Aaaah The wedding was phenomenal!
She looked beautiful and incredibly amazing!
They have released her dress in the shop 'Perfect Day' :
I think they are amazing and very accurate! The dress has been designed by Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen.
Individual flowers have been hand-cut from lace and hand-engineered onto ivory silk tulle to create a unique and organic design, which incorporates the rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock.
Hand-cut English lace and French Chantilly lace has been used throughout the bodice and skirt, and has been used for the underskirt trim. With laces coming from different sources, much care was taken to ensure that each flower was the same colour.
The dress is made with ivory and white satin gazar. The skirt echoes an opening flower, with white satin gazar arches and pleats. The train measures two metres 70 centimetres.
The veil is made of layers of soft, ivory silk tulle with a trim of hand-embroidered flowers, which was embroidered by the Royal School of Needlework. The veil is held in place by a Cartier ‘halo’ tiara, lent to Miss Middleton by The Queen.
The Bride’s earrings, by Robinson Pelham, are diamond-set stylised oak leaves with a pear shaped diamond set drop and a pavé set diamond acorn suspended in the centre. Inspiration for the design comes from the Middleton family's new coat of arms, which includes acorns and oak leaves. The earrings were made to echo the tiara. The earrings were a personal gift to the Bride from her parents for her Wedding Day.
The bouquet was designed by Shane Connolly and draws on the traditions of flowers of significance for the Royal Family, the Middleton family and on the Language of Flowers.
The flowers’ meanings in the bouquet are:
Lily-of-the-valley – Return of happiness
Sweet William – Gallantry
Hyacinth – Constancy of love
Ivy: Fidelity; marriage; wedded love; friendship; affection
Myrtle: the emblem of marriage; love.
'Sweet William' How cute is that!
And she has revealed her second Sarah Burton gown:
Doesn't that just look amazing!
Kate Middleton was in a second white gown designed by McQueen's Sarah Burton last night as she left Prince Charles' official London residence, Clarence House, on the way to the big party at Buckingham Palace. Kate Middleton's wedding dress lavishly featured hand-embroidered lace and a nearly nine-foot-long train, but this number was strapless in satin, with diamante embroidered detail around the waist. Kate also paired the piece with an angora bolero!
Her maid of Honour:
What do you think?
Ana xx
