The more I am convinced it is going to be Sarah Burton who has designed Catherine's dress the more excited I am getting to see the creation.
Burton - who grew up in Manchester and graduated from Central Saint Martins in 1997 worked with McQueen for sixteen years. Having joined the brand in 1996, she has worked as head of womenswear design since 2000 and was credited with completing the designer's autumn/winter 2010-11 collection in time for Paris Fashion Week in March, following his suicide less than a month earlier.The appointment of Burton came as no surprise. She had been the late designer's right hand woman.
The collection received rave reviews!!
Did she catch Catherine's eye when she did the wedding of Sara Buys(Harpers and Queen fashion writer) and Tom Parker Bowles,the son of the Duchess of Cornwall, in 2005. Sara wore a corseted strapless cream silk and tulle wedding gown designed by Alexander McQueen / Sarah Burton. Her wedding veil was sheer ivory lace with a scalloped floral border of cream colored roses. Or maybe Sara reccommended her. I know that sometimes an "old bride" of mine is kind enough to reccommend their friends to come after their experiences.
Miss Middleton being widely hailed as a new British style icon, however she was criticised for her conservative dress sense by Dame Vivienne Westwood at London Fashion Week last month. Not in my opinion if she has selected Sarah Burton as her designer for her wedding dress!! I am really excited, my expectations for this will be something different! I had thought it would be Bruce Oldfield and I had expected elegant and classy. But with Mrs Burton in the frame I have great expectations for something different.Burton, who is from Manchester, designed a billowing red and black dress worn by Michelle Obama to a state dinner last year and has also worked on one-off creations for celebrities such as Cate Blanchett, Lady Gaga and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Check out any images you can find of her creations for way out shapes and styles and elaborate detail.
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