Author Topic: The wedding dress - all articles! (Read 16990 times)

sophiechloe · « **Reply #25 on:** January 17, 2011, 07:46:01 PM »

Wow, how things have changed, now Mommy Middleton is pictured shopping at Bruce Oldfield and lunching at San Lorenzo in Beauchamp Place - we have seen her shopping before, but in the main she has been pictured at country events, food shopping at waitrose, and "charity" functions. Now she is free to "lord it around town" - Be afraid, very afraid, not long now, before Kate and her whole family are waving at us from the balcony of Buckingham Palace!!!

mousie_kins · « **Reply #26 on:** January 17, 2011, 07:52:45 PM »

Quote from: ap3 on January 17, 2011, 04:39:50 PM

i am so tired of all the articles calling oldfield "diana's favorite designer"! he wasn't! catherine walker was!

i know the press want to use the word "diana" as often as possible, and write articles where they can put kate and diana in one sentence, but can't they stop making stuff up, or stretching the truth into the bounds of wrong?

i like oldfield, but i'm so tired of these articles i wish kate would go with an unknown designer, or at least someone not associated with diana.

She wore Oldfield on a regular basis for a decade.

She liked both he and Catherine. You can have more than one favourite

Countess of Highgrove · « **Reply #27 on:** January 17, 2011, 07:54:07 PM »

Here is a video with an interview with Victoria Arbiter (related to dickie?) from a am show here in the US. I like this gal, she comes off very nice and is just adorable!

http://cnettv.cnet.com/kate-middleton-potential-wedding-dresses/9742-1_53-50098932.html

Modified to add, yes,Victoria is Dickie Arbiter daughter!

Lady DC · « **Reply #28 on:** January 17, 2011, 08:48:16 PM »

Quote from: sophiechloe on January 17, 2011, 07:46:01 PM

Wow, how things have changed, now Mommy Middleton is pictured shopping at Bruce Oldfield and lunching at San Lorenzo in Beauchamp Place - we have seen her shopping before, but in the main she has been pictured at country events, food shopping at waitrose, and "charity" functions. Now she is free to "lord it around town" - Be afraid, very afraid, not long now, before Kate and her whole family are waving at us from the balcony of Buckingham Palace!!!

I would say the main reason these photographs have gone global is purely because Bruce Oldfield had already been thrown in as potential designer. Since the engagement they haven't really appeared in any stories, not ones with photo's anyway. Everyone is dying to know who is doing the dress and I think seeing them there got people excited, especially with Bruces no comment stance. If they had been shopping in Harrods or somewhere I wouldn't think it would have been such a big deal. As for the whole family waving from the balcony- if Prince Charles and Dianas wedding is anything to go by then we most likely will see her parents and Pippa if she is a bridesmaid on the balcony. We saw Earl Spencer and Mrs Frances Shand Kydd there with their daughter so there is really no reason they shouldn't be there. I don't think it will be a regular occurrence but it quite likely I would be inclined to think.

dianab · « **Reply #29 on:** January 18, 2011, 08:50:19 AM »

Quote from: mousie_kins on January 17, 2011, 07:52:45 PM

Quote from: ap3 on January 17, 2011, 04:39:50 PM
i am so tired of all the articles calling oldfield "diana's favorite designer"! he wasn't! catherine walker was!

i know the press want to use the word "diana" as often as possible, and write articles where they can put kate and diana in one sentence, but can't they stop making stuff up, or stretching the truth into the bounds of wrong?

i like oldfield, but i'm so tired of these articles i wish kate would go with an unknown designer, or at least someone not associated with diana.

She wore Oldfield on a regular basis for a decade.

She liked both he and Catherine. You can have more than one favourite

Diana stop the Oldfield dresses in 1990.
Since 1981 Diana wore various British designers, but Catherine Walker was THE FAVORITE, she made more than 1000 dresses (!!!!!!!) for Diana.
Diana wore her dresses until 1997. Catherine Walker helped Diana select the dresses for Christie's auction in 1997. There are famous photos of Catherine Walker and Diana with a team/staff and the dresses at KP.
In my opinion if the designer of Kate's dress is really B Oldfield, I think the dress will be elegant.
I think will be the first time I see Kate really elegant, not dressed like an old woman. But of course IF the dress (REALLY IS) by Oldfield.

avgi · « **Reply #30 on:** January 18, 2011, 11:33:48 AM »

Realistically, any upscale designer that's been around for 15+ years must have designed something for Diana.

