{"id":408986453,"date":"2011-04-25T16:13:34","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T20:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/?p=408986453"},"modified":"2019-10-30T20:57:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T01:57:53","slug":"kate-middleton-sophie-cranston-vintage-wedding-dresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/vintage-style\/kate-middleton-sophie-cranston-vintage-wedding-dresses\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Vintage Kate Middleton Wedding Dress Lookalikes"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Hello and happy ROYAL WEDDING MANIA WEEK, everyone!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope that you all had the chance to make happy memories with family this past weekend!! I love holidays because no matter your personal invested interest in the celebration at hand, the fact that a majority of the population IS celebrating means that you get a window of opportunity to celebrate YOUR own amazing life for a few moments of much needed R&R.<\/p>\n

Today’s post (and this entire week, in fact!) is about celebration, too — the quite GRAND event of Prince William’s and Kate Middleton’s marriage-to-be this Friday, April 29th.<\/p>\n

Fashion-inclined Britons and their American counterparts have been anxiously awaiting (and hypothesizing!) for Kate’s big white wedding dress debut. Recent reports are strongly predicting that designer Sophie Cranston, founder of the UK-based line Libelula<\/a>, will be designing Kate’s dress.<\/p>\n

Since fashion reporter Yvonne York of the Huffington Post swears that Sophie IS the designer,<\/a> I decided to take a peek at the pre-existing bespoke bridal collection<\/a> of the Libelula line. The collection consists of 7 dresses which operate as “foundation” pieces to inspire the personalized, perfectly tailored design (i.e. “bespoke”) of the wedding dress for the princess-to-be.<\/p>\n

Sophie isn’t just ANY fashion designer. Not only does she share the same graduate fashion week “Designer of the Year award” title as renowned UK designer Alexander McQueen, but she’s a critically-acclaimed designer who promotes the fact that **vintage fashion inspires the Libelula collection.**<\/strong><\/p>\n

A quick read of her about section<\/a> reveals this fact, and it was after my comparison of her bridal collection to vintage wedding dresses<\/a> for sale on Etsy & Vintagewedding.com that her love for inspiration past truly shined its light to me.<\/p>\n

Keep reading after the jump to see what vintage wedding dresses & accessories hypothetically may have inspired Sophie’s bespoke bridal collection for Libelula, and to keep with the trends and predict my two cents, what vintage style elements & accents I hope Kate wears to wed on her special day.<\/p>\n


\nThe hype surrounding the “wedding of the century” has turned a personal occasion into an international Superbowl, and I hope that Kate is drawing personal satisfaction from the big event.<\/p>\n

Her brilliant smile and sparkling eyes radiate an aura of authenticity and grounded personality, so I feel that no matter the flashing lights and play-by-play reporting as thousands of eyes watch her kiss “her prince,” she will remain centered to know that this is a moment of magic that she can experience with the same peace of a backyard, countryside wedding.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, I’m jumping on the paparazzi bandwagon and devoting this week at Sammy Davis Vintage to discussing all things vintage WEDDING. I feel the timing is not only trendy … but seasonally appropriate! Many of us have weddings of our own to attend (or possibly plan!) and like any element of our personal style, integrating vintage into the attendance or participation of a wedding is certainly & most stylishly possible.<\/p>\n

After reading today’s post, be sure to check out some other fashion-related how-to advice as inspired by Kate Middleton … including How to Wear 11 Vintage Hats Like Kate<\/a> & Vintage Wedding Dresses Wearable for the Everyday.<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m still planning the week’s content & FUN, so if you have a suggestion, a request, a wedding dilemma!! please let me know by saying hello on Facebook,<\/a> Twitter<\/a>, YouTube<\/a> or email!<\/a><\/p>\n

With vintage love & royal style PEACE!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

xx, SD<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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