 342689@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Patty, unfortunately that photo isn't actually of the royal family. It's from this book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/1849490139?tag=betteraddons-20" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/1.....raddons-20</a> You can see more photos of the look-alike actors from the book by doing a google image search for kate and wills up the aisle, and here: <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/burnred/kate-and-wills-up-the-aisle-281t" rel="nofollow">http://www.buzzfeed.com/burnre.....aisle-281t</a></p> <p>I really liked Kate's dress, especially her train, and loved Pippa's dress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342684 Sun, 01 May 2011 18:59:22 +0000 MsMary 342684@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good lord, you're right! Family togetherness, indeed!</p> <p>I'm loving Harry's underwear! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342683 Sun, 01 May 2011 18:58:49 +0000 Patty 342683@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mary K--and Prince Charles and Camila!---I had to look twice! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342679 Sun, 01 May 2011 18:54:05 +0000 Angie 342679@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well this thread keeps on getting better :). Thanks, Patty!</p> <p>Steph, I forgot to mention that I have a facinator like that too. Black and citron. My friend bought it for me last year as a 40th birthday present. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342678 Sun, 01 May 2011 18:48:39 +0000 MsMary 342678@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's fantastic, Patty! I thought I'd seen all the pictures but I'd missed this one! Brotherly love, huh? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342661 Sun, 01 May 2011 18:17:54 +0000 Patty 342661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Might I add--Royal dressing:<br /> I love the family aspect of this pic!! They have a 150 room castle but dress together. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342659 Sun, 01 May 2011 18:16:05 +0000 Debora 342659@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooooh, gorgeous photo and look at the adorable little flower girl in the foreground! Priceless! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342657 Sun, 01 May 2011 18:12:51 +0000 Patty 342657@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Awwwwww </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342648 Sun, 01 May 2011 17:50:13 +0000 lyn* 342648@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also have a facinator with red feathers; I bought it off etsy. There are many styles and are really fun ... I got into them a few years ago after they showed up on Project Runway </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342644 Sun, 01 May 2011 17:43:55 +0000 Mellllls 342644@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>love your fascinator steph! glad to hear you got it at nordstrom! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342643 Sun, 01 May 2011 17:37:16 +0000 Anonymous 342643@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the fascinator!</p> <p>I am imagining my husband's reaction if I wore one. . . hee-hee. I am on the hunt! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342635 Sun, 01 May 2011 17:29:43 +0000 Polly (thunalata) 342635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah, I see, Angie. Those devilish details again! I can see how that could have been done differently now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342613 Sun, 01 May 2011 17:00:33 +0000 Angie 342613@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Steph! A fabulous facinator!</p> <p>Killer cartwheels. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342609 Sun, 01 May 2011 16:57:26 +0000 MsMary 342609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh! That's a great one!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342601 Sun, 01 May 2011 16:42:12 +0000 Steph 342601@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, since you asked, here are two photos of my fascinator (mine is attached to a headband). I have worn it out to dinner several times. I bought it at Nordstrom. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/4#post-342564 Sun, 01 May 2011 14:25:23 +0000 Debora 342564@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Loved the cartwheel in the Abbey! Thanks for the links, Patty and Julie. </p> <p>Steph, thanks for sharing the link on Beatrice's fascinators and putting the style into context for us. Her hat makes perfect sense to me now! :).</p> <p>I look forward to seeing more of Kate's sister, Pippa. I was blown away by her bridesmaid dress and her emerald green party dress. I also thought Kate's mom looked sensational at both events. My word, what a stylish family! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/3#post-342561 Sun, 01 May 2011 14:20:29 +0000 Mellllls 342561@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Let's see, so much has already been said on this thread. I was surprised at how into the royal wedding I was....I watched some of the shows on TV leading up to the event and got up at 5:45 AM my time to watch it! I like Kate's ceremony dress; I think she had so much pressure to meet requirements of what is expected in the dress of a future queen and managed to do that while still looking modern. Pippa's dress was amazing as well and more to my liking but certainly did not have the same effect. I'm not a hug fan of veils so I didn't love the way she did hers and agree that further back on her head would have been better but not sure how that works with a veil that goes in front as well.