Royal Wedding Dress Designers


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I agree with you on needing to have a good relationship with the designer in order for the dress to come out right. Although I disagree about Queen Silvia's dress. She had that giant cameo crown on, you don't want some big foofy dress underneath to distract it. You want something simple and clean-looking, and that's what she got. Also, yes you're a royal bride, but you don't want to look like something that belongs on top of the cake, which is what Alexandra looked like.
 
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Im pretty sure Princess Noor of jordan (P.Hamzah wife)'s dress is not by Dior as stated above.
 
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Im not certainly sure who did the dress, but im pretty sure it was by a jordanian designer. Its a traditional Jordanian dress:)
 
Wasn't it Balmain who designed Silvia's????? :ermm: Have to try to reach back to memory so I may be off on that.
 
queen silvia's dress was made by Dior by Marc Bohan
 
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If I´m not error...Mt´s dress is a Oscar de la Renta by Balmain...
 
Do you mean Marie Therese? I believe that Oscar de la Renta only designed for the house of Balmain in 1992 (when he became the first American to show a collection in Paris). I don't think he was associated with them in the early 1980s.
 
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Princess Noor's dress was made by the Libanese designer Elie Sahab,I'm sure I read it somewhere right after the wedding;)
 
Here is an updated list of brides with their much anticipated wedding dress designs, including photos links. The symbol (P) indicates the women who became Princesses as a result of their marriage. Enjoy!

NETHERLANDS
Queen Beatrix-Caroline Berge-Farwick second photo
Princess Irene- Balmain
Princess Margriet-?
Princess Christina-?
(P) Marilene- Pierre Yves
(P) Annette -Frans Molenaar
Princess Margarita- ?
(P) Laurentien- Natan
(P) Maxima - Valentino
(P) Mabel- Victor and Rolf
(P) Anita- Frans Hoogendoorn
(P) Aimee- Lidy de Joode

BELGIUM
Queen Fabiola-Balenciaga
Queen Paola *- Herself
Princess Astrid- Louis Mies
(P) Mathilde- Natan
(P) Claire- Natan

*NOTE the lace veil worn by Paola was first worn grandmother, Laura Mosselman du Chenoy, a Belgian aristocrat. It has also been worn by Astrid, Mathilde and Claire.

DENMARK/GREECE
Queen Anne-Marie -Jørgen Bender
Queen Margarethe -Jørgen Bender second photo
Princess Benedikte- Jørgen Bender
(P) Marie-Chantal- Valentino
(P) Alexandra (nee Manley)- Jørgen Bender
Alexandra (second marriage)- Henrik Hviid
Princess Alexandra- Jørgen Bender
Princess Alexia - Inge Sprawson
(P) Mary- Uffe Frank

SWEDEN
Queen Silvia-Dior by Marc Bohan

NORWAY
Queen Sonja- Sigrid Vedeler from Mongstad
(P) Mette-Marit- Ove Harder Finseth
Princess Märtha Louise- Wenche Lyche

SPAIN
Queen Sofia-Jean Dessés
Infanta Pilar- ?
Infanta Margarita- ?
Maria del Carmen- ?
Simoneta Gomez-Acebo - Jean Franco-Ferré for Dior
Infanta Elena- Pedro Valverde
Infanta Cristina-Lorenzo Caprile
Barbara Cano- ?
(P) Letizia- Manuel Pertegaz
Monica Fernan- ?
Laura Ponte- Miguel Palacio
Princess Victoria de Borbon dos Sicilias- Lorenzo Caprile
Emma Ruiz (marrying Manuel de Morales y Borbon-Dos Sicilias) Lorenzo Caprile
Maria Margarita Vargas de Santaella---Vitorio y Lucchino


MONACO
Princess Grace- Helen Rose
Princess Caroline 1st marriage- Dior
Princess Caroline 2nd marriage- Dior by Marc Bohan
Princess Stephanie- ?
Princess Caroline 3rd marriage- Chanel

PORTUGAL
Duchess Isabel of Braganca- Laurinda Farmhouse

BULGARIA
(P) Rosario- Gustavo Puente
(P) Miriam - Chus Busaldua
(P) Maria Garcia- Beatriz Basaldúa
(P) Carla-Maria Royo- Lorenzo Caprile
Princess KalinaTraditional Bulgarian folk dress

LUXEMBOURG
Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte (Princess of Belgium) - ?
Princess Marie Astrid-?
Princess Margaretha -?
Grand Duchess Marie Therese- Balmain
Helene Vestur- ?
(P) Sibilla- Valentino
Tessy Antony- Pronovias registry dress

