Lifestyle FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2017
Fashion designer Reem Acra acknowledges applause after showing her bridal collection at Tiffany & Co. flagship store in New York.
Marchesa Think of Castle Howard, a prominent brick-walled English garden, and you've got a sense of the Marchesa bride for spring. Ruffle bows and flower detailing was shown on openback gowns and dropped-waist bodices. Silver beaded threadwork and pearl embroidery were layered over Chantilly lace underlays and delicate illusion tulle. Designers Keren Craig and Georgina Chapman relied on the English rose garden at Mottisfont for their lower-price Notte collection with floor-sweeping gowns in creamy ivory. Beading and threadwork atop tulle was reminiscent of blooming florals wrapped around the garden's wooden posts and vine-covered pergolas, according to the show's notes. The two have loads of red carpet moments on the backs of celebrities, but brides are different. "People are, like, how is it when someone wears your gown at the Oscars," Craig said in an interview. "What's really incredible to me is when someone shows me a picture of a bride who has chosen to wear Marchesa for their wedding day, who has entrusted us with that moment. It really makes us proud. We get sent photos on Instagram and I really treasure those." The two
also stuck mostly to white, with little black touches in belts and elsewhere. "We did feel that things are going a little more white, a little more ivory" Chapman said. " Still sheer and light feeling but less of the nude. We've seen that nudeness for a long time."
The Marchesa bridal collection is presented during bridal fashion week.
