All the Fashion and Beauty Micro Moments You Missed at the Royal Wedding, From Doria Ragland’s Nose Piercing to Prince George the Goth
All eyes were, quite naturally, on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry during their long-awaited royal wedding at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor on Saturday, which saw Markle wear a surprise of a simple Givenchy gown and Prince Harry turn out in his expected military attire. With all the goings-on, though, plenty of details ended up getting lost in the mix—including even on Markle’s gown, which in fact featured 53 different flora from all of the countries in the Commonwealth stitched into its 16-foot veil. She later changed into another ensemble by Stella McCartney, whose design team, behind the scenes, also worked overnight on Oprah‘s dress after she had a last-minute realization that it may photograph white—something she shed light on on Instagram, where one could also get a much better glimpse at the knee-length braids Serena Williams wore to Windsor. Take a closer look at those details, plus more subtle show-stealers like Prince George, who turned out for the mall goths, and Doria Ragland, who also upped the punx with her subtle nose piercing, here.
1Doria Ragland’s Nose Piercing
Meghan Markle’s father may not have made it to Windsor, but after a long hang sesh with Oprah, her mother, Doria Ragland, arrived just as planned, having tea with the Queen and spending the night with her daughter before escorting her to the wedding. Upon their arrival to the chapel, Ragland emerged in a green ensemble just like the Queen’s—except that hers was in a gentle pastel, and accessorized with an understated nose piercing.
2Meghan Markle’s Veil
Markle’s surprise of a simple Givenchy gown had a lot more to it than could be seen from the live stream cameras. Hidden in the folds of her 16-foot veil were representations of all 53 of the Commonwealth’s countries, which Givenchy’s designer, Clare Waight Keller, turned into a gathering of each of their native flora.
3Serena Williams’s Knee-Length Braids
Serena Williams’s husband, Alexis Ohanian, somehow managed to obscure the most eye-catching part of her ensemble when they arrived to the chapel: Williams’s head of nearly knee-length braids, which she thankfully captured on her Instagram before and after, as part of her thorough documentation of what she called “getting ready for my friend’s wedding.”
4Prince George the Goth
Throughout all of the speculation about Meghan Markle’s wedding dress would look like, there was never any doubt that it would of course be white. In contrast, Prince George wore a much darker take on Prince Harry and William’s military uniforms, repping the mall goths in a steam punk-friendly take on the requisite morning coat and a formal interpretation of bondage pants.
5The Gospel Choir’s Style
Karen Gibson and the London-based Kingdom Choir’s performance of “Stand By Me,” which was also a rallying political anthem of the ’60s, was so moving that it was easy to miss the impeccable style of the choir members, who color-coordinated in shades of purple and pink.
6Oprah’s Last-Minute Change
Before arriving to the chapel herself, Oprah Winfrey took a moment to thank Stella McCartney’s design team on her Instagram for apparently having worked “all night long” on her dress, when she had a last-minute realization that showing up in a beige that could photograph as white could lead to stealing some of Markle’s thunder.
7All of the Odes to Princess Diana
There was no shortage of tributes to Princess Diana, Prince Harry’s late mother, at the ceremony. In addition to the engagement ring he gave Markle months ago, which featured two stones from Diana’s personal collection, he gave Markle a similar gift on their wedding day: an aquamarine ring which once belonged to his mother, which Markle wore to their post-wedding reception.
8Kim Jones’s Debut at Dior Homme
Rather than making a blunder like wearing his OBE on the wrong label, which he did at the last royal wedding, this time, David Beckham not only made an appropriate appearance with his wife Victoria, but also marked the designer Kim Jones’s debut at Dior Homme in the process, stepping out in an ensemble made of his first designs for the house, which included a silk tie and a double-breasted waistcoat.
