The meaning of Kate Middleton's Wedding Dress.

     My favorite column was "What will Kate Middleton's wedding dress look like?" by Robin Givhan, because I find the whole concept of the hype that surrounded the royal wedding funny. One of the strangest things about the Royal Family in Britain is that it's really just for show. The Queen, Prince Charles, the whole lot of them don't really yeild any power other than being the figurehead for the millions of people Britain still has somewhat control over. So when the Queen's grandson, who could basically choose from any woman in the whole world (I mean come on, he's a freaking prince!) chooses to mary a commoner, the whole world makes such a big deal that people on California woke up at about 2am just to watch Kate and William get married. Which leads me too all the hype. I remember when William and Kate announced their engagement, in December 2010. For the next  five months, it was completely insane how much information the news could squeeze out of this. The best quote out of this column was by far "Now we can focus on that other crucial wedding planning decision: What will the gown look like? And what might it mean?" 

Imagine me sighing heavily.

But in all seriousness, what can a dress mean. It's a freaking dress. Do dresses now have some inner meaning other than to be what you wear when you getting married. Is there now some type of way to make a dress have some inner meaning? Well, to be quite honest, I couldn't care less.

My mom woke up at 5:00am to watch the wedding. She says it was kind of a sentimental thing. She watched when Diana and Charles got married in '81 and   through the eyes of People Magazine (which she no longer subcribes to, citing not having enough time) and saw their two kids, William and Harry, grow up. She's sentimental like that. Now, for five years, I've held a long-honored tradition of waking up and watching Sportscenter. This was one of those days where that didn't happen. I got up at 5:30, as I have for a long time, and went downstairs to see a woman in a white dress with a 8 or so foot long piece of silk dragging behind the back of it. And now, Ms. Givhan, I can answer your question, the meaning of the dress is...there is no meaning.

Kate Middleton's actual wedding dress, with the long train.