Sarah Burton, Royal Wedding 2011 Dress Designer
As the cameras watched, a slight glimpse of Kate, when she walked between the tent set up outside of the Goring Hotel and before she got into the Rolls Royce was visible. But the only details that we could see then were that she had a veil to cover her face and that her hair was down. But as she and her father made their way through the procession to Westminster Abbey, we started to see more details of her now famous dress, which was designed as many speculated, by Sarah Burton.
Designed by Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen, it has a lace applique bodice and skirt, and veil. The bride is wearing her hair down, with a tiara.
Ms Burton said creating the royal wedding dress had been the "experience of a lifetime".
Prince William is wearing the uniform of colonel of the Irish Guards, as well as his Royal Air Force wings.
The lace on the bride's dress details a rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock, and was hand-made by the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace.
The ivory English lace and French Chantilly lace dress has long lace sleeves that are attached to a sweetheart bodice. The skirt of the dress is very full and has floral appliqués on it and has a more than six-foot train as well. The dress is absolutely gorgeous and has a very romantic modern feel to it. The Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen design will be talked about for years to come and will be imitated by brides across the world now.
This dress has been the subject of speculation ever since the announcement of Will and Kate's engagement on Nov. 16. With the names of designers like Alice Temperley, Bruce Oldfield, and Daniella Helayel of Issa thrown out as possibilities, even the betting world has been a stir trying to guess the lucky designer of Kate's dress. Bookmaker Paddy Power even suspended betting on the dress, as there was a 75 percent chance, according to bets, that were being made that Bruce Oldfield was the wedding dress designer.
But now, as we all watched in awe at how beautiful Kate looked on this day, the guessing doesn't need to go on anymore. Sarah Burton's name was one of the designers mentioned, but nobody was quite sure of her status as the royal wedding dress designer until she was spotted getting out of a car outside of the Goring Hotel yesterday. Even though her face wasn't visible because of an oversized fur trapper hat, says the Telegraph, sources familiar with the designer pointed to her big belt buckle and ballet flats as clues that it was her.
Burton was named as the creative director for Alexander McQueen in May 2010 after McQueen died by his own hand in February 2010. She is an English native, hailing from the town of Manchester. She had been working with McQueen since he was based out of a tiny studio in 1996 as an intern. After her graduation from Saint Marten's College of Art and Design, she returned to work with McQueen.
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