With Daphne
Guinness as her aunt, it was a pretty safe bet that Lady Mary Charteris’ wedding
dress would be anything but conventional. No duchess satin gowns for this girl.
The heiress, model and DJ wed singer Robbie Furze - frontman of The Big
Pink - on Saturday in a dress by Pam Hogg, the London-based designer better
known for spray-on catsuits and breast-baring harness/dresses than she is for
bridal wear. In fact, we never imagined that Pam Hogg would every design a
wedding dress (one that would actually be worn at an actual wedding, that is).
But she did. And Charteris wore it. The evening dress
in question features satin
panels artfully placed over the bride’s breasts, hips and shoulders, with a
sheer panel revealing her belly button and most of her midriff. Layers and
layers of silk tulle made up the skirt of the dress. She accompanied the gown
with a veil, a floral headpiece and Nicholas Kirkwood heels.
According
to 'the Telegraph ', the wedding took place at Stanway House, the family's home
in Gloucestershire, in front of friends and family, including Lily Allen ,
Florence Welch , Charteris' aunt, Daphne Guinness, Georgia Jagger and her mother
Jerry Hall.
Charteris, who modelled in Hogg’s autumn/winter 2012-13 show
in London, was said to have been inspired by a look from the designer’s
spring/summer 2012 collection.
Say what you will about the cheap evening dress
, we
salute her brave choice.