Sound the Vintage Trouwjurk trumpets: Kate Middleton's wedding dress designer has been revealed!
According to Yvonne Yorke, Huffington Post's royal correspondent, designer Sophie Cranston of the Lib label Avondjurken has been busily working away at the gown for the past four months.
While the report has not been confirmed by Buckingham Palace, the designer's identity has reportedly been kept a secret in accordance with palace wishes, so she could, well, actually work, instead of fend off the paparazzi.
Kate's honeymoon wardrobe designed by Victoria Beckham
At a friend's wedding in Yorkshire this January, Kate stepped out in a Lib black velvet coat, which is being treated as a minor clue in the mystery surrounding what Kate will wear on D-Day (ie, wedding dress day, April 29).
There has been much speculation that the designer would be a relative unknown designer, while many in the fash press are still hoping it's going Vintage Trouwjurk to be Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen.
So in case you're not familiar with Sophie's work, here are five things you need to know, right now:
According to her bio, Sophie "studied fashion design and honed her skills in the backrooms in Savile Row and Bellville Sassoon" and won the Designer of the Year Award at London's Graduate Fashion Week in 1999. The award has previously won by the likes of John Galliano, Christopher Bailey and Alexander McQueen.
She's one of the lucky Brit designers who actually worked for McQueen. She then founded Temperley with Alice Temperley in 2000 and started her own label two years later.
Her signature work? It's a mix of vintage-inspired designs, with flamenco-influenced dresses and lots and lots of colour (although, we're thinking a royal wedding is calling for a white dress!).
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