CHANEL Reveals Dua Lipa’s First Matthieu Blazy Haute Couture Wedding Dress

like built in jewellery, adding texture and light without actual metal or stones. Two metre train with feathers: The slim silhouette opens into a two metre train, delicately underlined with 25,000 feathers applied by Lemarié, giving the skirt movement and a soft, ethereal edge.

CHANEL notes that the dress, from embroidery to final assembly, was entirely handcrafted in its couture ateliers at 31, Rue Cambon, underscoring the level of savoir faire behind what appears, at a distance, as effortless glamour.

A six-metre veil and custom pumps The look is completed by a veil and shoes treated with the same level of detail as the gown itself. Six metre tulle veil: The veil is hand embroidered with beads and feathers, then enhanced with hand cut organza appliqués forming poetic motifs of birds and flowers.

CHANEL says this veil required over 3,000 hours of handwork by Atelier Montex and Lemarié alone. Custom Massaro pumps: To finish the ensemble, white satin pumps were custom made by Massaro, the historic shoemaker that has long produced CHANEL’s couture footwear…