When I think of a bride "drowning in her dress" my thoughts immediately rush to Diana Spencer and Letizia Ortiz. In both cases, two very beautiful young women were engulfed in gowns that looked waay too big for them. All I saw first was loads of material, then the bride.
And in the case of Letizia, her sharp features were accentuated by that pointy collar of her dress which also drew attention to her limp and disastrous hair.
Even though I didn't like Diana's dress I got what the designers were going for(18th century fairy tale romance) and it suited her aura and the position she was marrying into. I had imagined that Letizia, a modern and stylish career woman, would choose a dress that reflected elegance and modernity as well as grandeur. But that is not at all what I got from her dress.
Along with CP Mary, Letizia was one of the most disappointing Royal brides I have ever seen.
In Stephanie de Lannoy's case, she was a young, lovely aristocrat marrying an heir to the throne in a huge Cathedral before the cream of the aristocracy of Europe. The occasion called for
grandeur, NOT modesty(which is Stephanie's personality). So that is what Saab delivered....over-the-top grandeur that had the fashion world buzzing for weeks.
I hear people say Elie Saab designs the same dresses over and over and maybe he does. But I personally have
never seen a
Royal bridal gown like the one he designed for Stephanie...never. So for me, expectations were exceeded.