LIECHTENSTEIN
Hermine de Cosse-Brissac- Serge Lepage
Princess Nora- ?
Duchess Sophie (also of Bavaria) - ?
Angela Brown- Angela Brown (designed herself)
Maria Gräfin Kálnoky- ?
Princess Tatjana - Armani

ITALY

Clotilde Courau- Valentino

JAPAN
Empress Michiko- ?
(P) Kiko- ?
(P) Masako - Hanae Mori
Princess Sayako - Yamachita
 
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ENGLAND
Elizabeth Bowes Lyon- Mme Handley Seymour
Wallis Simpson- Mainbocher
Queen Elizabeth - Norman Hartnell second photo
Princess Margaret - Norman Hartnell
Katherine (Duchess of Kent) - John Cavanagh
Princess Alexandra - John Cavanagh
Brigitte (Duchess of Gloucester)- Normal Hartnell
Princess Anne 1st marriage- Susan Small Ltd
Princess Anne 2nd marriage- ?
(P) Diana- David and Elizabeth Emmanuel
Sarah-Lindka Cierach
Julia Rawlinson- Laura Ashley
Sophie- Samantha Shaw
Lady Helen- Catherine Walker
Serena- Bruce Robbins
Lady Sarah- Jasper Conran
Claire Booth - Vera Wang
Lady Davina- Franka Couture
Camilla- Robinson/ Valentine registry dress [FONT=&quot]
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Paola- Valentino
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JORDAN
Queen Muna- ?
Queen Alia- ?
Queen Noor- Dior
Queen Rania- Bruce Oldfield second dress
(P) Noor Bint Asem Bin Nayef -unconfirmed Elie Saab
(P) Rym- circassian traditional dress
Princess Haya- ?

IRAN
Princess Fawzia bint Fuad - Dior
Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari - Dior
Empress Farah - Yves Saint Laurent for Dior
(P) Yasmine- ?
Princess Zahra Aga Khan - ?
(P) Khaliya (nee Krisin White)- civil ceremony dress

OTHER AFRICA/ASIA
Lindy Rama (Bali)- Toni Maticevski

NOBLES & NOTABLES
Archduchess Sofia of Habsbourg- Valentino
Archduchess Catharina of Habsburg - Giorgio Armani
Archduchess Constanza of Habsbourg- Gerald Watelet
Fleur von Wurttemberg- Catherine Puget
Caroline von Wurttemberg- ? closeup
Duchess Elisabeth von Bayern- ?
Julia Storz (to Michael of Wurttemberg)-?
Princess Anna von Bayern- Christian Breidert
Alexandra Miller (von Furstenburg) - Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Princess Adélaïde d'Orléans - John Galliano
Clotilde d'Orléans - Gianfranco Ferre for Dior
Comtesse Astrid Ullens- Jacques Fath
Maya Askari (marrying Maximillian of Austria) - Giambatto Valli
Baroness Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza- Versace
Countess Maria Gabriele Von Walburg -Ursula Vogt-Ettrich

Genoveva Casanova-
Manuel Mota for Pronovias
Maria de Hohenlohe (marrying Duke of Aliaga)- Pedro Rodrigez
Duchess of Alba- Dafnis
Countess Vanessa Von Bismark- Derek Lam
Elisabeth d'Udekem - Edouard Vermeulen for Natan
Laura Parker Bowles- Robinson/ Valentine
Sara Buys- Alexander McQueen
Kate Rothschild – Patsy Puttham
Lady Tamara Grosvenor- Bruce Oldfield
Rose Astor- ?
Lady Pamela Mountbatten- Norman Hartnell
Jane McNeil-Norman Hartnell
 
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I think it would be nice to know who created the wedding dresses of the last century?

  • Princess Maxima- Valentino
  • Princess Mathilde- Natan
  • Princess Claire- Natan
  • Princess mabel- Victor and Rolf
  • Princess Laurentien- Natan
  • Princess Letizia- manuel Pertegaz
  • Princess Sibilla- Valentino
  • Princess Mary- Uffe Frank
  • Princess Diana- Elizabeth Emmanuel
  • Countess Sophie- Samantha Shaw
Who knows the designers of Norway´s brides?
HM Queen Elizabeth II's wedding gown was designed by Norman Hartnell. Here is the link to The Queen's 60th Wedding Anniversary web site > Royal Collection - A Royal Wedding
 
