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An “unlikely choice” – Bree Macdonald, marie claire fashion editor
“Deacon may have been plotting to woo royalty for a while” – Clare Press, marie claire fashion editor at large
“Royalty likes safe fashion. The Queen, for example, favoured Norman Hartnell, the sensible gentleman who created her 1947 wedding gown. Although the gown was high volume (So. Much. Taffeta), Princess Di’s wedding dress designers Elizabeth and David Emmanuel were reliable, establishment figures.
“And while the Duchess of Cambridge commissioned Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen – a house known for its avant-garde leanings – for her nuptials, she more often steps out in discrete gowns by Jenny Packham and L.K. Bennett pumps.
“So what’s with Kate’s sister choosing Giles Deacon? He’s an edgy London fashion figure, rather than an international household name. Perhaps Deacon was plotting to woo royalty when he presented his last ready-to-wear show in London for Spring ’16 – it was inspired by the court of Queen Elizabeth I.
“The designer subsequently left ready-to-wear for couture, and the cap-sleeved, corseted lace wedding gown he created for Pippa Middleton was entirely pieced together by hand so as to appear moulded to her body without the need for seams. As Pippa smiled enigmatically beneath her pearl-studded veil by Stephen Jones, she may well have thinking: ‘Who’s the fashion princess now, eh?'”
“Simply divine” – Jackie Frank, general manager fashion and beauty
“Simply divine, classic and elegant. Very befitting – body hugging yet demure at the same time. Exactly what you’d imagine.”
