Weddings

From his earliest commissions for the Royal Family through to the stunning wedding dress created for Princess Margaret, Hartnells style was flattering, elegant, but not always understated. While the dress he created for Princess Margaret had a modest high V neck and tight-fitting bodice, the skirt was enormous, made of 40 yards of white silk organza, supported underneath by  a stiffened tulle underskirt.

A dress created for Margaret Wigham and her marriage to Charles Sweeney had a train 18 feet long and 9 feet wide - it stopped the traffic in Knightsbridge.