Tamara Falcó already has a wedding dress. After many problems, comings and goings, the Marquise de Griñón ended her contract with the Bilbao firm Sophie et Voilà and began a new agreement with Carolina Herrera in search of her dream wedding dress. Thus, just a few weeks before her wedding to Ãñigo Onieva, which will take place on July 8, Tamara Falcó can now breathe easy and say with certainty that her dress will arrive on time.
A dress that will be created by Wes Gordon, the firm’s designer and who has been able to interpret what Tamara wants for her big day. After a first test, both speak for the magazine Hello!, where they confess that the dress reflects the socialite perfectly, it is modern and timeless, and whose muse is Grace Kelly, with that elegant air.
Grace Kelly married Prince Raniero III of Monaco 67 years ago, turning the wedding into one of the most important social events of the 20th century. The future Monegasque princess, who had recently won an Oscar for her performance in The Anguish of Living, was putting her career aside at age 26 to join the Monegasque royal family.
It did not disappoint. Grace Kelly appeared at the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate in Monaco in a princess cut design that forever marked bridal fashion. A gift dress from American producer Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) and created by costume designer Helen Rose, winner of two Oscars for Best Costume Design and who also designed Rose the dress in which Elizabeth Taylor married Conrad Hilton Jr. in 1950
For Grace Kelly’s dress, the designer needed a team of almost fifty seamstresses to make it, using more than 100 meters of silk tulle and 25 of taffeta. The design fitted the actress’s body like a glove: a delicate lace bodice, with a high neck, a tight waist and a voluminous skirt, with hundreds of pearls hand-sewn throughout the entire length of the dress and a meter-long train. long.
The princess also did not wear a tiara, opting instead for a cap with lace and pearl appliqués, adorned with orange blossoms that held up the long veil. In her hands, a small bouquet of lilies of the valley and a Bible, trimmed with silk and lace. A curious aspect could be seen in the footwear, since the princess wore low-heeled shoes -designed by the prestigious English shoemaker David Evins- so as not to exceed her husband in height (the princess measured 1.69 meters, while Raniero III stood on 1.70 meters).
The influence of Grace Kelly and her bridal choice has survived to this day, and in addition to Tamara Falcó, there are many celebrities and royals who have had the actress as a muse when choosing the dress for their big day. One of the most notable was the Duchess of Wales, Kate Middleton, who married Prince William of England in 2011 in a dress designed by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, which bore a strong resemblance to Grace Kelly’s suit.
Paris Hilton gave the bell with a beautiful Oscar de la Renta dress at her wedding and that, inspired by Grace Kelly, did not go unnoticed by anyone. Also models like Jasmine Tookes, who married a Zuhair Murad design very similar to that of Grace Kelly; o Miranda Kerr was inspired by the Monegasque princess for her wedding dress with businessman Evan Spiegel, wearing a dress designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri for Dior.
