We’re agreed there—the eighties were indeed quite the time ;-). And yeah, that fish sculpture sounds around right.

Also struggling to believe that the Palace and the royal family would let her choose her own gown without any supervision. That is not how they operate at all. More than likely, the designs were limited by the palace staff and she was given only a cursory say in any of the selctions.

Eh, I wouldn’t go that far. Unless you are saying she wasn’t as educated as some of her peers and in that sense, that would be a yes. But unsophisticated country girl? No.

Right out of Four Weddings. “If you got a little staff it’d be perfect for herding sheep.”

Especially since this was being televised worldwide, but we had nowhere near the TV/technology broadcasting we have now. It had to be gigantic to stand out on all those screens.

That looks like a Marie Antoinette milkmaid dress that she forced her least favorite lady in waiting to wear.

Puffed sleeves. Like Anne of Green Gables! 

We have to remember that she was an unsophisticated 19 year old country girl with probably no help from her mother or anyone else when selecting her wedding dress. So yes, it is a dreadfully fugly dress that looks like a version in cream color fabric of Snow White’s yellow skirt-black top dress - checkout the Disney…

But somehow it suited a 20 year old princess bride back in 1981. 

Is it Haunted?

It looks like a dress that a virginal, 19 year old ingenue designed. :)

That’s an early 80s dress. Fashion is circular; what’s in now will be out later and what was in before will come back. We’re due for an 80s resurgence - not the ridiculous neon stuff and ponytail out of the side of the head or the enormous hair, but the real things people wore - simple cuts, pleated pants with narrow…

That dress is, hands down, the ugliest wedding dress I’ve seen, and I used to watch Say Yes to the Dress. Everything about it, to my eye, is off - the sleeves, the neckline, the waistline, the girth of the skirt, and the train. I hate it, and I will not be deterred in my hatred. 

I’d have some concern that her fans might decide to try it themselves, dress and act as she does, and get injured/dead (many people are allergic but may not know it).

You have a 12 inch pianist? Does he play Mozart?

you’re right, what i like is weird and what you like is totally normal i should strive to never need to leave my own stink pit bed home theater.

Please, I can’t take any more Chris Pratt.

It might’ve been multiple disaster flicks, I’m not entirely sure which ones I’ve actually seen vs absorbed through cultural osmosis.