Royal wedding fashion moments everyone is still talking about
HARRY and Meghan’s wedding gave us one of the best celebrity fashion showcases in a long time and we are still talking about it.
IT’S BEEN a week since Prince Harry married Meghan Markle. That’s a long time in the global news cycle.
But despite this, nobody in our fair nation has officially moved on from the “who wore what” of the royal wedding.
I know this because I run a frivolous fashion blog on Facebook called Fashion Critical where I post albums of the latest celebrity red carpet fashions around the world and my esteemed opinion on each. This month has been busy. We had the Met Gala in New York City, and the many red carpet events surrounding the Cannes Film Festival.
But the album showcasing the “fashions on the field” at the royal wedding has absolutely blasted them all to smithereens. A collection of my expert (and by expert, I mean that I have absolutely zero expertise, whatsoever) fashion opinions on the outfits of both Hollywood and actual royalty, has been shared more than 17,000 times and reached almost five million people. The nation, nay, the world, cannot get enough of carefully analysing what the royal wedding guests chose to wear to the big day.
These are the top fashion moments from the royal wedding that people are still talking about.
1. FLORALLY FANTASTIC FROM KITTY SPENCER
Sorry Megsy, this picture scored more “likes” than the actual bride and was one of my personal favourites.
Kitty Spencer, niece of the one and only Diana, Princess of Wales, nailed this whole royal wedding dress code thing and the various rules and regulations that apply.
She looks absolutely beautiful and received a communal Facebook “thumbs up” as a result. Even the orange shoe and bag combo just floats right over the top of me, nary a feather ruffled. She is perfection.
The tribe has spoken. She is Best on Ground. (Though my pick was Amal. Please scroll on …)
2. VICTORIA BECKHAM’S FUNERAL CHIC
Also making headlines was Victoria Beckham’s Sulky McSulkface expression and her choice to wear funeral attire to a wedding.
Firstly, like one of those 3D posters, it took me about 10 minutes to realise she was actually in this picture because of the maximal hotness, stage right. But once I saw her, I realised that the main thing people should have been worried about was the fact that she had forgotten to place her arms into her actual sleeves. There they are, lying flaccidly by her sides, with the cuffs buttoned up and everything.
Posh is nothing if not a fashion maven and she can sulk ALL day long as far as I’m concerned because she looks awesome. *Slides arms out of sleeves*.
3. YELLOW IS MELLOW ON AMAL CLOONEY
Human Rights Lawyer and mother of twins, Amal Clooney and her husband, Nespresso spokesmodel, George.
This was my absolute pick of the day. I’ve always been a massive fan of this shade of yellow, and she manages to look both classically elegant and modern. I am all over this like a rash. A George Clooney induced pash rash.
4. WHO WORE IT BEST? KATE, KATE OR KATE?
There have been many comparisons between the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate, and the newest Duchess on the block, Megs. Both young, gorgeous brunettes who married into royalty and won the adoration of the public.
Is Kate throwing some serious shade here by wearing something she’s worn multiple times before?
I’m totally obsessed by the fact that Kate re-wears outfits because, thrifty, but on her brother- and sister-in-law’s wedding day? You couldn’t have sprung for something new, K-Midd? Sent one of your minions out shopping?
Or is this simply the case that a mum-of-three — one of whom is a newborn — who is still probably wearing a maternity pad, breast feeding 15 times a day and couldn’t give a royal hoot about what she wears, considering getting dressed at all, is a miracle in itself?
Probably that one.
5. MEGAN: THE AFTER-PARTY FROCK
Her gown for the ceremony was pretty, classic but a touch underwhelming. Not so for her choice of frock for the reception. This was the second-most liked photo of the album, by a nose. Can’t fault it. I imagine 50 million seamstresses are whipping this up for brides everywhere as we speak.
What on earth are we going to talk about next week? Insert collective groans of misery here.
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