Amazing Kate Middleton’s Wedding Dress

Did you get up early to watch the century wedding or just on the spot to enjoy the festivities? Whatever, it was really overwhelming. The colorful hats donned by guests from various field, the grand dignified Westminster Abbey, the cortege with royal riding on the horses, and the royal couple as well as the kisses on balcony, everything was impressed. What’s more, we are all obsessed with Kate Middleton’s wedding dress which was kept as the top secret.

Who is the designer? Yes, it is Sarah Burton, the creative director of Alexander McQueen. So here let’s see the detail of this eye-catching dress.

The Design

The lace appliqué for the bodice and skirt was hand-made by the Royal School of Needlework, based at Hampton Court Palace. The lace design was hand-engineered (appliquéd) using the Carrickmacross lace-making technique, which originated in Ireland in the 1820s. 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.

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 ivory satin bodice, which is narrowed at the waist and padded at the hips, draws on the Victorian tradition of corsetry and is a hallmark of Alexander McQueen's designs. The back is finished with 58 gazar and organza covered buttons fastened by Rouleau loops. The underskirt is made of silk tulle trimmed with Cluny lace.

The Fabrics

French Chantilly lace was combined with English Cluny lace to be hand-worked in the Irish Carrickmacross needlework tradition.

All other fabrics used in the creation of the dress were sourced from and supplied by British companies. The choice of fabrics followed extensive research by Sarah Burton and her team.

The Royal School of Needlework

The Royal School of Needlework (RSN), based at Hampton Court Palace, assisted the Alexander McQueen team in accurately cutting out the delicate motifs from the lace fabrics and positioning the lace motifs with precision into the new design. The lace motifs were pinned, 'framed up' and applied with stab stitching every two to three millimetres around each lace motif. The workers washed their hands every thirty minutes to keep the lace and threads pristine, and the needles were renewed every three hours, to keep them sharp and clean.

Veil and Jewellery

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.

Wedding Shoes

The wedding shoes have made hand-made by the team at Alexander McQueen and are made of ivory duchesse satin with lace hand-embroidered by the Royal School of Needlework.

After the royal wedding gown being revealed, many fashion experts gave their comment on Kate’s choice. Nina Garcia, the Marie Claire fashion director said: “I am so thrilled Kate made such a wise choice of designer, it was appropriate yet relevant. A victory of British designers and inspiration for all aspiring talent!” Christian Siriano, the winner of Project Runway Season 5 submitted his point of view on twitter “Yes, I did get to see the dress. Kate looked stunning and it was perfection, very elegant and chic. It was also a wonderful McQueen moment.”

Mazel Tov! William & Kate

The historic royal wedding is finally coming. It is really an exciting event that deserves celebration. The British government is giving everyone the day off. I know many people will use this day ostensibly to celebrate the ceremonies but also someone will probably ignore the wedding and spend time with their families. Not everyone is as excited as I am for this event. For me, I am eagerly anticipating this century wedding and no doubt will watch the live show on television with other billion people from all round the world. Why? Below are the reasons.

First, the royal wedding between William and Kate really prove that there is still true love in this real world. It is not easy for two persons tying the knot. And royal wedding turns to be more difficult. How cherish of their love in which we may see braveness and honest.

Second, the splendid ceremony, the wedding dress, the guests the fashions, flowers, kisses, smiling friends, supportive families, tears of joy, these beautiful images bring not only amazing visual effect, but also happiness from our heart. And it is an event of historical significance, reminding us our entire place in history. World history has always been measured to some extent, at least in the West, and especially in the English-speaking world, by the reigns of British monarchs.

Third, we really need some good news. The news has been so bad lately. Earthquake, tsunami, nuclear disaster in Japan, extreme and destructive weather across the country and the world. Continued war and violence in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and now Libya. The list just goes on and on. The wedding just brings us fresh and happy atmosphere.

Fourth, the fairy tale wedding of Prince William's parents, Prince Charles and then Lady Diana Spencer, exactly thirty years ago, also at Westminster Abbey in London, the birth of their two sons, the unraveling of their marriage, and the tragedy of Princess Diana's death in a traffic accident. We all felt sorry to face the end of this beautiful fairy tale. But today, William and Kate are going to continue.

So Mazel Tov William and Kate on their big day! May they reign in a world at peace with itself and have a very happy life together forever.

Fashion Comparison Between Princess Diana And Kate Middleton

British Royalty will have a century wedding that Prince William will marry the commoner Kate Middleton.

Facing this new fairy tale of “Prince and Cinderella”, people keep suspicious. Just because in 30 years ago, Diana, the mother of Prince William also the former princess of Wales once presented a similar fairy tale to the world. But the reality ended this fairy tale cruelly together with her life.

Actually, Diana's story should rather be called as “legendary” than “the end of a fairy tale”. Her taste, fashion style, behavior as well as her kindness let "Diana" became a synonym of British princess.

