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The dress that dazzled royal-wedding watchers around the world in April will be on display in Buckingham Palace in London beginning Saturday, ABC news reports.
Kate Middleton's dress, designed by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, had been kept secret until her wedding with Prince William.
"I would have loved to see what Alexander McQueen himself would have done," designer Jennifer Butler, who offers custom-made bridal gowns at her Fairfield atelier, said in April. "But I loved the fabric. She used a satin gazar, which has a real luster to it. That's why just floated out behind Kate."
The gowns silhouette was soft and fitted at the brides slender waist. Delicate lace covered her shoulders and arms, and dipped to a tasteful v-shape at the neck. The long train was gracefully topped by a shorter veil attached to a borrowed diamond tiara, leant to Catherine for the occasion by her new grandmother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth.
The whole event was just breathtaking, says Alison Fischer, owner of Westports Plumed Serpent bridal boutique. And the dress was classic and elegant. I mean the lace alone was exquisite.
Many style-makers have noted that Middletons dress bore a striking resemblance to the wedding gown of another princess, Grace Kelly.
"I think it was a nod to Grace Kelly's gown, sure," Butler said. "Better that than Princess Diana's dress. That was so 80's that if you look at it now, it's like being attacked by a duvet. It was enormous."
Also on display at Buckingham Palace through October will be the three-foot-tall wedding cake and the Queen Elizabeth's tiara, ABC reports.
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