Kate Middleton's Wedding Dress is Alexander McQueen by Sarah Burton

Explore the iconic wedding dress worn by Kate Middleton on her wedding day, designed by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen.

Kate Middleton's wedding dress is designed by Sarah Burton, Creative Director at Alexander McQueen. The ivory dress is gorgeous with its long lace sleeves, sweetheart neckline, full skirt and a 2.7 meters train, and is earning comparisons to Grace Kelly's wedding dress. Sarah Burton was spotted helping Kate Middleton into her car and adjusting her veil before she headed to the wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey, and then adjusting Middleton's train again before she walked down the aisle. A team of sixty are said to have embroidered the dress, and apparently secret dress meetings were held at Hampton Court Palace.

According to the press release, Middleton chose McQueen "for the beauty of its craftsmanship and its respect for traditional workmanship and the technical construction of clothing. [She] wished for her dress to combine tradition and modernity with the artistic vision that characterizes Alexander McQueen’s work . . . [and] worked closely with Sarah Burton in formulating the design of her dress."

Middleton's veil is held in place by a Cartier ‘halo’ tiara, lent to Miss Middleton by The Queen and made in 1936. Her earrings, a gift from her parents, are by Robinson Pelman, a diamond-set stylized oak leaves with a pear shaped diamond set drop and a pave set diamond acorn suspended in the center, which are inspired from the Middleton family's new coat of arms, which includes acorns and oak leaves. And her ivory and silk shoes were handmade by the team at McQueen.