mousie_kins · « **Reply #31 on:** January 18, 2011, 02:29:43 PM »

Quote from: dianab on January 18, 2011, 08:50:19 AM

Quote from: mousie_kins on January 17, 2011, 07:52:45 PM
Quote from: ap3 on January 17, 2011, 04:39:50 PM
i am so tired of all the articles calling oldfield "diana's favorite designer"! he wasn't! catherine walker was!

i know the press want to use the word "diana" as often as possible, and write articles where they can put kate and diana in one sentence, but can't they stop making stuff up, or stretching the truth into the bounds of wrong?

i like oldfield, but i'm so tired of these articles i wish kate would go with an unknown designer, or at least someone not associated with diana.

She wore Oldfield on a regular basis for a decade.

She liked both he and Catherine. You can have more than one favourite
Diana stop the Oldfield dresses in 1990.
Since 1981 Diana wore various British designers, but Catherine Walker was THE FAVORITE, she made more than 1000 dresses (!!!!!!!) for Diana.
Diana wore her dresses until 1997. Catherine Walker helped Diana select the dresses for Christie's auction in 1997. There are famous photos of Catherine Walker and Diana with a team/staff and the dresses at KP.
In my opinion if the designer of Kate's dress is really B Oldfield, I think the dress will be elegant.
I think will be the first time I see Kate really elegant, not dressed like an old woman. But of course IF the dress (REALLY IS) by Oldfield.

I know that.

She liked his dresses for about a decade 1981-1990. He was a favourite along with Catherine so they are not lying when they say she liked his dresses.
Yes Catherine made more for her but she still like his dresses for that decade

Alixxx · « **Reply #32 on:** January 19, 2011, 12:37:52 AM »

Talbot Church: The church's concerns over a white dress

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There has been increasing concern at Lambeth Palace about plans for the royal bride to wear white on her big day. While there is no doubting Kate's purity of spirit, the fact that she has been William's live-in girlfriend poses "considerable difficulties", say ecclesiastical insiders. Liberal in most matters, the Archbishop believes it would be "morally problematic" under these circumstances for a future head of the Church of England to take a bride who is wearing a dress symbolising virginity.

The Middletons are still arguing for a traditional wedding dress, but Prince Charles is sympathetic to the Archbishop's case. A compromise involving peach or – a nice environmental touch – light green is being discussed.

cinrit · « **Reply #33 on:** January 19, 2011, 11:42:08 AM »

^ :random59: They're not serious, are they? It's a little petty, in my opinion. How many brides today really "deserve" a white wedding dress ... if white can still be considered as symbolizing virginity, that is? Well, if the church really feels that way, there's always ivory or a darker shade of off-white.

Cindy

wannable · « **Reply #34 on:** January 19, 2011, 11:58:48 AM »

Talbot Church of broadsheet The Independent is their spoof publication of tabloid musings.

wannable · « **Reply #35 on:** January 19, 2011, 12:48:02 PM »

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With 100 days to go until the royal wedding, Fleet Street is straining to reveal whatever it can about Kate Middleton's dress. How can Buckingham Palace possibly keep the garment hidden until her big day?

There's a secret out there, jealously guarded at the highest level of the British state. A secret that millions are desperate to learn and journalists are scrambling over each other to uncover.

The classified information is not some top-secret intelligence file and it isn't a scientific patent destined to make its inventor wildly rich. It is neither the cure for cancer nor a weapon of mass destruction.

Instead, it is pale-coloured, silky and quite possibly shaped like a meringue. It is a wedding dress, designed for the future Princess Catherine.

As she steps out of her car and makes her way to Westminster Abbey in her final moments as Miss Kate Middleton on 29 April, millions of eyes will be on her gown. Just as with any matrimonial ceremony, the dress will occupy a status within the event's hierarchy only just below that of bride herself.

But the level of fascination in this particular outfit has been amplified and multiplied by the UK monarchy's worldwide fame. Before anyone has even had sight of it, a search for "Kate Middleton wedding dress" throws up more than 300,000 results on Google.

Always alert to public appetites, Fleet Street is deploying the full force of its inquisitorial might to reveal anything it can about the vestment and the identity of its creator.

Indeed, recent paparazzi photographs of Miss Middleton's mother and sister outside a boutique belonging to designer Bruce Oldfield were scrutinised and picked apart for clues, with a depth of analysis usually reserved for videotapes of Osama Bin Laden.

