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Carrickmacross Lace on Kate's Wedding Gown!!
I was just reading about the Duchess of Cambridge's (aka Kate
Middleton) wedding gown. The lace **applique** used on the bodice and gown was hand made by the Royal School of Needlework using the traditional Irish lace making Carrickmacross method!! It has incorporated the rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock -- looks very pretty from what I have been able to see. Nice to know the needlearts are still so appreciated. CiaoMeow ^;;^ PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ |
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Carrickmacross Lace on Kate's Wedding Gown!!
"Tia Mary" wrote in message ... I was just reading about the Duchess of Cambridge's (aka Kate Middleton) wedding gown. The lace **applique** used on the bodice and gown was hand made by the Royal School of Needlework using the traditional Irish lace making Carrickmacross method!! It has incorporated the rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock -- looks very pretty from what I have been able to see. Nice to know the needlearts are still so appreciated. CiaoMeow ^;;^ PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ Thanks for sharing such interesting info. I loved the gown. The top reminded me of my wedding gown. Strapless slip, lace with long sleeves ending in a V. The only difference mine had what was called a boat neck, straight across. I have a sneaking suspicion that my lace wasn't quite as elegant as hers. lol Lucille |
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Lucille wrote:
Thanks for sharing such interesting info. I loved the gown. The top reminded me of my wedding gown. Strapless slip, lace with long sleeves ending in a V. The only difference mine had what was called a boat neck, straight across. I have a sneaking suspicion that my lace wasn't quite as elegant as hers. lol Lucille IIRC, the BASIC LACE WAS fRENCH cLUNY & eNGLISH cLUNY THEN THE cARRICKMACROSS APPLIQUES WERE ADDED TO THAT. tHE TRIM ON HER VEIL WAS ALSO HAND EMBROIDERED FLOWERS (OOPS, hit the caps key, sorry) also done by the Royal School of Needlework. The article said they used current teachers, retired teachers, former students and current students and the youngest was 19 years old :-). I ***really*** want to get a close up look at the gown and the lace, etc. I don't even want to think about trying to find something online so I will keep following the group in the hopes that someone with more energy than MOI will find a site that has some close up photos. CiaoMeow ^;;^ PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ |
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On Apr 29, 6:47*pm, wrote:
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:08:31 -0400, "Ellice K." wrote: Anyhow - lovely to see all this, but still it makes you wonder so many things. *On NPR yesterday, some celeb was interviewed and said that $32 M on wedding - he thought the better thing would be to donate 90% to charities as so much could be done, and that you could still do quite the "do" with $3.2 M. * Interesting thing to think about. Well, joy to the couple regardless. Ellice One could always say money could go elsewhere - how about the trillions of dollars spent on Iraq ? Currently things in the UK are not too great and just as the Queen's wedding coming as a big event immediately after the war lifted spirits, so it seemed did this wedding. * The crowds, and I have no idea how many millions formed them, had a great time without any demos and distractions, I heard they both would have preferred a small wedding but don't get to choose that. *The Queen footed the bill, save for the security. I know even the Canadian Coast Guard benefited from the donations they asked for in lieu of wedding gifts as they were on the list. *I am not a monarchist but I can see that people - common people - enjoy these events. Here in Canada, people had wedding parties, my elder daughter attended one and I know several people who were disappointed I wouldn't get up and go to a wedding party at 3 a.m - so even here some people celebrated and enjoyed. *It was a positive event. I didn't get up either. I figured a replay was as good as the real happening. The gown was wonderful - at least she was covered. Elegant and tasteful, but interesting enough with that 'bustle' affair. And I liked the very simple veil. |
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Carrickmacross Lace on Kate's Wedding Gown!!
Tia Mary ) writes:
I was just reading about the Duchess of Cambridge's (aka Kate Middleton) wedding gown. The lace **applique** used on the bodice and gown was hand made by the Royal School of Needlework using the traditional Irish lace making Carrickmacross method!! It has incorporated the rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock -- looks very pretty from what I have been able to see. Nice to know the needlearts are still so appreciated. CiaoMeow ^;;^ PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ I thought Pippa'a dress was more "interesting". On another issue. I think that in the future Kate's ideas are going to clash with those of the Royal Establishment. When, and not if, this happens, William must support Kate 110%, or they are heading for the divorce court. What I think I heard on Canadian TV was that for the evening's entertainment, Pippa wanted to decorate one of the rooms of Buckingham Palace (The Throne Room?) in a certain way. The Palace Authorities said "NO". William sided with Pippa, and Pippa got her way. I hope this is a true story. Jim. |
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Kalmia wrote:.
....Snipped..... The gown was wonderful - at least she was covered. Elegant and tasteful, but interesting enough with that 'bustle' affair. And I liked the very simple veil. I have to LOL -- the veil was the one thing I didn't like! It looked a bit too limp and sort of floppy to MOI. Personal tastes and all. I told DH that if the Bride liked it, then that is all that matters. I Tivo'd the whole thing -- all 5 1/2 hours -- and DH and I looked at the good bits again last evening. I wanted to get a look at all those hats. I have to agree with Ellice (I think it was her post) when she said many of the hats looked liked something out of a Dr. Seuss movie! That ugly thing Princess Beatrice had on was just ridiculous. There was also one that was BRIGHT BLUE, sat smack on the front of the poor womans forhead and was shaped like a childs toy spaceship or something! Very strange and DH and I wondered how she kept the ugly thing on her head. We decided she had to have used couble stick tape -- LOLOL! CiaoMeow ^;;^ PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ |
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Karen C in Calif wrote:
I've noted that the British royals tend to wear frumpy dresses, and then go to the opposite extreme of totally outre' on their heads. I rather liked the one you described as a Dr. Seuss creation -- an e-friend called it "antlers", I described it to Brian as "remember the antenna on that cartoon alien?" -- her sister's simply looked like something had sat on her head and died there. Obviously, I wouldn't wear any of them to an event at MY church, but that was the one I could see myself wearing should I ever be invited to a British high society wedding. I liked the one that was a **really** wide brimmed beige sort of colour with some small twisty bits on one side. I like really wide brimmed hats -- sort of like you see in old movies at a garden party. I also liked the ones that had all sorts of feathers -- there were several present at the wedding. As for colour -- there was a wonderful fuschia hat with bright turquoise stuff on it -- I liked that one too. Now I *would* wear any of these hats to most any sort of function but then I don't give a damn about fashion, etc. and wear what I like pretty much when I want to wear it. I'm a bit ornery that way -- LOL! CiaoMeow ^;;^ PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ |
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Carrickmacross Lace on Kate's Wedding Gown!!
On 4/30/2011 8:07 AM, Tia Mary wrote:
I Tivo'd the whole thing -- all 5 1/2 hours -- and DH and I looked at the good bits again last evening. snipped PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ yes, but did you get this part? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kav0FEhtLug LOL! Sue -- Susan Hartman |
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