The “something on loan” by Alizée Thevenet: the wedding dress is from the mother-in-law, Carole Middleton

When the first shot of Alizée Thevenet in a wedding dress no one would have imagined the twist unveiled today in a world exclusive by the magazine Hello!. The dress that fit so well with the style of the very French wife of James Middleton (his in Ralph Lauren), not only belonged to Carole Middleton but he was just the one with which she got married to her husband Michael on June 21, 1980.

Everything had an exquisitely Provencal air, from the neckline that left bare shoulders to the embroidery, through that essential silhouette so dear to Alizée as we have known her since she entered the radars of newspapers as the girlfriend of Kate Middleton’s younger brother. .

Instead in this choice there is the hand of the royal mother-in-law who never misses a beat.

“While talking about dresses with Carole and sharing some ideas during the lockdown to find inspiration, I tried on her wedding dress and fell in love with it,” confessed to Nichola Murphy of Hello! “It fit me perfectly and was exactly what I wanted. I was always troubled by the fact that wedding dresses were only worn once, so it was fantastic to give a second life to such a beautiful dress ».

If it hadn’t been for Alizée, that dress would have remained in mothballs. Carole’s eldest daughter, Kate Middleton, in 2011 she had to wear a dress suitable for the role of wife of the heir to the throne, as actually was the one designed by Sarah Burton per Alexander McQueen. In 2017 the sister Pippa opted for a British designer, Giles Deacon, who created for her an outfit suitable for a royal wedding even without blue blood circulation between the spouses.

Alizée Thevenet and James Middleton at Lady Gabriella Windsor’s wedding. Getty photo

At the wedding of Lady Gabriella Windsor, the one who at the time was not yet officially engaged with James, immediately distinguished herself in terms of look: she presented herself with a dress worth less than 50 pounds by H&M who, needless to say, went sold out in a flash.
In this case, however, a chat to pass the time during the forced confinement spent on the estate in Bucklebury, Berkshire, has become the right idea at the right time for a contemporary and sustainable wedding that also takes into account tradition. That dress, in addition to being perfect for weddings on the French Riviera, became at the same time the “something borrowed” that custom dictates. The “Alizée effect” was joined by the long manus by Carole Middleton: from a collaboration of this type could only come out a triumph.

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