10 Hidden Details You Didn't Know About Sarah Ferguson's Wedding Dress
![<p>Five years after Princess Diana married the future King of England <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a22647869/sarah-ferguson-duchess-of-york-grandmother-comments-bbc/" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:in a fairytale wedding, Sarah Ferguson prepared;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">in a fairytale wedding, Sarah Ferguson prepared</a> to walk down the aisle with her own prince. The press anticipated a sartorial flop, prematurely lambasting Prince Andrew's fiancée in the weeks leading up the ceremony, but up-and-coming London courtier Lindka Cierach <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/g22657138/prince-andrew-sarah-ferguson-royal-wedding-1986-photos/" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:ultimately saved the day on July 23, 1986.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">ultimately saved the day on July 23, 1986.</a> </p><p>"Fashion experts who had criticized the latest royal family member's figure and supposed lack of clothes sense, and openly fretted about her choice of an unknown designer for her wedding gown proclaimed her ivory-colored, silk dress a triumph," the <em><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://articles.latimes.com/1986-07-24/news/mn-31456_1_royal-wedding" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Los Angeles Times;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Los Angeles Times</a></em> reported after the ceremony. Shop windows even rushed to display near replicas within two hours after the bride appeared. </p><p>Cierach and her team of five women had labored in top secret for four months, covering the fourth-floor studio's windows with paper and saving every last fabric scrap and sketch to deter spies sifting through the trash. Their covertness paid off. The scoop-necked gown with elaborate silver embroidery defied every prediction. </p><p>“Every time the daily paper came out with another [supposedly leaked] sketch, we’d laugh away about it all,” Cierach told <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://people.com/archive/lindka-cierach-put-fergie-in-stitches-for-a-wedding-smash-vol-26-no-6/" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><em>People</em></a>. “I don’t think anyone came close."</p><p>Now that Princess Eugenie is planning her own October wedding to Jack Brooksbank, it begs the question whether she'll incorporate any element's of her mum's dress. Here's what made Fergie's very-'80s gown so iconic:</p>](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/.zGGJVIRbuP1ktNiZ2kIRQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTQ4MA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/town_country_721/cf7e441fe27ad6fc145c10d15176ac5f)
Five years after Princess Diana married the future King of England in a fairytale wedding, Sarah Ferguson prepared to walk down the aisle with her own prince. The press anticipated a sartorial flop, prematurely lambasting Prince Andrew's fiancée in the weeks leading up the ceremony, but up-and-coming London courtier Lindka Cierach ultimately saved the day on July 23, 1986.
"Fashion experts who had criticized the latest royal family member's figure and supposed lack of clothes sense, and openly fretted about her choice of an unknown designer for her wedding gown proclaimed her ivory-colored, silk dress a triumph," the Los Angeles Times reported after the ceremony. Shop windows even rushed to display near replicas within two hours after the bride appeared.
Cierach and her team of five women had labored in top secret for four months, covering the fourth-floor studio's windows with paper and saving every last fabric scrap and sketch to deter spies sifting through the trash. Their covertness paid off. The scoop-necked gown with elaborate silver embroidery defied every prediction.
“Every time the daily paper came out with another [supposedly leaked] sketch, we’d laugh away about it all,” Cierach told People. “I don’t think anyone came close."
Now that Princess Eugenie is planning her own October wedding to Jack Brooksbank, it begs the question whether she'll incorporate any element's of her mum's dress. Here's what made Fergie's very-'80s gown so iconic:
The embroidery included anchors and bumblebees - but she reportedly asked for helicopters and teddy bears.
