Like some rumors stated, Kate's dress was designed by Sarah Burton, the creative director of McQueen. Alexander McQueen, who committed suicide just last year, would certainly be proud of the remarkable achievement for his namesake line of couture clothing.
Kate's dress had French Chantilly lace and English Cluny lace throughout the entire bodice, skirt, and underskirt. The ivory and white satin gazar skirt was made to resemble an opening flower. The back of the dress was finished with 58 gazaar buttons and had a six foot long train. That train is fairly tame when compared to the twenty-five foot train of Princess Diana's dress. According to multiple sources, the dress cost a staggering $50,000.
However, despite the majority of people loving Kate's Grace Kelly look-alike dress, many also think that her sister and bridesmaid, Pippa, outshone her. Pippa, like Catherine, wore a Sarah Burton for McQueen dress. However, hers was more modern and formfitting than Catherine's dress which had a rather classic silhouette. While she did not quite outshine the new Duchess of Cambridge, Pippa's dress did start quite the scandal. Its a universal wedding rule that only the bride wears white, however Pippa broke tradition by wearing a white bridesmaid dress. Most people loved the dress despite, or maybe because of the color, and it caused quite the uproar on Twitter.
Wedding dress designers are already coming up with copies of both Kate's dress and Pippa's dress, which could easily pass for a wedding dress. They are cheaper and more accessible for the royal wedding crazed public, and they are quickly being sold out!
One thing is certain, this certainly was the wedding of the decade! And perhaps the century!
