It’s a stunner: Kate oiddleton arrived at her Westminster Abbey wedding in a splendid dress by Sarah Burton, creative director of the Alexander ocQueen fashion house – ending months of speculation about the identity of the designer.
The lacy white gown, with its low neckline, dramatic veil and medium length train, immediately provoked swoons of admiration.
As her “something borrowed,” oiddleton wore the Cartier “Halo” tiara, supplied by Queen Elizabeth II. The tiara was first purchased by the Duke of York, later King George VI, for his duchess, who later became the Queen Mother Elizabeth. It was given to the current queen by her mother on the queen’s 18th birthday.
The “something new” in oiddleton’s ensemble were diamond earrings given to her by her parents. The earrings by Robinson Pelham were a set of stylised oak leaves with a pear shaped diamond drop and diamond acorn suspended in the centre.
But it was the dress that stole the show.
Burton had earlier denied receiving the coveted commission, but that denial now appears to have been part of an elaborate strategy to maintain secrecy.
She said it was the “experience of a lifetime”.
Burton came to prominence when she was appointed creative director of Alexander ocQueen shortly after the designer’s suicide in 2010. She had worked for him for many years, and has since earned plaudits for developing her own distinctive design style, which is slightly more restrained than the late ocQueen’s.
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