A lovely dress...

Last weekend Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg and the Belgian Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy were married in the Cathedral of Luxembourg.

I saw a number of pictures of her dress, designed by Ellie Saab, and I thought it was lovely. Very different with the ivory silk and silver embroidery. It is certain an inspiration for what I might like one day, though the train just seems impractical to me for a normal wedding.



I found the following on a website called The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor. "And in the case of this dress, that personal effort took 3,200 hours for embroidery from a team of 15 people and 700 hours from a team of 10 seamstresses. Masses of fabric went into this creation: 70 meters of silk crepe and tulle for the lining, plus another 30 meters of satin organza, 50 meters of Chantilly lace, and 40 meters of Calais lace. More silk tulle was used for the veil. The leafy pattern embellished all over the ensemble included 50,000 pearls, 80,000 crystals, and 10,000 meters of silver embroidery thread."

I suspected it had taken much work and a great amount of materials, but not so much...