Meghan Markle Will Reportedly Wear Two Wedding Dresses
The future duchess will change for the reception
Meghan Markle will reportedly wear not one, but two wedding gowns when she ties the knot to Prince Harry on 19 May. According to Vanity Fair, the future duchess is planning to wear a traditional gown for the ceremony and will change into a more modern and sophisticated option for the evening.
“She will have two dresses, one for the ceremony and another dress for the evening,” a royal source told the publication. “The plan is for her to change after the ceremony so she can party the night away in something less restrictive. Meghan can’t wait to surprise everyone, especially Harry.”
If Markle does wear two dresses, she will be following in the footsteps of the Duchess of Cambridge, who wore a second Alexander McQueen gown for the evening celebrations of her wedding to Prince William in 2011.
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And, if this royal source is to be believed, Markle’s dress will not be too dissimilar to her future sister-in-law’s first design as it will contain both lace and sleeves.
“The wedding itself will be traditional and elegant. There is talk of some lace and sleeves and Meghan has been working very closely with the designer who has been sworn to secrecy.”
She may, of course, choose to have a different designer create the second dress, meaning that two fashion houses could be involved in the royal wedding. Which two, however, is still not clear at all.
Burberry has this week jumped to the front of the pack after the Daily Mail reported that the fashion house was having top-level meetings about a “high-profile dress”. However, news surfaced earlier this month that both Ralph & Russo and Erdem were expanding their communications teams in preparation for the royal wedding – and names including Stuart Parvin and Roland Mouret are still being thrown around.
It is likely that we will not know who is designing Markle’s wedding dress until the moment she steps out of the car and walks into St George’s Chapel on 19 May. However, we are quite sure that the rampant speculation will last up until that final moment.