Alexander McQueen creative Director Sarah Burton lets us in on some interesting odds and ends with her involvement with Kate Middleton's now iconic royal wedding dress in the new Vogue November issue and and how her longtime friend and creative partner the late Alexander McQeeen took his inspirations from the most odd places in a article snippet from lanecrawford.com.
Sarah Burton went to such lengths to hide her involvement that she told no-one but a core group of colleagues who were to assist her in the design.
The ivory satin and lace gown was hailed as a triumph for Burton, the creative director of Alexander McQueen. Speaking about the commission for the first time, Burton, 37, said: "It was so great to actually keep a secret, especially in this day and age when everyone talks about everything."
Burton's parents, Anthony and Diane Heard, were told only on the eve of the ceremony. To find out just what their daughter had created, the couple had to join the crowds on the Mall and catch a glimpse of the Duchess via a periscope.
She was unable to tell them earlier because she was bound by a confidentiality agreement with Buckingham Palace.
Burton kept up an elaborate charade for months. "Because my core team knew, it was okay for me to disappear and then come back, and then disappear again. But I remember other people asking me, 'Are you coming in on Friday?' And I'd say, 'Oh, yeah, see you in the morning'. I'd be scheduling meetings knowing full well I wasn't going to be there for them," she told Vogue .
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art was hosting an Alexander McQueen retrospective days after the Royal wedding and Burton used that as a cover story when explaining why she kept missing appointments.
On the day of the wedding, the designer accompanied the Duchess to Westminster Abbey and made the final adjustments to the nine-foot train.
"I remember standing in Westminster Abbey thinking, 'This is unreal'. It was like a fairy tale. And all I could think was, 'I hope I don't trip over'. I didn't realise the enormity of it until much nearer the wedding day. It was a magical experience," she said.
Burton took over the top job at the fashion house after McQueen's death in February 2010.
"I definitely considered not taking this job. I was at such a loss, he was such a huge part of my life, my every day. I could finish his sentences but I didn't know that I could begin anything, and that terrified me," she recalled.
Her success feels like a "gift" from McQueen, she said, adding: "Out of such terrible, tragic times and from under this dark cloud came that dress."
In a separate interview with lanecrawford.com Burton adds some more ends from her time with Alexander McQueen
Lee also taught Burton how to harness inspiration. "I remember him saying to me, ‘I watched "Friends" last night, did you see the shirt that Joey was wearing?’" she laughs. "But then, he would get a Van Eyck book out, so it was this kind of mad mix. There’s no snobbery to it. He had this way of making you look at everything for inspiration so you didn’t just go, ‘Ok, we’re doing Seventies’."
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