Republicans and those indifferent to both fashion and the House of Windsor soap opera might be utterly perplexed, or indeed disgruntled, that such an apparently trivial matter could be the focus of such intense attention.

But if the experience of royal weddings past is anything to go by, the palace will have to match this scrutiny with a campaign that is SAS-like in its precision and thoroughness to keep the dress under wraps.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12207203

cinrit · « **Reply #36 on:** January 19, 2011, 01:53:08 PM »

Quote from: wannabe on January 19, 2011, 11:58:48 AM

Talbot Church of broadsheet The Independent is their spoof publication of tabloid musings.

Thanks, wannabe. I'm in the U.S., so I don't know which are spoof papers ...

Cindy

Sandra Dee · « **Reply #37 on:** January 19, 2011, 04:05:34 PM »

Quote from: wannabe on January 19, 2011, 11:58:48 AM

Talbot Church of broadsheet The Independent is their spoof publication of tabloid musings.

Really? The tone of the article didn't seem that way at all!

mousie_kins · « **Reply #38 on:** January 19, 2011, 04:24:12 PM »

It is not obvious but there are jokes there.

Some would only be obvious to us Brits though

wannable · « **Reply #39 on:** January 19, 2011, 04:46:22 PM »

Controversial Sky News presenter Kay Burley announced a few minutes ago without any further comment of how she knows that 'Bruce Oldfield is definitely not making Kate's wedding dress'.

ap3 · « **Reply #40 on:** January 19, 2011, 05:23:14 PM »

ooh, that's a very firm assertion.

why is kay burley controversial?

mousie_kins · « **Reply #41 on:** January 19, 2011, 06:53:15 PM »

She has a habit of bullying guests as well as interrupting them. She likes the attention to be on her too.

If you Google her name and controversial you will see a long list of articles to choose from.

Alixxx · « **Reply #42 on:** January 20, 2011, 06:13:16 AM »

-------> http://www.theweddingsite.com/gaudi/15.jpg

Lindelle · « **Reply #43 on:** January 20, 2011, 06:29:59 AM »

Awwww, is this fair dinkum?

Sandra Dee · « **Reply #44 on:** January 20, 2011, 08:39:29 AM »

Oh, Alixxx! I love that one!!

wannable · « **Reply #45 on:** January 20, 2011, 09:58:52 AM »

Richard Kay says that 'friends' think its Alice Temperley

wannable · « **Reply #46 on:** January 20, 2011, 01:15:14 PM »

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No Dress Yet
NOBODY has been asked to design the royal wedding dress... yet.
"We have no announcement to make as regards the royal wedding dress," a spokesperson from Clarence House told us this morning. "Miss Middleton would like for it to be a surprise for Prince William on the day of their wedding and as such we may not announce it until the day. That may change - but for now that is all that can be said."
"April 29th will be very much their day and they are involved in every aspect of all the decisions being made about how the day will work. It's a complicated process and it takes time."

http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/110120-kate-middleton-wedding-dress-design.aspx

Wickedly Good · « **Reply #47 on:** January 20, 2011, 05:49:03 PM »

Nice choice Alixxx...

I don't blame Kate for wanting to keep the designer a secret, but it makes me laugh to think it is for Prince William. Can you imagine him saying to her... "Nice dress, who makes it?" Don't think that is going to happen. Reminds me of an episode of Sex and the City where Charlotte is dating a baker from Chelsea and is unsure of his sexual orientation. He kisses her and stops and then says, is that a Cynthia Rowley? Totally disturbing. If I was a betting girl, I am going to say that William won't care who makes the dress just that she is happy.

Lothwen · « **Reply #48 on:** January 20, 2011, 05:53:00 PM »

William wasn't even sure of the stone in her engagement ring. I doubt he'd care who designed her dress.

Alixxx · « **Reply #49 on:** January 20, 2011, 06:29:19 PM »

Quote from: Wickedly Good on January 20, 2011, 05:49:03 PM

If I was a betting girl, I am going to say that William won't care who makes the dress just that she is happy.

Quote from: Lothwen on January 20, 2011, 05:53:00 PM

William wasn't even sure of the stone in her engagement ring. I doubt he'd care who designed her dress.

I agree. I don't see how even a fashion savvy person can visualize a specific design simply b knowing the designer. It's true that certain designers have a unique style but I hardly expect William would know what that style is.

Then again, if they knew the name of the designer, the Press would print pictures of just about every gown ever designed by him/her speculating that Kate's dress could be similar to any or all of them and so make her dress style a little predictable. I think she wants to wow the world and not just William.

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