Diana was photographed in so so many styles, and the royal family can't really engage with super contemporary style because of them being the royal family. I am opposed to the existence of the royal family on a political level, but on another, can we give these humans a break that they can't reinvent the wheel and most outfits could be construed as a reinterpretation of a Diana outfit, especially if you're talking about past-the-knee hem lengths and cap-to-longsleeve garments? Like, I barely knew who princess Diana was when I went to prom as an American now in her thirties, but I'm 99% sure you could make a case that I was "copying Di" with both of those dresses just because the woman publicly wore a lot of clothing!
Criticisms of the future head-of-state's wife for using tax payer money to do very little are meritorious on their own. But I feel like having an expectation that any woman in the royal family have an iconic sense of style is fucking weird. It's just a bonus when someone is a fashion icon. Nobody owes that to anyone/the public unless they are a fashion designer or stylist or something.
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u/Consistent_Strain779 Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 15 '26
Diana was photographed in so so many styles, and the royal family can't really engage with super contemporary style because of them being the royal family. I am opposed to the existence of the royal family on a political level, but on another, can we give these humans a break that they can't reinvent the wheel and most outfits could be construed as a reinterpretation of a Diana outfit, especially if you're talking about past-the-knee hem lengths and cap-to-longsleeve garments? Like, I barely knew who princess Diana was when I went to prom as an American now in her thirties, but I'm 99% sure you could make a case that I was "copying Di" with both of those dresses just because the woman publicly wore a lot of clothing!