The Royal wedding is over, William and Kate are now husband and wife and the Queen gave the title of Duke of Cambridge to her nephew.
All the details of the ceremony have been made public, seating of the guests, guest list, and music list during the service. The only mystery was the wedding dress, which has been kept under wrap until the final moment when the commoner Kate Middleton stepped out from the car outside Westminster Abbey revealing a sophisticated gown and ending all the speculations about who would have been the designer.
It is the case to say that the winner is Sarah Burton, creative director of the Alexander McQueen’s fashion house, who has got under her griffed belt dresses created for other distinguished women like Michelle Obama, Cate Blanchett, Naomi Campbell, just to name a few.
The wedding dress that is going to be surely copied in the thousands was very refined, not pretentious and perfect for the bride and her slender figure.
The ivory colour made Kate’s completion stand out and the delicate lace of the model is a traditional piece of craftsmanship. The train was very humble, less than three meters, halving the length of Diana’s dress thirty years ago.
Kate entered Westminster Abbey with her head covered by a fine veil and revealed her beaming face to her future husband, uncovering as well a small and precious tiara in pearls and diamonds borrowed from the Queen and a pair of delicate earrings.
The choice of the designer for the dress of the century has been made after Kate went to a wedding and loved the dress of the bride, enquiring about the designer. Sarah Burton started her career in the fashion trade in 1996 while still studying at the Central Saint Martins. Alexander McQueen picked up the fashion student and she worked for the company for the last 16 years. When Alexander McQueen died in February 2010, she was his right hand design aide and became the creative director of the
Her appointment had the final confirmation with her first collection for the Alexander McQueen house during Paris Fashion Week when she completed the collection in time after the untimely death of the famous designer.
Choosing Sarah Burton credited once more the taste and fashion sense of Catherine, as she should be called from now on, and it underlined again her role in promoting everything British as a member of the Royal family should do.