Royal Wedding Part 2

As promised, here is Part 2 with some styles of dresses we at York Bride would love to see Princess Katherine adorn for her big day.  This is just a small selection from a sample of British designers. There are many, many talented designers  out there and I am sure they would all create a beautiful design for her.  However, we think that Kate would look amazing in a dress that is understated with structure yet still feminine and not too ageing for her.   We are not keen on the thought of crystals or heavy embroidery, but loving the thought of the fabric creating shape and texture and lace would just be lush! A fishtale silhoutte would really suit her figure (but not too clingy) but even a well structured bodice with a soft line skirt would look equally as gorgeous.  We hope you like the pics below, thanks to Alice Temperley, Suzanne Neville, Phillipa Lepley,  Claire Pettibone.  We have our favourite designer which we will spill at the end of the pics ;)

Alice Temperley - Jessamine

Claire Pettibone - Hyacinth



Claire Pettibone Maidens Blush



Phillipa Lepley





Phillipa Lepley



Sassi Holford - Annabelle

La Sposa - (just because we loved the dress and veil)

Suzanne Neville - Chantilly

Suzanne Neville

Suzanne Neville

Phillipa Lepley

So we hope you like our choices.  We would like to see a move away from the traditional strapless design- although they can be stunning, considering the venue we think sleeves, whether full or cap will be ideal for a spring wedding and we think will add a touch of elegance. We adore all the pictures shown, but if we had to choose a favourite designer it would be the lovely Phillipa Lepley for her glamourous yet understated and feminine frocks- just gorgeous!  We will have to wait and see which lucky designer gets to grips with the most talked about dress of 2011! Lets hope they tell us soon.

http://www.suzanneneville.co.uk/
http://www.phillipalepley.com/
http://www.clairepettibone.com/

Royal Wedding Part 1

Well, I dont know about you, but York Bride is sooooo excited about the forthcoming nuptials of the most gorgeous Kate and wonderful William on April 29th 2011!!

You could say there has been a considerable number of Royal themed blogs on the go, so I thought before York Bride throws some inspiration around we would take a step back in time to have a look at the all important bridal gowns from regal weddings gone by.  Below are a selection of some of my favourite pictures of beautiful royal brides. Can you spot any similarities or trends?

We hope you have enjoyed having a look at these , in Part 2 we will bring you some of York Brides ideas for Kate's dress! Whilst this is being put together the name of the designer is still (frustratingly) under wraps. There are so many fab british designers out there and we don't envy the bride on her choice of designer or dress style, but lets face it- she would make a bin bag look stylish and will of course look drop dead gorgeous in her chosen gown which will no doubt be copied across the world!.  Look out for Part 2 coming soon.  Enjoy all the Royal Wedding gossip in the meantime. If you have any thoughts, comments or ideas then we would love to hear from you.