Meghan Markle’s Wedding Dress Reportedly Took 3,900 Hours To Complete 

After months of agonizing analysis and speculation, it was revealed Saturday when Meghan Markle stepped out of the vintage Rolls-Royce ferrying her to St. George’s Chapel for her wedding that she had selected Clare Waight Keller to design her wedding dress. The assignment had been kept so tightly under wraps that Waight Keller couldn’t even tell her family until the morning of the wedding. Waight Keller said around 50 atelier members worked on the Royal Commission (which included Markle’s dress, veil, shoes, and her bridesmaids’ dresses) while the dress itself took a staggering 3,900 hours to complete.

The artistic director of Givenchy developed her own fabrication for the gown, a double bonded silk cady, which was pieced together by just six seams. Markle’s veil subtly nodded towards her husband’s new role as Commonwealth Youth Ambassador, an appointment that includes fostering relations between the U.K. and the 53 Commonwealth countries that used to belong to the British Empire including Kenya, Gambia, and Botswana. Each of the 53 countries was represented in her veil with their own distinctive flora.

Of the overall look, Waight Keller told WWD creating Markle’s wedding gown was “the highest form of service in fashion.” The designer added: “I loved that Meghan and I decided to go for something that no one would expect. It was not a classic bridal dress, and I felt that it said something about the kind of woman she is, and intends to be.”

Source: Daily Front Row

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