Sarah Burton son of the Duchess of Cornwall, for whom McQueen had designed the wedding dress for his bride, fashion journalist Sara Buys. Made by the Royal School of Needlework, Burton said creating the royal wedding dress had been the "experience of a lifetime". Burton also designed maid of honour Pippa Middleton's dress, and the dress that Kate Middleton wore to the wedding's evening festivities. Burton lives in St Johns Wood with her husband David Burton, a fashion photographer. On November 28 2011, Sarah Burton won the Designer of the Year at the 2011 British Fashion Awards. In July 2012, Burton received
Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton described as having a "ballerina-length, full, box pleated skirt" and were hand finished with English Cluny lace. Their ivy and lily-of-the-valley hair wreaths were influenced by Catherine's mother Carole's headdress at her 1981 wedding to Michael Middleton. All of the bridesmaids wore satin Mary Jane style shoes with a Swarovski crystal buckle designed by Devon-based Rainbow Club. Their flowers were designed and made by Shane Connolly and replicated the flowers in Catherine's bouquet: lily-of-the-valley, sweet William, and hyacinth. The pageboys' outfits were designed by Kashket and Partners in the style worn by a "Foot Guard officer at the time of