It Was McQueen... But Was It?

I will say this first off... the Duchess of Cambridge was a beautiful bride. Every part of the wedding was appropriate, soft and lovely. And it is clear that she and the Duke of Cambridge love and respect each other greatly.

Second, I am happy to see that I was right about the dress. There were too many give-aways that it was being designed by the house of McQueen. However... This dress wasn't really representative of McQueen.

This dress was a dialed-down McQueen and a throw-back to Princess Grace of Monaco's dress in 1956.

(Funny how even Kate's bouquet matched that of Grace's.)

This was a lovely dress, and so was Kate's. Kate wore a dress that many brides would wear, myself included.

But I was still disappointed in the dress.

The reason I love (and fear) McQueen is because of the passion in the designs. It's always beautiful, but a bit of glamour. This was not a McQueen dress with glamour. It was a McQueen dress with softness and gentleness.

Anyone could have designed this dress. And while the dress was made to Kate's specifications, I feel like this wouldn't have been the dress McQueen would have designed himself if he were alive.

All Kate needed was a good seamstress to make this dress. Not a design house.

I was expecting something more alluring. Like the wedding dress McQueen designed for Plum Sykes...

Now THAT was a McQueen wedding gown.