Kim Kardashian at this year’s Met Gala, further cementing its reputation as one of the most famous dresses in history. Now, the Duchess of Cambridge in the The Vampire’s Wife is set to do something similar.
Yesterday, the Duke and Duchess unveiled their first portrait as a couple by British artist Jamie Coreth. In it, Kate is wearing a dress by the Vampire’s Wife and a pair of Manolo Blahnik shoes that have themselves entered fashion history after Carrie Bradshaw wore the same style in blue to her wedding in Sex & the City.We’re here to focus on the dress, though.
The frock is the work of the model Susie Cave, who is married to superstar singer and goth-rock icon Nick Cave – hence the company name.
Her label has that undeniable cool-girl edge, although there is something amusing about the wife of the self-styled Prince of Darkness becoming the go-to designer for weddings, Christmas parties and, yes, royal portraits.The Duchess of Cambridge first wore the The Vampire’s Wife on a trip to Dublin in 2020 when she was photographed in the same emerald Falconetti dress, to the delight of the fashion press.
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