Dangle the whiff of a Royal wedding before the great unwashed and we all fall in love the establishment again, despite the fact they're surreptitiously leading us by the nose into financial ruin *Cough* The Bilderberg Group *cough* (if you don't know, just Google it - please, Google it). Anyway, we're going to try and refrain from bleating on about what really concerns us regarding this news story - that it all seems too much of a convenient distraction from what we should really be giving a shit about right now (hint: Not X Factor) and talk about what we should be - the bride-to-be's gown - because this is a fashion site after all. God forbid we mention economics, politics or dare we say it, the New World Order...

So. Now Wills has shoehorned his late moma's rock onto Kate Middleton's finger we can sit back and amuse ourselves at the flurry of designers rattling the Kensington Palace gates pitching to design what will no doubt be the most cooed over and scrutinized dress of the decade. Early rumblings and the lowest odds suggest she may plump for Matthew Williamson, Issa, Vivienne Westwood or Jenny Packham.

"If we were lucky enough to be asked for this amazing task" says Alice Temperley, "I would make her into a true English rose: classic, regal and ethereal. Could be the most amazing dress ever designed - god I would love to do it." Lulu Kennedy thinks; "She needs Roksanda to do her frock!! And, in fact, all her party dresses too. And Nic Kirkwood on shoes." "I see her in a beautiful, intricately ornate yet simple and romantic dress in a shade of white. I would love to design it" says Julien MacDonald."

 WE, however, see her in a nice Gareth Pugh number. Something not too dissimilar from his white/black S/S '09 collection; a hybrid of regal Elizabethan shapes and his spectacular angular futurism. Or some Maison Martin Margiela - the shredded, white woollen macramé dress from the S/S '10 collection perhaps? Failing that, there's always Pam Hogg's fabulous n' filthy 'War Bride' gown, complete with ripped and bloodied train. We actually cannot think of a better, more fitting, more provocative dress and given our current establishment’s trigger-happy, conflict-loving status, we’re sure Grandma-in-law will approve.

Congratulations Wills and Kate!

Posted on November 17, 2010 at 6:02:28 by The Real Runway