I know that the hotel was called the Mandarin, and that Mandarin is a Chinese dialect, but did Princess Anne have to wear a Chinese-inspired dress? It looks odd on her.
Anne's dress is a far sight better than Autumn's, that's for certain. In fact, I rather liked Anne's dress. Wish we could get a better picture of Zara's dress.
M-C's was not pretty. Beige is blah. And I didn't like the way it fit her, especially around the waist. Didn't care for A-M's dress either from the couple of pictures I was able to see. Same with big sister Margarethe's dress. I don't mind mixing and matching skirts but baby blue and chocolate brown should really be left in Vincent's nursery.
Love how Eugenie's dress gives the faint impression of an Edwardian waist. I don't hate Beatrice's dress, it just seems far too flashy for the night's festivities.
Don't like QE's dress at all. I hate the ruched waist on the front half of the dress, hate the cuffs on the puffy sleeves. The fabric is merely okay.
Loved the color of Mathilde's dress. It made her eyes POP! Stunning. Oh, and does anyone have any information about the necklace she wore?
I don't love M-T's dress. The color is gorgeous but the vertical bow in the front is distracting.
Princess Alexandra was so beautiful. Love the color, love the dress.
Sophie's dress is fail in all ways save the color, which looked divine on her. The wings off the top of the bodice front are too bizarre for words. Others have commented that the bodice itself seems to fit her rather stiffly. I wonder if that has to do with her broken rib. I assume that her torso is probably wrapped and that's what is giving the stiff appearance. Back to the rest of the dress. The straps come down at a weird angle in front, though they do show off that gorgeous necklace. And finally, my last nitpick about Sophie's appearance... Those tan lines! There are ways to hide the fact that one obviously does not tan on a regular basis but if you aren't going to employ any of them then step away from dresses that clearly highlight your tan lines!
I didn't mind Charlene's dress. I thought it was more of a silvery color than white or grey. Would have loved to have seen a better picture of Sofia's dress. Sonja's was okay on first glance and then I downgraded my opinion to a "meh".
Liked both Tatiana and CP Katherine of Serbia's dresses. Good colors on them and very attractive. Loved the flower in Tatiana's hair.
Already commented on Letizia & Victoria but they clearly wowed.
Would have loved to have seen Maxima. As well as the Victoria, Letizia, Mathilde, M-T, Tatiana, Katherine, Eugenie, Alexandra, and even Sofia and Charlene did tonight I bet Maxima hit it out of the park too.
ETA - LOVE the Duchess of Gloucester bringing out some BLING with those emeralds! And her dress isn't too shabby either! Add her to my list above, lol.