As the second generation "Cinderella princess", can Kate Middleton transcend Diana, or become the second Diana? Even for wedding dresses, will Kate bring surprise to everyone? We just do not know the answer. But, at least in fashion, we have seen Kate Middleton's transformation from the girl wearing jerseys, growing into the elegant lady. Kate is the copy of Diana’s classic and elegant fashion style with giving up her “girl next to door” personality. Diana is lovely because she is Diana. But Kate still needs to find herself from the princess's identity.

Gorgeous red and black collisions

Eye-catching gorgeous red and black collisions are Diana favorite. Kate seems to get inspiration from Diana. But Diana’s broadly H shape shoulder style is not suitable for Kate figure, close-fitting accept waist style is Kate dishes.

Classic matching of black and white

Black and white is the most classic most formal mode, basically won't go wrong. Diana was good at manage white and black very well. The similar dressing let Kate get rid of her immature character to appear dignified and confident.

Elegant royal blue

Blue is the colour of European royalty, noble and grave, also happened to cooperate with the Diana's blond and smoothly added her a few charm. And in order to appear in solemn ceremonies and engagement, Kate also choose dark blue suit or similar dresses for quite several times, but turned to be aged because of too inflexible style and brown hair.

Hat winning

Hat culture in Britain has a very long history tradition. A hat is not only a kind of indispensable accessories for lady, according to the noble tradition; hat is also symbolic to social identity. Kate also prefers hats like Diana. The accessory let her become chic immediately from ordinary dressing up.

See how that Diana wore!

Say no to conservative

Enter the royal was conservative first? Diana's answer is: the style and dignified, detail design feeling, bold colors pursuit, pattern in wide range. She wore a suit of bright ball pattern when visiting Japan really shocked people. But now it had become one of her icon.

Have own fashion style

Why can Diana become fashion idol? Not because she had too many clothing, but because she knows how to establish her own style. Find the suitable for dressing, and continue decades keeping for her hairstyle instead of chasing the trend.

Don't lose yourself

Princess is one of the royalty decorations? Diana said, no. Princess is not a Barbie but has her own personality. Except for suits at formal occasions, we can see her personality from different fashion. Agile, simple, boyish, sunshine, sports... Princess is also a human being with emotion like ordinary people. That’s why we all like Diana.

Last but not least, we would like to say: Kat, blind imitation can not be Diana. Only wearing with own personality can make you a fashion Icon.

Project Runway’ designers create wedding gowns for Kate Middleton

Following the upcoming royal wedding between ‘commoner’ Kate Middleton and United Kingdom’s Prince William, the media coverage about this event goes everywhere. It seems like all anyone cares about this event and especially what will the future princess wear on this century wedding.

We’ve heard from designers who are denying they’re making the dress, from designers who wish they were making the dress, to designers who had their hand in designing wedding dresses for previous Royal Wedding parties. Of course, there is no exception for the leading program about fashion. Now it is time for ‘Project Runway’ alumni from seasons past to have their say about the wedding gown.

More than 50 ‘Project Runway’ designers from each previous season all submitted their fantasy sketches for how they would dress Kate Middleton for her big day. The sketches ranged from Daniel Franco’s Swarovski encrusted Chantilly lace creation with an 11 foot train to bridal designer Heidi Elnora’s clean and simple obi belted dress. ‘Season Six’ designer Nicholas Putvinski’s design even has the future Queen strutting down the aisle bedecked with gold and silver feathers.

After all, five of the designers; Emilio Sosa, Jonathan Kayne, Leanne Marshall, Irina Shabayeva, and Nick Verreos were selected to have their fantasy sketches turned into actual wedding gowns that were unveiled Monday, April 18th on the Today Show. They are just amazing. These beautiful wedding gowns are now being available online for a very limited time. Proceeds from the sale are being donated to charity.

It is extremely encouraging that we can shop wedding dresses from the internet. Online stores such as www.shopsimple.com, www.amazon.com brings us many convenience and surprises. Whatever Kate choose and wear, we do believe it will be a stunning outfit to blow everyone away. Let us wait and see.

How The Royal Wedding Dress Will Inspire Bridal Trend

The upcoming royal wedding makes sure to be one of a big event in 2011. On April 29^th, U.K. will attract eyes from all over the world. Nothing is to be special more than Prince William and Kate Middleton getting married. It will mark the beginning of many bridal trends.

Brian Worley, the wedding and event planner gave his point of view. When I produce and design a wedding, I always try to impress upon my clients that their wedding is "their" wedding, not their mom's or their grandmother's. But as royalty, Prince William and Kate have a much harder time making it their own. Their wedding will bring a return to more traditional elements -- things that have become less important over the years, like classic attire and engraved invitations.

Without a doubt, the wedding dress will set the bar for the rest of the year, and will become the defining look for 2011. Princess Diana's dress for the royal wedding of Windsor was, and still is, a topic of conversation 30 years later. Her iconic gown was very much the style of the 80's. Wedding, prom and bridesmaid dresses of that time were all influenced by the design. It ushered in a decade of taffeta, puffed sleeves and layers of crinoline tulle under a full skirt, and helped make Diana one of the leading fashion icons of her day.

