With the Royal Wedding behind us, there's been a lot of speculation in the fashion world about the similarity of Kate Middleton's wedding gown to that of the Grace Kelly bridal gown.

We've always thought of Princess Grace's dress as a classic, so, a few years ago we created our own version of it using silk taffeta and French Alencon lace and added a pickup to the front of the skirt and a half bow to the waist wrap. We loved the result.

It's here in our Plymouth studio to try on.

The photo at the right was taken that same year by one of my former brides, Jacquelyn W. Holling [now Jacquelyn Williams]* for an ad in The Knot magazine.


*Jacquelyn Williams currently is a free lance photographer in the Greater Los Angeles area.
Her website is www.justjq.com