Fashion

The recreation of Kate’s royal wedding dress

The recreation

Leading dress maker Karen Willis Holmes goes over images of Kate Middleton’s dress.

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The recreation

Slowly more and more images begin to come through of Kate’s dress which Karen will base her pattern on.

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The recreation

She discusses the design with her team of experts over dinner on Friday ngiht as the wedding is taking place.

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The recreation

Karen begins by putting together the patterns of the dress.

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The recreation

Karen talks over the design with some members of her team.

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The recreation

Altogether Karen’s team put in 130 man hours into recreating the dress over just one weekend.

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The recreation

Delicate French Chantilly lace was carefully cut to create the bodice of Kate’s dress.

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The recreation

Karen uses herself as the model for the lace bodice part of the dress.

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The recreation

Parts of the recreated dress are sewn by hand…

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The recreation

…while other parts are sewn by machine.

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The recreation

The skirt of the dress is put together in parts on a mannequin and it takes four team members to assemble it.

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The recreation

Karen puts the finishing touches on the skirt which has a lot of intricate detail and lace.

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The recreation

After 130 hours the satin and French Chantilly lace replica of Kate Middleton’s wedding dress is complete!

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