</p> <p>I've never seen the two princesses before and thought their hats and their outfits were horrid but if they are known for that style then that's all there is. Just not my personal taste. I liked Victoria Beckham's dress and fascinator. I just loooove fascinators. One of my good friends is likely to eventually marriage her British boyfriend and I can't wait to wear a fascinator at their wedding! Hopefully I can buy one in the US! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/3#post-342559 Sun, 01 May 2011 14:19:25 +0000 Lynne 342559@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Julie, thx for posting the link - impressive cartwheels! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/3#post-342553 Sun, 01 May 2011 14:05:43 +0000 Angie 342553@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MaryK, you are a doll and get the next YLF award. You impress me no end :)</p> <p>Polly, I'd have liked to see her hair pulled back a little in front with the veil further back on her head. More classic and less frumpy. </p> <p>Thanks for the links, Steph! I hope we see your hat one day. </p> <p>I LOVE the wedding hat culture in the UK. My SIL who lives in London has been to a few weddings there and her hats are sublime. Too bad they literally knock my brother out when she wears them. Sudden hat movements can be lethal. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/3#post-342521 Sun, 01 May 2011 11:17:16 +0000 krishnidoux 342521@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Will the fashion icon Kate Middleton put an end to the reign of the porn that has plagued mainstream fashion? An writer at Slate speculates. </p> <p>"As I watched her sailing down the aisle like a romance novel heroine, a serious question formed itself under that powdered wig of mine. Might the lovely Kate, with her modest allure, her natural bosom and her quiet mystery, have the power to stem the flood of boob-jiggling hooker style which has engulfed not just fashion, but our entire culture? Could April 29, 2011 mark the beginning of a whole new era of elegant restraint?</p> <p>An entire generation has grown up in a world of hair extensions, pneumatic hooters, and stripper poles. In the absence of a Jackie Kennedy or a Grace Kelly, these kids—and their mothers!—have been subjected to an unadulterated diet of Girls Gone Wild, busty Real Housewives, Jenna Jameson, and The Girls Next Door. The message? "Hotness" is the single viable currency. The only effective way to get attention is to flaunt your lady bits. Now along comes Kate (...)"<br /> <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2292419/" rel="nofollow">http://www.slate.com/id/2292419/</a></p> <p>It might very well be... and would then be witnessing an exceptional moment of fashion history! As this other journalist cleverly points out: "Even when we kick against the fashion system, we end up adopting a fashionable boot. "<br /> (Fashion is still a feminist issue, <a href="http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article7047184.ece" rel="nofollow">http://women.timesonline.co.uk.....047184.ece</a>) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/3#post-342499 Sun, 01 May 2011 06:26:00 +0000 Polly (thunalata) 342499@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I loved the dress and thought it was all very 'Kate as she is now'. I can understand the parts of it that could have been done 'better' (Angie, I'd love to know what you think she could have done with her hair and about a veil) but I rather like that it was all so her, including the make up.</p> <p>It's all the sign of someone who has the confidence to do what they want, but who also understands that every detail signifies something. I remember reading that when their relationship was first public, if they went out to clubs or parties, Kate wouldn't drink and would always redo her make up before leaving to avoid any disastrous candid shots from the paparazzi. I admire that in her situation.</p> <p>I look forward to seeing how her style develops.</p> <p>Loved Samantha Cameron's dress and also Victoria Beckham's. DH unimpressed with David Beckham because of the details in the dress he got wrong, but above all rather than looking sulky, I thought they just looked quite uncomfortable and nervous. They are superstars, but this was an environment they clearly weren't used to, surrounded by the great and the good. I have a great deal of time for them both - I admire them because I think that underneath it all they are probably quite ordinary, and also they have stuck together through some very bad times and that counts for a lot with me.</p> <p>Not a fan of Beatrice and Eugenie, sorry, but can admire them in some ways and this thread has helped me do that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/3#post-342496 Sun, 01 May 2011 05:05:12 +0000 Steph 342496@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Taylor, I totally agree we should have something like fascinators here. I actually bought a fascinator last summer, and I have worn it out several times. I'm sure people think I am nutso, but I love it and it makes me smile. I made sure to put it on at 4 a.m. as I watched the wedding (alone, on my couch, in my flannel pajamas). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-royal-wedding-thread/page/3#post-342494 Sun, 01 May 2011 04:52:17 +0000 Aziraphale 342494@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'll say one thing about fascinator hats: they are indeed fascinating! I love them, mainly because they are so much fun to make fun of. Fascinators add extra pleasure to watching royal events. </p> <p>A woman who wears a huge or very silly hat does make a statement -- a positive one, I think -- about her confidence, humour and sense of fun. There's a tongue-in-cheek element to it. You have to be able to laugh at yourself a bit. </p>