00:04On the day of any royal wedding the focal point for people around the world is that royal wedding
00:12dress. We've seen some extravagant royal wedding dresses over the years most notably Princess
00:18Diana's wedding dress in 1981 with the puffball sleeves it had a voluminous skirt you know how
00:26she got out of the carriage she had to kind of take all of the layers up as you know
00:30David
00:31Emmanuel helped her out of the coach as they arrived at St Paul's and then of course there
00:36was that 25 foot train. In the lead up to the wedding David Emmanuel apparently had conversations
00:42with Princess Diana and they had a giggle about could they make this the longest royal wedding
00:48dress train and they managed to achieve that and then we have Princess Anne's rather dramatic wedding
00:55dress it had these long dramatic sleeves it had quite a high neck she had her hair styled into a
01:02bouffant and it was quite of its time in the 1970s. At the time of Kate Middleton Prince William's wedding
01:09in 2011 when Kate stepped out in that Sarah Burton Alexander McQueen dress with you know the lace sleeves
01:18and then the padded hips there were so many replicas of Kate's wedding dress in in that time and still
01:26to this
01:26day. Meghan Markle's wedding dress was typical of its fashion house it was very French it had the boat neck
01:36off the shoulder style neckline and which is quite a classic French look but again we've seen that filtered down
01:45to the high street not just with
01:47bridal trends but also with you know day-to-day bardo style off the shoulder necklines. One of the standout
01:55features of Meghan Markle's wedding dress was the veil it had the flora of the 53 Commonwealth countries
02:03embroidered into the edgings of it and then as an extra touch Meghan actually had a piece of blue ribbon
02:11from a dress that she wore on her first date with Prince Harry sewn into the dress. The Queen's wedding
02:16dress really reflected its time and had a host of unique features. The dress wasn't over extravagant
02:23because at the time it wouldn't have been good for the royals to be over extravagant at a time when
02:28the country was still recovering and the dress itself had a very modest train it was only 13 feet long
02:34it had a sort of sweetheart neckline it was which was very typical of of the 1940s and Norman Hartnell
02:43who designed the wedding dress was famous for his signature embroidery so it had lots of flowers across
02:49the dress. Norman Hartnell who designed the Queen's wedding dress then went on to design the Queen's sister
02:56Princess Margaret's dress in the 1960s. Fast forward to today the Queen's couturier Stuart Parvin also designed the
03:04Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall's wedding dress so they've kept it in the family. There have been
03:09some really unique features in royal wedding dresses over the years. Sarah Ferguson's wedding dress was
03:15also typical of its time in the 1980s it was satin it was quite dramatic it had the couples initialed
03:22intertwined in the embroidery and on the wedding day itself she she wore a floral crown and and after the
03:30ceremony she she took off the floral crown to unveil the York tiara once they were husband and wife.
03:36Princess Eusini's dress which was designed by Peter Pilotto was particularly special because she had a
03:42deep v-neck designed in the back of the dress to show off her scoliosis scar an operation she had
03:48in
03:49her childhood and she said it was important for her to show off her childhood scars on her wedding day.
03:54Royal wedding dresses are so important within the day itself because people all around the world want
04:01to know who the designer is and in turn that's a boost for the British fashion industry and it also
04:07sets a trend for a lot of bridal wear in the coming years and for catwalk trends as well.
04:13So
04:15you
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