Monday 25 April 2011

WHO WILL MAKE Miss Catherine Middleton's Wedding Dress?

SOPHIE CRANSTON
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD
For a week now I have heard nothing but wedding news in Los Angeles.  Everybody asks me "Who is making the wedding dress for Catherine Middleton?", then they ask "Who should make the wedding dress?". Question after question pours from the mouths of the world.  "How will the bride's hair look?", "Will she skip a tiara and wear flowers in her hair as suggested in some press reports?" Then there is chat that Catherine did not want to have the weight of a tiara on her head but  that  Her Majesty The Queen believes she should wear one. The lightest one apparently being Princess Diana's.

The well known secret, Sophie Cranston, who previously worked at Belville Sassoon,  then later with Alice Temperley, (Alice is I am told dressing the Mother and Sister Phillipa, who is to be Maid of Honour ). Sophie's brand Libelula,was reported to be  designing  the dress, but as there will be apparently three different dresses according to gossip, noone can be completely sure.  However Sophie does make high waisted dresses that Catherine like's to wear, and they definitely would suit her.














ALEXANDER MCQUEEN















In any case last week when I was in London, I heard the dress was being made in the Palace in order that the secret should be kept that way. Then Olivier Theyskens is reported to know who the designer is, and then nearly gave the secret away. Just him saying this, narrows down the possible designers.

Then I have also heard that Bruce Oldfield was to design the dress, who was a favourite designer of Princess Diana. In England he designs the most incredible dresses for the rich and Aristocratic, beautifully elegant dresses in sharp shapes. They so suited the late Princess, who was tall and Amazonian in comparison to Miss Middleton who is very petite.

Tonight at dinner I was told it was definitely Alexander Mcqueen's assistant who is now Creative Director. Sarah Burton, who is so talented and should in my opinion make it.  However, I appreciate that Catherine has a different style and may favour something more traditional.  This would be the designer I would use, or Vivienne Westwood,
JASPER CONRAN
AMANDA WAKELEY

ALICE TEMPERLEY
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
ALICE TEMPERLEY

As for tiara's  Catherine will be expected to wear one, I personally would like to wear Princess Margaret's , I love it.

With so much excitement  surrounding the Wedding I can't wait for Friday.
The truth is anyone of our brilliant designers could do this dress. Jasper Conran, Stella McCartney, Amanda Wakeley, Phillipa Lepley and let us not forget Anthony Price

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