by The Vivienne Westwood MiniDress by Charli XCX was a perfect match for her, said Vogue.com’s wedding editor. Photo: Charli XCX/TIKTOK
Charli XCX is the British pop star, which is known for pioneering trends. Last summer she transformed the word “Göre” into a cultural phenomenon with a uniform with “a pack of cigs, a bic -frequent and a white top without bra”.
So it was a certain surprise for the fans when she chose a more classic bride look last weekend, George Daniel, the drummer of the band The 1975.
When the bride arrived in the Hackney Town Hall in Ost -London, the bride wore a white, shaped, corteted mini champion of Vivienne Westwood. Even her accessories turned towards the traditional: a bouquet of locally grown white cosmos and dahlias, a short white veil and slingback sections.
Although the look is more conventional than defiant, Alexandra Macon, the wedding planning editor of Vogue.com and founder of the e-commerce site via The Moon, describes the choice of the designer of the pop star as a “perfect game”.
“Vivienne Westwood has made a legacy as a true ‘anti-bride icon in the world of bridal fashion,” said Macon.
In 2008 Sex and the Carrie Bradshaw of the city in the altar of MR BIG was worn by a floor -drawn corseted dress by the British designer. But even without this happy ending, a wedding dress from Westwood has been desired by a thousand -year -old brides.
Now, 17 years later, gen Z has welcomed their own bridal muse. This time the hem can be shorter, but the brand remains the same.
The Charli XCX dress was inspired by The Cocotte, a clothing style Westwood that was first presented in her Herbst/Winter 1995 collection. The original tribute to the clothes carried by the French author of the 17th century and the Kurtisane Ninon de l’Ecnlos.
Westwood was one of the first to undermine the historic flat corset. Instead of lacing lacing, there is a zipper, and while the corset is still shaping the body, there are stretch plates for comfort. Since then, the brand has launched numerous iterations of the silhouette. Off-the-PEG versions start at £ 3,200. The style is just as popular with celebrities as with non -famous brides.
In 2005, Dita von Teese wore a swirl purple version. Hailey Bieber wore a mini takeover for her wedding, while Demi Lovato chose a longer length and added a veil in the cathedral style. In June, the hot milk star Vicky Krieps wore a pink version for her Greek island wedding, while the model Daisy Lowe used her with a hustle and bustle.
So his omnipresent is that Vogue has declared it a “wedding dress of the decade”. Macon describes the silhouette as “immediately recognizable and loved, which is why we keep looking in brides”.
A final bridal look has been the brand’s show since the nineties when Model Sara Stockbridge was an unconventional bride and her baby was targeting the crush from Cupids in a dress with the Jean-Honoré fragonard.
Bridal is now a central part of the business with a dedicated studio. In April Vivienne Westwood organized his first independent bridal show.
After trying on 120 dresses in search of her perfect dress, the writer and influencer Katherine Ormerod was surprised that she had chosen a cocotte.
“Nobody wants to be a simple bitch and the feeling that what it is wearing is omnipresent, but after all my years in which I have worked in fashion, I saw the distinction between something that trendy and everywhere and design is iconic, timeless and popular for a certain reason.
The Cocotte dress is also a hot ticket article for resale and rental platforms. Ormerod says that “in contrast to a sea of algorithmically finely coordinated brands and designs” like a FU for the tip and the full train “feels like a FU”.
Ormerod sold her six months after her wedding. “I can’t imagine anything sadder than this beautiful dress that Havisham-like in a dust bag forever. It was not a difficult sale: it had found its new bride within fourteen days.”
