Alexander McQueen Fuels Royal Wedding Dress Rumors with Store Windows
By Erin Donnelly
04/05/11 at 10:00 AM
The Alexander McQueen label certainly knows how to mess with our mind.
Though the brand has denied reports that creative director Sarah Burton is designing the top-secret wedding dress for royal bride-to-be Kate Middleton ("I am the CEO," CEO Jonathan Akeroyd has said. "I would know if we were doing it."), it hasn't stopped them from having a little fun with the attention.
A TwitPic from Evening Standard fashion editor Laura Craik reveals that the shop windows for the London McQueen store feature bride and groom mannequins wearing a plunging, Empire-waist ivory gown and a wedding suit, respectively.
"Good to see the #McQueen store is doing nothing to dispel those wedding rumors with its window display #milkingit," Craik tweeted.
The window display comes just days after the release of Harper's Bazaar UK's May "Fashion Royalty" issue featuring Kate Moss in two bridal-esque Alexander McQueen gowns.
Coincidence? PR stunt? Royal wedding spoiler? Guess we'll have to wait until April 29 to find out for sure.
