Carrickmacross Lace on Kate's Wedding Gown!!

I was just reading about the Duchess of Cambridge's (aka Kate Middleton) wedding gown. The lace **applique** used on the bodice and gown was hand made by the Royal School of Needlework using the traditional Irish lace making Carrickmacross method!! It has incorporated the rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock -- looks very pretty from what I have been able to see. Nice to know the needlearts are still so appreciated. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^<

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IIRC, the BASIC LACE WAS fRENCH cLUNY & eNGLISH cLUNY THEN THE cARRICKMACROSS APPLIQUES WERE ADDED TO THAT. tHE TRIM ON HER VEIL WAS ALSO HAND EMBROIDERED FLOWERS (OOPS, hit the caps key, sorry) also done by the Royal School of Needlework. The article said they used current teachers, retired teachers, former students and current students and the youngest was 19 years old :-). I ***really*** want to get a close up look at the gown and the lace, etc. I don't even want to think about trying to find something online so I will keep following the group in the hopes that someone with more energy than MOI will find a site that has some close up photos. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^<

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One could always say money could go elsewhere - how about the trillions of dollars spent on Iraq ?

Currently things in the UK are not too great and just as the Queen's wedding coming as a big event immediately after the war lifted spirits, so it seemed did this wedding. The crowds, and I have no idea how many millions formed them, had a great time without any demos and distractions, I heard they both would have preferred a small wedding but don't get to choose that. The Queen footed the bill, save for the security.

I know even the Canadian Coast Guard benefited from the donations they asked for in lieu of wedding gifts as they were on the list. I am not a monarchist but I can see that people - common people - enjoy these events.

Here in Canada, people had wedding parties, my elder daughter attended one and I know several people who were disappointed I wouldn't get up and go to a wedding party at 3 a.m - so even here some people celebrated and enjoyed. It was a positive event.

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I didn't get up either. I figured a replay was as good as the real happening.

The gown was wonderful - at least she was covered. Elegant and tasteful, but interesting enough with that 'bustle' affair. And I liked the very simple veil.

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I have to LOL -- the veil was the one thing I didn't like! It looked a bit too limp and sort of floppy to MOI. Personal tastes and all. I told DH that if the Bride liked it, then that is all that matters. I Tivo'd the whole thing -- all 5 1/2 hours -- and DH and I looked at the good bits again last evening. I wanted to get a look at all those hats. I have to agree with Ellice (I think it was her post) when she said many of the hats looked liked something out of a Dr. Seuss movie! That ugly thing Princess Beatrice had on was just ridiculous. There was also one that was BRIGHT BLUE, sat smack on the front of the poor womans forhead and was shaped like a childs toy spaceship or something! Very strange and DH and I wondered how she kept the ugly thing on her head. We decided she had to have used couble stick tape -- LOLOL! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^<

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No argument from MOI -- I am quite lazy when it comes to looking for info on the computer :-). A very interesting article -- thanks for posting the link. I STILL want to get a look at some close u photos of the dress! I looked at the 5 1/2 hours of Wedding coverage I had tivo'd and got a little better look at the dress. You can just barely make out the areas of appliqué on the skirt. I also read somewhere that Pippa's dress had the same appliqué as Catherine's gown. Couldn't see any of that either. No movement on selling the house. We did have one couple come about

10 days ago. They came back the next day because they wanted either our house or a second one but they didn't choose mine :-(. No additional icon planting is anticipated -- LOL. One is enough. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^<

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Wouldn't it have been great if that had really happened? Well, except for the part with the bride & groom. But it would have been great pre-wedding entertainment! :-) And I would swear that was Prince Harry booging down the aisle! Wouldn't sureprise me if it WAS huim -- LOLOL! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

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True, absolutely true about so many things. Don't get me going about overpaid/undertaxed celebrities & athletes....

That makes sense - I wasn't sure how much the government (public coffers) vice the private funds of the Queen.

Nice that donations were made in lieu of gifts - we've had several friends do that - though not on the same scale, of course. Clearly the common folk (so to speak) enjoy these events. For DH & I it's a little bit of a puzzle, but I certainly don't begrudge people their enjoyment. I just wonder at it

- sort of camping out for 3 days to glimpse a fabulously wealthy member of a non-governing royal family, along with their non-royal fiance, pass en route to be married. It's fascinating - the fascination. But it was lovely, and touching to watch (virtually unavoidable - even on the network morning news).

Same here, there were parties at the embassy, parties at pubs, events at the local British shops, etc.

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I think the frump went out to some extent with Princess Dianna. She brought some fashion ooomph with her. And the younger ones seem to dress well, the queen, well, she's old enough to be entitled to look however. I thought her daffodil was quite cheery at least.

I still have a collection of hats from when I lived in the UK. Being thrilled now to have learned that Helen Mirren lives quite near (same village) as where I did. That said, my colleagues loved inviting me to events for which I would have to dress up - meaning hats. And indeed I have a couple of largish, but quite nice - from my favorite then dept store, Selfridges, hats - bought specifically to go with certain outfits - for a wedding, a christening, and IIRC a great anniversary celebration. Not that any of these were high society - well, maybe for the teeny village where the wedding was. OTOH, they liked having the adopted Yank - I could serve tea at the church events, especially those done for the "old dears." It was so much fun - and the ladies loved that my "adopted family" had me as the non-Christian, American....pouring tea in some 300 year old church for their fetes.

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There was also Madonna (or one of the cilly celebs) who claimed she was going to build a school in Africa, land was just taken from a dozen small subsistence farmers for the grand idea. Now the school is not being built, the farmers do not get their land back and are migrating to a city to try to find work to feed themselves - -

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Excellent - looks like more fun. Have you been to a wedding where they do dancing down the aisle? We went to one last winter (in Frederick). The mom of groom, who already is at best not fond of bride - big issues - was definitely underwhelmed. It was not nearly as good as this, but I could see it might be fun.

Ellice

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isn't that a great video.

Cheryl

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