Wedding dress of Sarah Ferguson

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Wedding dress of Sarah Ferguson
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Artist Lindka Cierach
Year1986

Sarah Ferguson wore a dress made from ivory duchesse satin and featuring heavy beading [1] for her wedding to Prince Andrew, Duke of York (second son of Queen Elizabeth II) on 23 July 1986 at Westminster Abbey. Designed by Lindka Cierach, [2] the beadwork incorporated various symbols including hearts representing romance, anchors and waves representing Prince Andrew's sailing background and bumblebees and thistles, which were taken from Sarah Ferguson's family heraldry. [3] Copies of the dress, including the motifs specific to the royal family, went on sale in stores just hours after the end of the wedding. [3] Influenced by the wedding dress of Lady Diana Spencer, [4] a notable feature of Sarah Ferguson's 17-foot (5.2 m) long train was the intertwined initials A and S sewn in silver beads. [1] The headdress and bouquet, fabric rosettes or artificial silk flowers were used to adorn the gown itself. [1] Ferguson was pleased with the dress, describing it in her 1997 memoir, My Story, as "an exquisite creation I'd lost twenty-six pounds to fit into. Lindka was a genius; I knew she could make the most flattering gown ever, and she had. It was amazingly boned, like a corset." [5] Hairstylist Denise McAdam and make-up artist Teresa Fairminer attended to the bride, while florist Jane Packer designed the bouquet. The ivory silk wedding dress became the season's most sought-after style. [6]

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  1. 1 2 3 Woram, Catherine (8 October 1993). Wedding dress style: the indispensable style-file for brides-to-be and designers. Apple. ISBN   978-1-85076-465-6 . Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Arias, Ron (11 August 1986). "Lindka Cierach Put Fergie in Stitches for a Wedding Smash". People. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 Leeds-Hurwitz, Wendy (1993). Semiotics and communication: signs, codes, cultures. New Jersey: Psychology Press. p. 38. ISBN   978-0-8058-1140-7.
  4. ↑ McDowell, Colin (1 July 2007). Diana style. Aurum. ISBN   978-1-84513-200-2 . Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  5. ↑ Ferguson, Sarah; Jeff Coplon (1996). My Story . New York: Simon and Schuster. p.  88. ISBN   978-0-671-00439-2.
  6. ↑ "Orange Coast Magazine". Orange Coast. Emmis Communications: 98. October 2002. ISSN   0279-0483 . Retrieved 1 May 2011.

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