Whilst pretty much everyone in the world agreed that the Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine Middleton look perfect on her wedding day, there were nearly 2000 guests at her wedding, not including those is surrounding areas and watching via a television link, and some of these guest deserve to be mentioned almost as much as the bride herself.
First of all, lady of the moment, Phillippa ‘Pippa’ Middleton. Maid of honour Pippa looked almost as stunning as her big sister, in a dress by the same designer as that of the wedding dress – Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen – Ivory with a cowl neckline and matching back button detail a lace trims.
Within minutes of her appearance, pictures of her bum even began trending on Twitter, leading her to be described as ‘a style icon is born’ and ‘your royal hotness’ by fashion journalists. Katie Grand, editor in chief of Love magazine even declared that ‘Pippa gets figure of the day, and one day her bum will be declared eighth wonder of the world’.
Next up is another one we were all excited to see – Victoria Beckham. Whilst she was slightly criticized for wearing a dress from her own collection, she looked nothing if not elegant. The design was a boat necked navy dress with an asymmetric hem, worn with a Philip Treacy pillbox hat and customised Louboutin heels. Whilst the outfit may have been more suited to a funeral than the royal wedding, Victoria certainly looked beautiful, with her sleek pony tail, a covered bump.
Samantha Cameron shocked viewers and critics alike by turning up without a hat. She wore a simple green shift b Burberry London and three carefully placed jewels in her hair (Erdem none the less). She also chose to wear shoes from the high street store Aldo (Samella heels £50)
Charlene Wittstock (fiancée to the Prince of Monaco) and Spain’s Princess Letizia showed themselves to be a pair who really understood what it took to look the part for a royal wedding. Princess Letizia wore a pink chiffon dress by Spanish designer Felipe Varela and Charlene Wittstock wore Akris, both stood out for their perfect grooming and understated style.
Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, or for those of you who didn’t know, Mrs Nick Clegg, bought a touch of old school glamour to the wedding. With an outfit that appeared to be inspired by a mix of Dita Von Teese and Joan Collins Miriam wore a polka dot dress and matching turban.
Chelsy Davy. Where to begin? Going to the wedding of what could have been your potential brother in law, looking like you have just stepped out of Primark in Essex is just not a good look. Alberta Ferreti or not, the turquoise outfit and orange skin looked terrible.
The ‘what were you thinking outfit’ goes to Tara Palmer Tomlinson. From reading coverage of the wedding I’ve learnt that the hat she wore was supposedly ‘a diversion tactic’ to take attention away from her nose. I’m not going to lie, before seeing this outfit I had no idea that anything was wrong with her nose. So the outfit did exactly the opposite of its intention. Whilst her Deborah Milner dress and Phillip Treacy hat are both fabulous creations, together it just looks wrong. She may as well have worn a sign telling the world to look at her nose.
And no blog post about the outfits at the Royal Wedding would be complete without a mention for The Queen. Her Majesty wore an Angela Kelly creation. Whilst the single crepe wool dress may have drawn comparisons to Jim Carey’s portrayal of The Mask, the hand sewn beading in the shape of sun rays around the neckline and the yellow shade of the outfit certainly did add a bit of sunshine to the proceedings. And let’s face it, for a woman of nearly 90 years of age, she didn’t look half bad!
Finally, a special mention for Philip Treacy, Irish milliner, who if we are being realistic after all his hard work in the prelude is now more likely to resemble Johnny Depp's character of the Mad Hatter. He designed 36 of the hats worn at the Royal wedding, from the Beckham's to Lady Sophie Windsor. Whilst the man in question is no doubt going to be taking a very long holiday after all his hard work, it seems only fair to admire some of his hard work.
