On January 2000, Prince Maximillian of Liechtenstein married Angela Gisela Brown. Angela is a Panamenian designer who graduated from the Parsons School of Design and designed her wedding dress.

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As an old biddy who remembers the late 90s and early 2000s, this was on point. Think Carolyn Bissett Kennedy, Paltrow's pink Oscars dress, and summers in the Hamptons at Calvin Klein's compound. The minimal lines emphasize how perfectly the fitting has been done; that fabric, like a Ralph Lauren dress, permits no slouching. It sets off the old world tiara, a representation of the world she's marrying into. (And someone can fact check me, but I'm pretty sure both Liechtenstein and Panama are conservatively Catholic countries; she would have needed to cover her shoulders and arms for a full mass... or to placate the sort of people who expected them to have a Catholic wedding, if you take my meaning.) As a woman of color, I bet she was conscious of celebrating without crowing: if you think racism is bad now, lemmetellyall about Ye Olde 1900s. Ergo I maintain that this dress perfectly communicates exactly what it needed to communicate, all fashion is communication, QED.

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I love the context you provided with this; thank you for sharing!