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Royal Wedding Dresses: The Bad and the Beautiful

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    Mrs.KMM    July 17, 2010   Atlanta, GA (wedding in Indianapolis, IN)

    I found an article containing pictures of many of the wedding dresses of princesses and commoner-turned-princesses, with a few queens added for good measure.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yvonne-yorke/royal-wedding-dresses-the_b_803129.html#s209216&title=Princess%20Maxima%20of%20the%20Netherlands

    "These gowns were all one-of-kind creations, and ranged from demure to over-the-top, tasteful to fanciful. As befitting a royal wedding, none were strapless or low-cut. In fact, a few had such high necklines and were so austere that they looked somewhat like nuns' habits - if it weren't for the dazzling tiaras which crowned the ensembles. Then there were a couple, such as Gloria, Princess of Thurn und Taxis, and Clotilde, Princess of Savoy, whose bridal gowns were designed to conceal their pregnancies. Definitely not nun-like."

    Maybe it will serve as some dress inspiration to some of the Bees dress hunting (the beautiful examples that is)!

     
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    BanditGirl    September 10, 2008   Canada, eh!

    I didn't like any of those 19 dresses they spotlighted! 

     
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    Mrs.KMM    July 17, 2010   Atlanta, GA (wedding in Indianapolis, IN)

    @BanditGirl: I thought that Denmark's was pretty (although a little plain) and Princess Grace is just iconic (although more conservative than I'd want).  But yeah - beyond those - I thought most of those dresses fell in "The Bad", not "The Beautiful".

     
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    heather25       New York

    I think Ann looked so beautiful.  I also think European royalty is just very conservative.  No boob flashing there.  I can appreciate the modesty.  The Norwegian gowns looks so well made.

     
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    jayce    December 10, 2010  

    I can't wait to see Kate Middleton's dress!!

     
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    mrs.peters.to.be    April 12, 2011   Northern British Columbia, Canada

    I like the Valentino gowns and of course Grace Kelly is timeless.

     
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    jayce    December 10, 2010  

    @Mrs.KMM: Those were the only two I liked too. :/

     
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    FMILady    June 6, 2010   Texas

    I like Guinevere's from the movie Camelot the best (not included above) but the only dress of the bunch I would have refused to have worn is Diana's.  Her style emerged soon afterwards, but that dress she wore that day never was my taste.

    Royal Wedding Dresses: The Bad and the Beautiful :  wedding royal weddings dress princess queen Camelot+vanessa+redgrave+guinevere View Image  Vanessa Redgrave as Guinevere.

    A link to a clip of their winter wedding- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot5nnMzjSTM

     

     
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    Running Elley    June 19, 2011   Fresno, CA

    I liked both the Swedish ones and the Denmark one. I think that a few of them are gorgeous, just more conservative as PP have said. They make sense for the occasion.

     
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    Miss Tattoo    September 15, 2012   Pittsburgh, PA

    I love the fact that they all have sleeves!

     
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    hgail    September 10, 2011  

    thanks! great link. I'm surprised how modest they all are

    @FMILady: awesome! I loved this movie as a kid and this image of Guinevere

     
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    MademoiselleL    August 24, 2012   Vancouver, BC (wedding in Maui)

    I like #12!

     

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