The Royal Wedding: Kate Middleton in McQueen

I know that I was not the only one who held by breath for slightly too long when Kate Middleton stepped out of the car in front of Westminster Abbey earlier today. And she was an absolute dream! An elegant, stunning and incredible bride. A perfect princess taken straight out of the most wonderful fairy tale. Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen created an exquisite gown, and I love how it reminds me of Grace Kelly's wedding dress.

Designers gave their praise to Sarah Burton's design. Karl Lagerfeld stated that "She (Kate Middleton) is very elegant. The dress is classic and goes very well in the Westminster decor. It almost reminds me of (Queen) Elizabeth's wedding, the royal weddings in the Fifties. The proportion of the train is good. The lace is very pretty. I like the veil a lot."

Christian Lacroix exclaimed: "I like the dress very much, simpler than expected: A combination just in between 1956 Grace Kelly and 1947 Queen Elizabeth dress. I love the modest veil with the Queen Mother's Thirties scroll tiara and balanced volume of the whole gown. She's radiant; she never was so beautiful."

What do you think of the Kate Middleton's wedding gown?

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Alexander the Great

With inspiration from Savage Beauty, a retrospective opening at the Costume Institute on May 4th, the May issue of Vogue US features a handful of the beautiful pieces designed by the one and only Alexander McQueen. The photos are shot by photographer Steven Meisel, and styled by Grace Coddington. The four pieces posted here are from McQueen's iconic collections Number 13 (Spring 1999), Voss (Spring 2001), Widows of Culloden (fall 2006) and Sarabande (spring 2007).

At Vogue.com, creative director at Alexander McQueen, Sarah Burton, shares a story for each of the pieces photographed. She talks about how the silk-lace ruffled dress from the Widows of Culloden collection (worn here by Karen Elson) was inspired by Burton's own wedding gown. Also, she shares a memory about the flower dress from the Sarabande collection, here worn by Caroline Trentini: "This dress had fresh flowers on it. We put them on just before she went out, and they started to fall off one by one as she walked. I remember people saying Lee timed it. We had a laugh about that. It was an accident!" To read more of Burton's memories, view HERE. 

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Kate Moss on May 2011 Magazine Covers 

A well-known fashion face will appear on at least three magazine covers for the May 2011 editions. Both Vogue Japan (née Vogue Nippon) and UK Harper's Bazaar have chosen Kate Moss as their leading lady for May, but they have captured her in two completely different settings. The cover for Vogue Japan is shot by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott. Kate wears the famous Chanel feather dress from the S/S 2011 collection, which is described as a "quivering cloud of apricot feathers" by Tim Blanks. Styled together with tight, back-combed hair and bright red lips, it makes up a strong statement cover.

UK Harper's Bazaar has opted for a softer and more gentle Kate. Two covers have been made in the honour of Alexander McQueen and the upcoming exhibition, Savage Beauty, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the first cover, Kate wears a white dress from Sarah Burton's first collection for Alexander McQueen. The second shows Kate in the iconic ruffled organza dress she wore for the famous hologram video from Alexander McQueen's A/W 2006 show. Both covers are shot by Sølve Sundsbø.

Which cover is your favourite? Mine is definitely the last one.

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McQueen SS ´11

Yesterday held a few of the runway shows which I have been looking forward to. First it was Chanel, then Valentino and at last Alexander McQueen. Well, to be honest, I had actually been fearing the McQueen show a little, as the loss of Alexander Lee McQueen is a very huge one in my opinion. It must be an extremely difficult task to take over for such a one-of-a-kind fashion genius as he was. But I have to admit that Sarah Burton impressed me yesterday with her designs. A lot of the graphic prints and the tailoring carried a strong McQueen presence, and at the same time she managed to give it her own little personal touch by bringing it out of the nightmarish world that Alexander McQueen often brought into his shows. I am glad she did not try to copy him in that way, as I do not think anyone could create such a beautiful and inspiring world out of one that is so psychologically dark.

One of my favourite pieces from the show is this black leaf dress. I love that it is off the shoulders, and the four belts in the waist is amazing. I hope to see it on a celebrity, and it must be someone daring. Any suggestions to who could wear it?

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