Kate Middleton will do the exact same thing. Her wedding dresses will definitely be replicated, much like celebrities’ Oscar dresses, allowing any bride to feel like a real princess on her wedding day.

It was said that Diana’s dress was copied and available at the market only hours after the royal wedding took place. Therefore, the wedding dress designer was kept as a secret strictly until the wedding day. Kate’s dress will have the same effect.

If you are going to be a bride this year, will you wish to own a same wedding gown like Kate’s? I think majority answers will be yes. And I am sure that online shops will be the first time than bouquets to release the princess wedding dress. On April 29^th, you may find ShopSimple or eBay with many similar dresses. Just be patient, let us wait and expect this grand bridal occasion.

Kate Middleton’s Wedding Dress Is Going To Reveal

With less than two weeks to go, the royal wedding of Prince William and his fiancée Kate Middleton will take place in UK. It is definitely to be the century wedding. News about this big event has never stopped since their engagement is announced. For the common princess, the wedding dress is a biggest concern which also arouses people endless imagination. But what will Kate wear on her special day?

Rumors are everywhere else that the designer of the princess gown has been chosen. Bruce Oldfield seemed to be the hot pick as he designed for Diana’s wedding gown. And other speculations are with name of Alice Temperley, Jason Wu etc. However, they are all unconfirmed officially. Before the answer be revealing, let’s compare each idea from many top designers and see if your speculation is right.

Karl Lagerfeld, the head of designer and creative director gives his suggestion with a Victorian wedding dress. Keeping the original style of Chanel, there is decoration of lovely pink bows with the neckline and elbow. A pair of high boots is recommended to go with the fashion open in the front.

Frida Giannini represents Gucci to submit her sketch. It is totally a clean line of the wedding gown. Expect for the veil, there is hardly embellishment for lace or beading. Soft bateau neckline and unique train present a style which combines modern and classical.

Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli from Valentino think that Middleton should be wrapped in blossoming dress just like a new Botticellian Venus. The off the shoulder design is full of beautiful petals and floral pattern which display romance and glamour.

Last but not least, Vera Wang, the queen of wedding gown designer presents her alluring suggestion which is a fluffy dress of a mixture of stiff and soft silk tulle while the intricate hand pieced lacework be in the high necked bodice with elbow length. The entire look can not only be poetic but also regal.

Undoubtedly, the upcoming century wedding means a lot and will ultimately go down in history. In order to have a similar wonderful life, many brides to be are in pursuit of a same wedding gown like Kate’s. To find inspirations of wedding fashion, numerous online stores such as amazon.com or www.shopsimple.com provide many updated information with convenience and fast speed. Large variety and full range of styles together with prices can simply found to search for the most proper dream dress.

After all, we do not need to wait much time to know the answer. In April 29^th, the world will be surprised by this century royal wedding just as everyone will be blown away by Kate Middleton’s spectacular wedding dress.

Smart Tricks To Get You More Saving When Shopping Online

Nowadays, online shopping becomes more and more popular in our lives. Clothes, electronic products, household essentials, almost everything you need can be shopped from the internet. It is a way to buy things faster, more convenient and what is more, at a lower price. However, do you know how to save more money when shopping online? Here let me bring you some smart tricks.

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Find Digital Coupons At Sites

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No matter which products you want to buy, there are plenty of chances you can save money by online shopping. Be attention to these tricks and compare shopping, you can be a smart consumer.

Shopping Around For The Best Price & Satisfaction

Entering 2011, the inflation seems not to stop but continue to be more and more serious. Oil, food, consumer goods, everything has been crazily increasing on prices which take a big influence on people’s daily lives. Obviously, aside from government’s official control, it is the better to take some action by ourselves. One of the wise ideas is to do comparison before buying.

Have you ever experienced to be regret by knowing to buy something exactly the same as your friends but the price is far away expensive? I think everybody should have such experience and it is really frustrating. Therefore, before you pick out the decision to buy, the more you do comparison, the more saving you will have and the better you will enjoy shopping.

Except for price, there are actually several factors we can compare when shopping goods. First of all, specification is always the one should be considered. Shape, color and dimension have visual impact while for products such as women fashion or accessories, detailed info including style, fabric, decoration as well as produce time is the vital part that affects consumer to purchase. For example, there are wide variety of styles and fabrics for wedding dresses. Compare with ball gown, mermaid style turns to be more popular and fashionable in 2011. As far as fabric concerned, chiffon is likely to be more suitable than satin when donning in summer. And rather than beading or sequins, handmade embroidery displays in a more elaborate way.

Secondly, configuration is another element that consumers should compare especially for electronic or digital products. Nowadays, cell phone technology develops in a tremendous speed. When we are all overwhelmed by IPONE 4’s gorgeous appearance, the Galaxy followed to turn out with more awesome interface. The bigger monitor is without a doubt the grand and shining point.

Last but not least, shopping around can bring us surprises and satisfaction. When we see some products selling in a very low price on www.ebay.com, the most common reaction is to say it is unimaginable. However, China wholesaler products may let your chin drop. Websites such as ShopSimple provide super low prices on top quality products to let customer make smart choice and satisfied services.