Royal Wedding Dress Designers

[micas]

Thanks, that help a lot!!

 

[cute_girl]

lady Helen Windsor
one of my favorit bridal gowns

 

[sara1981]

Princess Diana's gown was designed by David and Elizabeth Emmanuel, not just Elizabeth. Catherine Walker did Lady Helen (Windsor) Taylor.

im confuse what you says!

when late Princess Diana chose designer when she engagement to Prince of Wales in 1981 because Princess Diana chose David and Elizabeth Emmanuel they chose as 25-train to become famous! but Princess Diana not chose Catherine Walker for her wedding dresses but she did chose emmanuels for her own wedding dresses you understand?

Lady Helen Taylor chose Catherine Walker for her wedding in 1992

Sara Boyce

 

[Fashionista100]

Sarah,
That's what I said.

Diana choose both David and Elizabeth Emmaneuel. In an earlier post someone said that it was just Elizabeth Emmanuel who designed it. When it was both her and her husband who did. I was just clarifying.

I did say that Lady Helen Taylor choose Cathrine Walker for her gown. I didn't say Princess Diana choose her for the wedding gown.

Hope this clears up your confusion.

 

[Fashionista100]

Serena Lindley wore a dress by a designer name Robbins. I can't remember the first name it was Keith or Dave something like that.

 

[Scott]

lady Helen Windsor
one of my favorit bridal gowns

Hi Cutegirl

I totally agree with you Helen had a beautiful dress - loved the neckline in particular. Do you by any chance have any photos of her parents wedding in York Minister. I was in the British Military Police at the time and was on special duties at the wedding. Katherine looked incredible. Her dress had gossamer thread flowers and the photo's do not do her justice.

Another lovely understated bride was Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester. It is hard to find photos of her wedding also.

Scott

 

[liv]

here the newest list with the newest lovely addition:

• Princess Maxima- Valentino
• Princess Sibilla- Valentino
• Clotilde Courau- Valentino
• Princess Mathilde- Natan
• Princess Laurentien- Natan
• Princess Claire- Natan
• Princess mabel- Victor and Rolf
• Princess Letizia- manuel Pertegaz
• Princess Mary- Uffe Frank
• Princess Diana- David and Elizabeth Emmanuel
• Countess Sophie- Samantha Shaw
• Princess Märtha Louise- Wenche Lyche
• Princess Mette-Marit-Ove Harder Finseth
• Infanta Cristina-Lorenzo Caprile
• Princess Annette-Frans Molenaar
• Princess Alexia- Inge Sprawson
• Princess Elizabeth - Norman Hartnell
• Princess Margaret - Norman Hartnell
• Duchess of Kent - John Cavanagh
• Princess Alexandra - John Cavanagh
• Princess Anne - Susan Small Ltd
• Elizabeth Bowes Lyon---Mme Handley Seymour
• Fleur von Wurttemberg---Catherine Puget
• Maria Margarita Vargas de Santaella---Vitorio y Lucchino
• Lady Davina Windsor---Franka Couture
• Lady Tamara Grosvenor- Bruce Oldfield
• Queen Rania- Bruce Oldfield
• Princess Tatjana von Liechtenstein-Armani
• Princess Caroline (1st marriage)-Dior
• Queen Silvia of Sweden: Dior
• Queen Noor of Jordan--Dior
• Queen Sofia-Jean Dessés
• Queen Fabiola-Balenciaga
• Princess Grace-Helen Rose
• Queen Beatrix-Caroline Berge-Farwick
• Infanta Elena: Pedro Valverde
• Queen Sonja of Norway: Sigrid Vedeler from the fashionhouse in Oslo called Mongstad.
• Queen Margarethe of Denmark Jørgen Bender
• Queen Anne-Marie of Greece: Jørgen Bender
• Princess Benedikte: Jørgen Bender
• Princess Alexandra: Jørgen Bender
• Fergie-Lindka Cierach
• princess Astrid of Belgium: Louis Mies
• Wallis Simpson- Mainbocher
• Lady Sarah Chatto (nee Armstrong-Jones)- Jasper Conran
• Princess Adélaïde d'Orléans - John Galliano
• Princess Masako of Japan- Hanae Mori
• Duchess of Cornwall- Robinson/ Valentine
• Helen Taylor- Cathrine Walker
• Princess Anita- Frans Hoogendoorn

Has someone more?

 

[horn150]

hello pdas1201,

can you tell me where the pics marked "fotoware" come from?

thanks

 

[pdas1201]

hello pdas1201,

can you tell me where the pics marked "fotoware" come from?

thanks

They come from Korpa photo agency. The website is www.korpapress.com

 

[liv]

