Christian McCaffrey defended spouse Olivia Culpo on Tuesday after a trend influencer posted a prolonged critique of the newlywed’s Dolce & Gabbana marriage ceremony costume on social media.
On Monday, stylist Kennedy Bingham mentioned the long-sleeve ball robe Culpo, 32, wore for her June 29 nuptials to the 49ers working again in Rhode Island, stating “there isn’t a character on this costume.”
“Normally marriage ceremony attire could have one thing of the bride injected into it, whether or not it’s just a little little bit of beading some jewellery, detailing, one thing, that is simply nothing, it’s the absence of character,” Bingham stated within the practically six-minute clip on TikTok, which has amassed two million views as of Thursday.
Olivia Culpo wore a Dolce & Gabbana ball robe for her marriage ceremony to Christian McCaffrey in June 2024. Jose Villa
McCaffrey, 28, fired again at Bingham on her Instagram web page, the place the video was additionally shared, and commented: “What an evil factor to publish on-line. I hope you’ll find pleasure and peace on this planet, the way in which my stunning spouse does.”
Culpo additionally responded to the critique, as documented in a screenshot captured by Bingham, and stated: “Wow what a fully evil particular person you might be. I hope nobody ever tears you aside on this means as a result of it’s extraordinarily hurtful. I really like this costume and it was the whole lot I wished and extra.”
In Bingham’s video, the stylist additionally dissected feedback made by Culpo in a latest interview with Vogue, the place she defined she didn’t need her costume “to exude intercourse in any means, form, or type,” and that she wished the look to be “as severe” because the “covenant” of marriage.
Culpo’s costume is on the heart of a now-viral video from trend stylist Kennedy Bingham, who critiqued the look. Jose Villa
The 49ers working again defended Culpo on social media. Getty Photos
“If I had been to only take a look at the costume, I might see a good looking bride in a good looking, easy, elegant costume. If we stopped there at simply the way in which the costume seems, we’d actually don’t have anything to say, nevertheless it’s all of the stuff surrounding the costume that leaves type of a bitter aftertaste,” Bingham stated.
“… Now hear, there may be nothing incorrect with wanting a modest marriage ceremony costume, or simply modest apparel generally, however the way in which that she was speaking about this went past simply wanting one thing modest for herself and pushing this concept of what she thinks all brides ought to seem like.”
Bingham additionally discovered it “bizarre” how a lot Culpo spoke about “protection,” as the previous Miss Universe winner advised Vogue: “After I take into consideration Christian and what he loves and the moments that he thinks that I’m most stunning, it’s completely in one thing like this: timeless, coated, and chic.”
The couple has been collectively since 2019 and bought engaged in 2023.
“I additionally simply suppose it’s so bizarre how a lot she’s speaking about protection, particularly as somebody who in her day-to-day life isn’t precisely a modest dresser… I simply suppose the utilization of the phrase coated is so icky as a result of you aren’t coated in day-to-day life, and likewise, why is he considering you’re probably the most stunning once you’re coated? That’s such an odd factor,” Bingham stated.
Bingham capped off the video by stating, “It’s very clear that this was not a marriage, this was a conservative marketing campaign, and it wasn’t even effectively executed.”
“… You took this disingenuous pick-me route that actually felt extra such as you had been occupied with your narrative than you had been about your precise marriage,” continued Bingham, who captioned the clip: “From Miss Universe to Miss Choose Me.”
Along with the ball robe, Culpo sported two different seems for the reception and afterparty.
She and McCaffrey have been collectively since 2019.