Even with all the photos and posts about it already I couldn’t not post about the wedding of the year. This wedding is a part of history and we have all the details.
The dress:
Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy designed the dress. The designer herself has already made history herself when last year she became the first female artistic director at house Givenchy. Both Meghan Markle and Keller worked together to create a timeless minimal elegance design. The dress was made with an exclusive double bonded silk cady with an open bateau neckline.
Personally I thought that the brief of a timeless design was met, but for a royal wedding I think we were all expecting something with a bit more of a wow factor. Maybe if the dress was a bit more fitted it could have had that effect. Regardless it was still an elegant design that let Meghan’s beauty do all the talking.
The second dress:
There was in fact two dresses for the wedding, one for the ceremony and one for the reception. Markle chose British designer Stella McCartney for the second dress which featured a high neck and more fitted design.
This dress was less traditional and a lot more glamorous and definitely matched the Jaguar they rode off in. This dress was stunning on Markle and she accompanied it with her hair in an up-do with loose waves and a ring that Princess Diana once wore. Everything about this look was glamorous, youthful and very modern.
The veil:
Now this was something out of a fairytale. The veil was five metres long and made from silk tulle scattered with embroidered flowers in silk threads and organza.
Hundreds of hours were spent handcrafting this veil with workers having to wash their hands every 30 minutes to keep the fabrics in immaculate condition.
The embroidered flora included on her veil weren’t just random either. Markle wanted to include all 53 countries of the commonwealth with her on her special day. Each country was represented with their distinctive flora with the addition of two of Markle’s favourites; wintersweet which grows in the grounds of Kensington palace and the California poppy which is the state flower from her place of birth (California). Australia was represented by our golden wattles.
The tiara and Jewellery:
Markle decided not to go down the traditional tiara route but instead borrowed Queen Mary’s diamond bandeau tiara from 1932 with the centre brooch dating back to 1893. This tiara is most definitely fit for a royal with the bandeau made from diamonds and platinum pierced and set with large and small diamonds. The centre brooch includes 10 gorgeous diamonds because who wouldn’t want more diamonds?
As for the rest of the jewellery? Cartier of course.
Shoes:
A pointed Givenchy design made with silk duchess satin.
The bouquet:
Harry himself helped with the selection by handpicking several flowers the day before from their private garden at Kensington palace. These were added to the rest of the bouquet assembled by florist Philippa Craddock.
Price Harry included his mother’s princess Diana’s favourite flower, the forget-me-nots. The couple wanted to include them to honour the memory of princess Diana and include her in the wedding. The rest of the arrangement included; scented sweet peas, lily of the valley, astilbe, jasmine, astrantia and sprigs of myrtle. Finished off with a naturally dyed raw silk ribbon.
Hair and Makeup:
Makeup was done by long time friend of Markle’s, Daniel Martin to create her signature no-makeup-makeup look. Can we please just take a moment to appreciate how naturally blessed she is that she doesn't need heavy makeup.
Hair was styled by serge Normant into a slicked middle part that accompanied the tiara bandeau.
Cake:
Stepping outside of tradition, this cake represented Meghan and Harry perfectly with an added touch of British culture. Instead of the classic tiered cake this cake was instead three seperate cakes placed upon gold thrones. Designed by Claire Ptak using elderflowers from the Queens garden to make the syrup, this cake was specifically made for the couple.
A filling made from Amalfi lemon curd and elderflower butter cream. The outside decorated with a white Swiss meringue elderflower buttercream to cover the lemon sponge and finished with drizzles of elderflower syrup. 200 Amalfi lemons were used in the cake, 20kgs of butter, 20kgs of flour, 20kgs of sugar and 500 eggs.
Overall the wedding was something of a fairytale (a $50 million fairytale no less), as they rode off past all the onlookers who were keen to see a common American (actress) wed the man of her dreams, her prince charming.
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