Boris
Heir Presumptive
- Joined
- Dec 13, 2004
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- United States
I totally agree with the Jacknch summary – great ‘style analysis’.
I’ve never heard the story about the train of Queen Silvia being too short before, and I have a hard time believing it.
According to reports back then, Silvia intended her wedding dress to be simple and strict precisely because she wanted the veil and the cameo tiara to stand out. The whole ensemble was planned accordingly, and I can’t imagine Marc Bohan / Dior making such a mistake. The way the veil was folded was most likely tried out in advance – and turned out very beautiful too, IMO.
A heavy lace veil like this can have a dreaded ‘curtain’ effect (as it did on Princess Christina), and the ‘shorter veil on top’ effect on Silvia took care of that.
And in answer to jbccode99: I’m still clinging to the faint hope that someone at the Royal Court is listening and might use the occasion to reset the ‘buttons’ = rosettes.
They could form the new CP Victoria tiara, at a wedding there won’t be any undesirable ‘extravagance’ discussion about resetting them, and their flower shape would go beautifully with Queen Josefina’s veil.
I’ve never heard the story about the train of Queen Silvia being too short before, and I have a hard time believing it.
According to reports back then, Silvia intended her wedding dress to be simple and strict precisely because she wanted the veil and the cameo tiara to stand out. The whole ensemble was planned accordingly, and I can’t imagine Marc Bohan / Dior making such a mistake. The way the veil was folded was most likely tried out in advance – and turned out very beautiful too, IMO.
A heavy lace veil like this can have a dreaded ‘curtain’ effect (as it did on Princess Christina), and the ‘shorter veil on top’ effect on Silvia took care of that.
And in answer to jbccode99: I’m still clinging to the faint hope that someone at the Royal Court is listening and might use the occasion to reset the ‘buttons’ = rosettes.
They could form the new CP Victoria tiara, at a wedding there won’t be any undesirable ‘extravagance’ discussion about resetting them, and their flower shape would go beautifully with Queen Josefina’s veil.