• Princess Maxima- Valentino
• Princess Sibilla- Valentino
• Clotilde Courau- Valentino
• Princess Mathilde- Natan
• Princess Laurentien- Natan
• Princess Claire- Natan
• Princess mabel- Victor and Rolf
• Princess Letizia- manuel Pertegaz
• Princess Mary- Uffe Frank
• Princess Diana- David and Elizabeth Emmanuel
• Countess Sophie- Samantha Shaw
• Princess Märtha Louise- Wenche Lyche
• Princess Mette-Marit-Ove Harder Finseth
• Infanta Cristina-Lorenzo Caprile
• Princess Annette-Frans Molenaar
• Princess Alexia- Inge Sprawson
• Princess Elizabeth - Norman Hartnell
• Princess Margaret - Norman Hartnell
• Duchess of Kent - John Cavanagh
• Princess Alexandra - John Cavanagh
• Princess Anne - Susan Small Ltd
• Elizabeth Bowes Lyon---Mme Handley Seymour
• Fleur von Wurttemberg---Catherine Puget
• Maria Margarita Vargas de Santaella---Vitorio y Lucchino
• Lady Davina Windsor---Franka Couture
• Lady Tamara Grosvenor- Bruce Oldfield
• Queen Rania- Bruce Oldfield
• Princess Tatjana von Liechtenstein-Armani
• Princess Caroline (1st marriage)-Dior
• Queen Silvia of Sweden: Dior
• Queen Noor of Jordan--Dior
• Queen Sofia-Jean Dessés
• Queen Fabiola-Balenciaga
• Princess Grace-Helen Rose
• Queen Beatrix-Caroline Berge-Farwick
• Infanta Elena: Pedro Valverde
• Queen Sonja of Norway: Sigrid Vedeler from the fashionhouse in Oslo called Mongstad.
• Queen Margarethe of Denmark Jørgen Bender
• Queen Anne-Marie of Greece: Jørgen Bender
• Princess Benedikte: Jørgen Bender
• Princess Alexandra: Jørgen Bender
• Fergie-Lindka Cierach
• princess Astrid of Belgium: Louis Mies
• Wallis Simpson- Mainbocher
• Lady Sarah Chatto (nee Armstrong-Jones)- Jasper Conran
• Princess Adélaïde d'Orléans - John Galliano
• Princess Masako of Japan- Hanae Mori
• Duchess of Cornwall- Robinson/ Valentine
• Helen Taylor- Cathrine Walker
• Princess Anita- Frans Hoogendoorn
• Princess Aimee- Lidy de Joode

 

[hilal]

Princess Fawzia bint Fuad of Egypt - Christian Dior
Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari - Christian Dior
Farah Diba - Yves St. Laurent

 

[hilal]

Princess Fawzia bint Fuad of Egypt http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=93415
Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=158625
Farah Diba
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=92735

 

[hilal]

Princess Aimée - Lily de Jood

 

[CasiraghiTrio]

Who designed Caroline's dress for when she married Stefano Casiraghi?

source: profimedia.cz

 

[leonardinha]

Queen Paola

Queen Paola's wedding gown was designed by ... herself!!!

 

[SpiffyBallerina]

What about Princess Irene d' Borbon de Parma (sp?), Princess Margriet, and Princess Cristina?

 

[SpiffyBallerina]

Oh, and one last thing, (then) Crown Princess Beatrix helped design her dress. The pattern of the skirt was modeled after the pattern of the tiara she wore that day - very intricate.

 

[Marengo]

I believe Irene's dress was from Balenciaga, but I am not 100% certain about this. I do not know the designers of the dresses of Margriet and Christina but they should be local designers.

 

[leonardinha]

What about Princess Irene d' Borbon de Parma (sp?), Princess Margriet, and Princess Cristina?

Irene's gown was made by Balmain, Beatrix' was designed by Caroline Berge Farwick.

 

[Elsa M.]

Archduchess Catharina von Österreich - designer: Giorgio Armani
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=15835&d=1062963884

 

[leonardinha]

Maria Teresa of Luxemburg: Balmain

 

[Piewi]

Who designed Caroline's dress for when she married Stefano Casiraghi?

source: profimedia.cz

I´m not sure but i think i´ve read somewhere her dress was Dior

 

[janos614]

Does anyone know how the dress designers are chosen? And in general, how much leeway does the bride have in selecting who designs her dress?

 

[Laura]

I´m not sure but i think i´ve read somewhere her dress was Dior

Yep, it was Christian Dior by Marc Bohan.

 

[Little_star]

Queen Rania's dress was by Bruce Oldfield.

 

[Maxima fan]

Princess Marilene = Pierre Yves!

 

[EmpressRouge]

Soraya of Iran: Dior

 

[Raquel75]

Princess Rosario's wedding dress wasn't desing by Valentino. It was desing by Gustavo Puente

 

[Raquel75]

Carla's (Princess of Bulgaria) wedding dress was designed by Lorenzo Caprile. He was the designer choosed a few years later to design Infanta Cristina's dress

 

[princess olga]

Does anyone know how the dress designers are chosen? And in general, how much leeway does the bride have in selecting who designs her dress?

That's a great question. It seems to me that in many cases, the bride would go with the designer she already has a working relationship with. That seems to yield the best results, because the designer then already knows the bride to be really well, as well as her style, her body type and what suits it, and so on.

For example, Infanta Christina of Spain already had designer Lorenzo Caprile make a bunch of clothes for her, as well as evening dresses years before she dreamt of organizing her wedding. So he knew exactly what suited her and what she liked, when she asked him to design her wedding gown. The result was exquisite, everything was so right, the gown was beautiful, and it really suited the bride's style. It complemented her without overpowering her.

(If you look carefully, Cristina's wedding gown, by the way, is nearly identical to an evening dress by the same designer she wore for her sister's wedding ball, a few years before her own wedding. That dress was a hit, and clearly Christina and Caprile took pointers from that!)

On the other hand the brides-to-be that don't have any designer already working with them on various other clothes for other occasions, like new princesses, have it more difficult, and this shows in the end result, I think.

For example, take Letizia of Spain. The designer was famous, but had no previous history with this particular bride-to-be, and the result was a dress that looked good on a sketch, but overpowered the petite frame of the woman wearing it, which was a shame. She didn't look her best in the thing, unfortunately.
The other case in point is Alexandra of Denmark. Whereas the designer she chose, Jorgen Bender, had previously done excellent work for her mother in law, Margarethe's wedding gown way back when, for Alexandra, the end result clearly showed that designer and bride didn't know each other well: Alexandra's petite frame was entirely hidden, she looked even frumpy in the gown.

Other case in point: Silvia of Sweden. Who had her gown designed by the then most top tier designer in the fashion world, Marc Bohan of Dior. But he and the Swedish queen to be, didn't clearly have a relationship yet, as the end result was really less than stellar.