Well, frankly, my big problem with Beatrice's outfit was the color. Now, I've tried to think about it charitably and I came up with "she didn't want to stand out too much or interfere with whatever the bride's color scheme might be." Right?
Because what other reason could there possibly be for choosing that color? I thought it was awful, even for beige. I am a neutrals person, I appreciate them - but that was just terrible, both as a color and with her coloring. Surely she chose that herself (and then the fascinator was made - sorry I called it a hat earlier).
The only colors that could have been worse would have been black or orange. A nice brown would have been better.
Someone suggested earlier that the girls were piqued that their mother was not invited, and now that I think about it and have read more about them and looked at dozens of past articles about them (and how they look), I wonder. I know my two daughters would be past p.o.'ed if there was a family wedding on their father's side (we're divorced) and I wasn't invited (in fact, their dad is getting married and the way it works is: the girls expect me to be sussed out to see whether I want to be invited - I've said no, so they now will make sure I'm not - but they would be very upset if I was just excluded - as we've made every attempt to remain friends over the years and do Christmas together and all that).
It's hard on kids of divorce as it is, they love it when their parents are cordial with each other at weddings, funerals, etc. (my ex spoke at my mom's funeral - it was AWFUL, oh dear, what a mistake to let him do that - we learned a lot - he thinks he's a stand up comedian, it was a FUNERAL - thank god my Dad cannot hear well). But we still stick together at weddings, funerals - and etc. (for example, I have offered to show up when my ex's parents were in town and he was having a hard time facing them alone).
My girls both have a great sense of humor (but do not make jokes at funerals) - but, I wonder if the humor in B and E's outfits was partly tongue-in-cheek. I could definitely see my daughters (especially my older one) doing something cheeky at a wedding where I was specifically not invited. And, like Beatrice and Eugenie, my daughters would definitely do it in a way that left people wondering if they meant it or not. Now that I think about it, I wonder if my older daughter will be the first person to wear a fascinator in our town (to her dad's upcoming wedding - I can just see her doing it - and I've learned a place that sells them, sort of, not too far from wear we live).
Edited to add: Okay, I looked at the color again and it's growing on me. I'm still ambivalent, but I take back that it's that awful.
This smacks of Lady Gaga, Dennis Rodman, and Elton John in his early days ~ all divas and attention seekers. *two thumbs way down*
