This post is by request – you girls seem to LOVE wedding stuff, particularly royal wedding stuff, and there seems to be a growing affection for all things Swedish royal family. Note: this post is just for the wedding dress p0rn. I’ll have a separate post for the wedding guests and the other members of the Swedish royal family.
So, the basics. On June 8th (Saturday), Princess Madeleine of Sweden married a British-American commoner named Christopher O’Neill. He’s some kind of banker in NYC, and Madeleine is going to move full-time to NYC now, where they will live all the time I guess. Maybe she’ll come back to Sweden a few times a year for special events. As we discussed last month, O’Neill has refused a royal title and he seems to eschew the royal life and life in Sweden. I guess he has his own money, and whatever. Many of you seem to think he has a case of douche-face, and the wedding photos don’t do much to dispel that.
Maddy (I’m going to call her Maddy because I hate typing out “Madeleine” over and over) wore a wedding gown designed by Valentino. It had white lace and a “four-meter long train” which is pretty small considering most royal wedding gown trains. Personally, I find the gown underwhelming for royal-wedding standards. I’m finding it hard to believe that Valentino even made this gown specifically for her – it looks like something she chose off the rack and then got tailored (poorly, because the lace part doesn’t fit properly). I also hate the dust ruffle at the bottom of the dress. That’s so tacky!!
What do I like about this? Let’s see… I don’t mind the cap sleeves, truly. I think too many brides go strapless and end up regretting it, and if Maddy had gone with full-length lace sleeves, she would be seen as “copying Duchess Kate”. So the cap-sleeve was a compromise, and it works. I love the tiara and I love that she’s not wearing a necklace, just the tiara and those HUGE earrings (and that bracelet which… she could lose and the whole ensemble would still work). On another girl, I might hate the big earrings, but they work here, I think because they “balance out” the tiara. I also like the subtle pattern of the fabric – it’s nice, and it’s more interesting in close-ups. Oh, and I LOVE that she’s gone darker with her hair. I remember when she was super-blonde, but this brunette shade really suits her.
Last thing: that kiss looks really awkward, right? Ugh. I hope she’s happy.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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