Apparently Kate was adamant that the dress included fairy lights and battery operated butterflies (just like the one’s on the show).According to sources, Kate’s hen party went so well they had to helicopter more booze to the festival site. All of this draws our attention to one thing; Kate doesn’t do things by halves!
And proving this in true Kate style, this week it has been reported and confirmed that the official photographer for her and Jamie’s wedding will be superstar photographer, Mario Testino. Not an understated affair then Kate?
But the question on most people’s mind is on the 2nd July, when Kate finally walks up that aisle; whom will she be wearing?
First speculation was that she would design it herself. Vivienne Westwood was even quoted saying…‘She has done her own fashion range and she knows about clothes. She knows what she is doing, she doesn’t need my help.”
The name of Kate’s wedding dress designer has been subject to almost as much speculation as that of Kate Middleton. But Kate has been far less coy about the identity of her chosen designer. She announced to pals at a Topshop dinner that old friend and designer John Galliano would be designing her dress and was going to make it with help from his stylist boyfriend Alexis Roche. Now this was exciting news. However, Kate’s fiancé, Jamie Hince, spoke on the matter earlier this, saying that the rumours were “unfounded entirely”. What a shame!
So for the mean time, it’s back to speculation about the dress, and more importantly, the designer. Publications everywhere are clutching at straws for some sort of small clue as to the design and style of the dress. It has also been speculated that Kate will team up with celebrity stylist and dress designer Kate Halfpenny as it was Halfpenny who created that Seventies style dress that Moss wore to her 35th birthday celebrations.
Despite all of this, my money is still on Galliano. Kate has proven herself over the years to be a loyal friend and I can’t imagine she would choose anyone else to design something so prolific for her. Kate and Galliano’s friendship goes way back to her early days of modeling where she was paid by Galliano in clothes for walking the catwalk at one if his early shows.
Galliano is no stranger to designing wedding dresses for famous and beautiful women. He famously designed a wedding dress for supermodel Christy Turlington, and more recently gowns for the weddings of Gwen Stefani and Gisele Bundchen. Gwen said when planning her dress with Galliano “I wanted it to be over the top, but not traditional”. And this is exactly what He created. The dress is now available for public viewing at the V&A museum, according the Gwen “…it’s a work of art, it needed to be seen”
Gisele Bundchen’s dress was more delicate and subtle however. Made in traditional white silk, the dress was bias cut and featured scalloped detail around the hips. The dress also features a six-foot-long veil made of white silk tulle with white lace. A good pal of Moss’, Katy England has revealed that Kate’s dress also includes a veil, which isn’t out of the ordinary for a bride, but does point towards the fact that she could be going for a traditional ensemble.
When engaged to bad man rocker Pete Doherty, she was reported to have asked designer Alexander McQueen to create a £20,000 monochrome lace wedding dress described as being ‘traditional with a modern unique twist’ which I feel represents Kate styles perfectly.
But other than these snippets of hearsay, we are still left dumbfound as to the style and designer of the dress. The only indications we have of Kate in a dress are these exclusive pictures of Kate; photographed by Michael Woolley in 1991 that feature a very young Kate modeling five wedding dresses (including veils!) from leading wedding dress designers such as Laura Ashley and Manouche.
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