Alexander McQueen, fit for a Queen?

While it is every little girl’s dream to have a fairy tale wedding, for Kate Middleton, her dream is coming true. As the anticipation of the impeding Royal Wedding builds, the question everyone is asking is, “What is she wearing?”

Alexander McQueen collection as seen in The Telegraph

The media is all a buzz of which designer Middleton will choose. According to British newspapers, she has chosen wedding dress designer Sarah Burton, the creative director of Alexander McQueen. The 36-year-old was promoted to top designer after the tragedy of McQueen’s suicide last year. 

Could it be a coincidence that the McQueen Fall/Winter 2011 collection began with an all white look? Sarah Burton describes her collection to Susannah Frankel in The Independent to be, “Icy, regal, and beautiful.” The dresses were detailed with delicate ruffled chiffon, embroidered tiny ivory pearls, and dissolved into clouds of feathers from the waist down. 

Photo courtesy of The Telegraph

Other top designers in the running include Monique Lhuillier, who thinks Middleton's dress should be "a modern mix of the traditional and contemporary," as stated in The Telegraph.  

Burton’s work first caught the attention of Kate Middleton in 2005 when she created an off-the-shoulder dress for the wedding of Sara Buys, the Duchess of Cornwall and Kate’s future stepmother-in-law.

London’s Sunday Times reported McQueen’s CEO, Jonathan Akeroyd, divulge to a colleague that the McQueen company had won the commission for Middleton’s April 29 wedding. However, Akeroyd later refuted the rumors stating, “No, not at all. I’m the CEO, I would know if we were doing it.”

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Even if the rumors were true, no designer or company would dare divulge the information. Middleton has made it clear her dress designer be kept a secret until her wedding day. This way, she can surprise Prince William when she walks down the aisle at Westminster Abbey.

While Burton continues to deny reports to Vogue UK regarding her involvement in the Royal Wedding claiming, “I’m not doing it.” We know better and believe Alexander McQueen is fit for a Queen.