Every wedding can be relied on to provide an array of guests who take the opportunity to dress up to new heights and strange lengths and put a smile on the face while we're all still waiting for the bride to arrive. When Philippe of Belgium married Mathilde in December 1999, there were plenty of contenders for guest outfit of the day and then there were the feathers. For this wedding saw more feathers than you could shake, well, a feather at. And it's still hard work to find one worth wearing. Here's a recap of the feathered fiascos of Philippe and Mathilde's wedding.
If there was a competition for most over the top hat then there's no surprise that Margrethe of Denmark is in the running. In fact, there's no shock that at this wedding she was miles ahead of the competition. Nothing says wedding more than a strangely arranged set of glossy black feathers paired with a purple suit last fashionable in 1985. No wonder most royal couples went gala after that for the dress code.
Maybe it's a queen regnant thing because the then Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands went for black feathers for this wedding too. And only adding them to half the hat didn't make the decision any the wiser. The sparkle of the suit does distract a little from the hat but it still looks like the top of a postbox that was decorated specially for the occasion. It's a shame the feathers memo didn't get lost in the mail.
Queen Fabiola could get away with most things in the style stakes but even she struggled with this feather overload. The hat is so big it could easily have offered shelter to half the guests if things got really rainy. In the end, it obscured her face for many of the photos and looked like it was weighing her down. It's a feather fail here, sadly.
If you'd given up hope of finding a decent feather hat at this wedding, despair not. Princess Masako of Japan took the style stakes back in the right direction with this royal blue creation. OK, it's not the most original design in the world but it is the size of a normal hat and doesn't look like someone sprayed it with superglue before tipping a pillow over the top of it. That. in these circumstances, is a win.
Less is more, less is more, repeat once again, less is more. Queen Silvia teaches everyone a lesson in how to do feathers by adding just a few to the back of her rather glorious hat. Not only did she look ten times better than every other royal who went down the feather route, she also had far less of a headache by the time they got to the reception as her hat must have been at least half as heavy as the others. Just pretend you haven't seen the tights and go away calling this a standout.
Maybe it's a queen regnant thing because the then Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands went for black feathers for this wedding too. And only adding them to half the hat didn't make the decision any the wiser. The sparkle of the suit does distract a little from the hat but it still looks like the top of a postbox that was decorated specially for the occasion. It's a shame the feathers memo didn't get lost in the mail.
Queen Fabiola could get away with most things in the style stakes but even she struggled with this feather overload. The hat is so big it could easily have offered shelter to half the guests if things got really rainy. In the end, it obscured her face for many of the photos and looked like it was weighing her down. It's a feather fail here, sadly.
Less is more, less is more, repeat once again, less is more. Queen Silvia teaches everyone a lesson in how to do feathers by adding just a few to the back of her rather glorious hat. Not only did she look ten times better than every other royal who went down the feather route, she also had far less of a headache by the time they got to the reception as her hat must have been at least half as heavy as the others. Just pretend you haven't seen the tights and go away calling this a standout.
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