I got married in the eighties when all that material, and all those ruffles, and all that everything you could possibly pile onto one dress was the thing to do. I looove Diana’s dress - it is exactly what you would expect a princess getting married during that decade to wear, and is certainly iconic in that regard. That it must have weighed 40 pounds is a pretty solid testament to her commitment to the fashion of the day. I think ivory is a much more flattering colour to most skin-tones, as the popular whites back then were very stark.
I had no such sense of style, and obviously not a princess, and also had never been the sort that dreamed of a wedding or wedding gown, and ended up getting married in tacky, garish, silver metallic overlaid in pale grey lace, sans ruffles, bows, beading, poofs, swags, ruching, and giant veiled headpiece. It wasn’t in style then, nor has been since, and I still love it anyways. Wedding dresses are always fascinating to me.