Grace Kelly's wedding gown.
Vogue has created a lovely Grace Kelly look-alike pattern (#V2979) that closely adheres to the details of the original and successfully captures its old time Hollywood glamour. That this is a recent pattern release is unsurprising, considering the degree to which Kate Middleton's gown (and her overall sense of style) has been compared to Grace Kelly's.
The second pattern Laurie discovered is an old and (alas!) now out-of-print Burda pattern (#7940) for Princess Diana's wedding dress. I wish this was easier to find now because it would be such fun to try to recreate such a fairy tale gown, with the big poofy sleeves and all the lacy frills and bows. This pattern seems to appear occasionally on ebay and etsy, so check those sites if you're looking for one. If you'd like to read more about the original gown, visit our earlier post here.
Burda pattern envelope for Princess Diana's wedding dress.
A big thank you to Laurie for sending us these links and permitting us to share them with you!
And while we're still on the topic, just two final notes. To complement your reproduction Kate Middleton wedding gown, a reproduction of the diamond Cartier tiara lent to her by the Queen is, of course, an absolute must (because who can resist a tiara?!). This is by far the closet reproduction I've been been able to find (and it's even affordable, too!): click here. If you'd like to compare it to the original, check out the photos here.
And if you're interested in recreating Kate's sapphire blue Issa engagement dress to add to your royal wardrobe, a combination of Simplicity 2145 (quite obviously inspired by Kate's) and McCalls 5974 should do the trick. Happy sewing and don't forget to let us see what you create!
3 comments:
LOL I knew you'd have fun with those! I should probably start collecting them, not knowing what my daughter will want her day comes.
Laurie
New Look 6543 is an old pattern that's also similar to Princess Diana's dress. The only image of the pattern I found was on Ebay.
Thanks, Kylla! I hadn't seen that one!
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