ENGLAND
Elizabeth Bowes Lyon- Mme Handley Seymour
Wallis Simpson- Mainbocher
Queen Elizabeth - Norman Hartnell second photo
Princess Margaret - Norman Hartnell
Katherine (Duchess of Kent) - John Cavanagh
Princess Alexandra - John Cavanagh
Brigitte (Duchess of Gloucester)- Normal Hartnell
Princess Anne 1st marriage- Susan Small Ltd
Princess Anne 2nd marriage- ?
(P) Diana- David and Elizabeth Emmanuel
Sarah-Lindka Cierach
Julia Rawlinson- Laura Ashley
Sophie- Samantha Shaw
Lady Helen- Catherine Walker
Serena- Bruce Robbins
Lady Sarah- Jasper Conran
Claire Booth - Vera Wang
Lady Davina- Franka Couture
Camilla- Robinson/ Valentine registry dress
Paola- Valentino

JORDAN
Queen Muna- ?
Queen Alia- ?
Queen Noor- Dior
Queen Rania- Bruce Oldfield second dress
(P) Noor Bint Asem Bin Nayef -unconfirmed Elie Saab
(P) Rym- circassian traditional dress
Princess Haya- ?

IRAN
Princess Fawzia bint Fuad - Dior
Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari - Dior
Empress Farah - Yves Saint Laurent for Dior
(P) Yasmine- ?
Princess Zahra Aga Khan - ?
(P) Khaliya (nee Krisin White)- civil ceremony dress

OTHER AFRICA/ASIA
Lindy Rama (Bali)- Toni Maticevski

NOBLES & NOTABLES
Archduchess Sofia of Habsbourg- Valentino
Archduchess Catharina of Habsburg - Giorgio Armani
Archduchess Constanza of Habsbourg- Gerald Watelet
Fleur von Wurttemberg- Catherine Puget
Caroline von Wurttemberg- ? closeup
Duchess Elisabeth von Bayern- ?
Julia Storz (to Michael of Wurttemberg)-?
Princess Anna von Bayern- Christian Breidert
Alexandra Miller (von Furstenburg) - Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Princess Adélaïde d'Orléans - John Galliano
Clotilde d'Orléans - Gianfranco Ferre for Dior
Comtesse Astrid Ullens- Jacques Fath
Maya Askari (marrying Maximillian of Austria) - Giambatto Valli
Baroness Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza- Versace
Countess Maria Gabriele Von Walburg -Ursula Vogt-Ettrich
Genoveva Casanova-Manuel Mota for Pronovias
Maria de Hohenlohe (marrying Duke of Aliaga)- Pedro Rodrigez
Duchess of Alba- Dafnis
Countess Vanessa Von Bismark- Derek Lam
Elisabeth d'Udekem - Edouard Vermeulen for Natan
Laura Parker Bowles- Robinson/ Valentine
Sara Buys- Alexander McQueen
Kate Rothschild – Patsy Puttham
Lady Tamara Grosvenor- Bruce Oldfield
Rose Astor- ?
Lady Pamela Mountbatten- Norman Hartnell
Jane McNeil-Norman Hartnell



Alexandra Miller has to be my choice for MOST GORGEOUS BRIDE in recent memory. That gown is quite simply unbelievable! Too bad her sister Marie-Chantal didn't look that good on her big day, IMO.
 
crown princess victoria - Pär Engsheden

how about marie of denmark

and the new greek princess
 
crown princess victoria - Pär Engsheden

how about marie of denmark

and the new greek princess

Princess Marie of Denmark - Arasa Morelli
Tatiana, Princess Nikolaos of Greece - Angel Sanchez
 
Now we can add Sara Burton on the list as Kate's dress designer.I know it's late but no one did it!
 
Princess Noor's dress was made by the Libanese designer Elie Sahab,I'm sure I read it somewhere right after the wedding;)
I read on a turkish newspaper who was a frind of the princess from emerson college that the dress madw from a italian designer
 
Crown princess Victoria - Pär Engsheden (swedish designer)
Princess Madeleine - Valentino Garavani
Princess Sofia - Ida Sjöstedt (swedish designer)
Princess Lilian - Elizabeth Wondrak
Princess Margaretha, princess Birgitta, princess Désirée and princess Christina - their dresses were made at Märthaskolan school, princess Désirée wore princess Birgitta's wedding dress
 
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Elisabetta Rosboch von Wolkenstein married Prince Amedeo of Belgium. Valentino designed her wedding gown.

Arthur Silver of the Silver Studios designed the dress for Princess Mary of Teck's 1893 wedding.

Wedding dress designer David Emmanuel remembers Princess Diana and the length of the train.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wedding-dress-designer-david-emmanuel-remembers-princess-diana

In 1913 Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife married Prince Arthur of Connaught. She engaged the services of Felix Barolet of Knightsbridge to design her dress of white charmeuse satin.

Norman Hartnell's design for Princess Elizabeth of England's dress was not approved until the middle of August. This gave him less than three months to complete the dress.
 
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Helen Rose designed Princess Grace of Monaco's dress.
 
Who designed the 1858 wedding dress of Victoria, Princess Royal?
 
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