Catherine Rayner was a British fashion designer specialising in wedding dresses.
Her designs in 1999 were admired for "classic elegance and romantic flair" and noted for their very fitted bodices and flattering cuts.
One of her gowns, in bead-embroidered satin, was chosen by
Sandra Boler
Sandra Boler is an Australian-born British fashion journalist and former editor of '' Brides'' magazine from 1983 to the early 21st century. In this role she was a widely consulted authority on wedding-related matters from the 1980s to the early ...
, the editor of ''
Brides'' magazine, along with shoes by
Emma Hope and a bridegroom's outfit by
Tom Gilbey to represent 1995's
Dress of the Year in the
Fashion Museum, Bath
The Fashion Museum (known before 2007 as the Museum of Costume) was housed in the Assembly Rooms in Bath, Somerset, England.
The collection was started by Doris Langley Moore, who gave her collection of costumes to the city of Bath in 1963. T ...
's collection.
[ At the time, Boler described her choice as representing that year's nostalgic and period-costume-influenced trends.]Dickins & Jones
Dickins & Jones was a high-quality department store in London, England, which traded between 1835 and 2007, although tracing its origins to 1790. From 1835, the main store was in London's Regent Street. In its final years the store had branches a ...
.[ Another of Rayner's designs, a pale pink strapless dress, is included in the ]Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen ...
's fashion collection, and was featured on the poster for their major Wedding Dress exhibition in 2014.
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