Footage: Kate Moss and Jamie Hince leave the church after their wedding
Kate Moss and Jamie Hince tied the knot Friday at St Peter’s Church in Gloucestershire, near the 37-year-old supermodel’s home in Little Faringdon. The bride wore a John Galliano-designed gown with gold embroidery, matched with Manolo Blahnik shoes. The groom wore a Stefano Pilati for YSL suit. There was heavy security for the wedding, […]
Dar Sara wedding gown up for auction to benefit disadvantaged students
As a follow-up to our coverage of the Oxford Fashion Week in March, the Bridelicious boutique in Wallingford, in association with Oxford Fashion Week, will auction a one-of-a-kind couture bridal dress worth £6,000. The money raised will go towards the Oxford Thinking Campaign, which was launched in 2008 with the goal of raising money to […]
Royal Wedding recap: Prince William wears red Irish Guards tunic
A few of the Lucire team had the overall style of Kate Middleton’s wedding dress and the designer predicted accurately, but what many of us did not foresee was HRH Prince William’s choice of the Irish Guards tunic with a forage cap. The Prince had received his first honorary army appointment from his grandmother, […]
Royal Wedding recap: the dress, designed by Sarah Burton
As predicted by many, and originally denied by the Alexander McQueen company, Sarah Burton was the designer of Kate Middleton’s wedding gown. The choice of Burton stemmed from ‘its craftsmanship and its respect for traditional workmanship and the technical construction of clothing,’ according to an official statement. It continued, ‘Miss Middleton wished for […]
Royal Wedding recap: the Beckhams and Carole Middleton arrive
Now that the Royal Wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is over, we thought we’d recap some of the arrivals from earlier in the day. From our fashion point-of-view, the hope we had that Kate Middleton’s wedding dress was from Alexander McQueen’s Sarah Burton was fulfilled. Also from the fashion perspective, […]
Irish bookie has Sarah Burton as favourite to design Kate Middleton’s Royal Wedding gown
Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has issued a press release on what odds two designers are getting as Kate Middleton’s choice for her Royal Wedding gown. Sarah Burton, creative director of Alexander McQueen and long tipped by many in the fashion media as the chosen designer, is the favourite with odds of 1/25. The […]
The changing style of Kate Middleton
Kate Middleton is very much in the news as HRH Prince William popped the question this week, revealing his mother’s sapphire and diamond engagement ring. Our colleagues in London have examined the changing styles of Miss Middleton in the above video. Middleton does have fashion credentials as an accessories’ buyer for Jigsaw. The report […]
Ringing in Brides’ 75th anniversary
The biggest jewellery competition we managed to do was nearly NZ$20,000 for a necklace; Condé Nast’s Brides has gone one better with two rings valued at over US$18,000. In association with de Beers, the ring, named the Duo, commemorates the magazine’s 75th anniversary. It is ‘a platinum engagement ring and a wedding band in […]
