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Not many people are lucky enough to wear a Bruce Oldfield gown on their wedding day. Bruce Oldfield is a British designer, best known for his couture and wedding gowns. He has dressed Catherine Zeta Jones, Kelly Brook, Sienna Miller, Diana Ross, Joan Collins and Diana, Princess of Wales who was a particularly close client of his.
At the beginning of March, Oldfield is holding a sale of some of his bridal gowns in London. In the two-day only sale, he'll be selling 20 of his vintage bridal dresses for as little as £400. Highlights include a floor-length gown with a sweetheart neckline and cut-out back detailing trimmed with intricate beading. The dress has just returned from an exhibition at the Costume Museum in Bath, which houses some of the country's most innovative and beautiful designs, making it a celebrated piece of fashion history.
Bruce Oldfield was educated at Central Saint Martins and opened his first London boutique in 1984, to sell both his ready-to-wear and couture designs. In 1990 Oldfield was awarded an OBE for his services for the British fashion industry and also received an honorary fellowship from the Royal College of Art. In a surprising turn of events he collaborated with McDonald's in 2008 to create a new employee uniform. "One doesn't necessarily think of McDonald's and chic in the same sentence, but my aim was to design a uniform that was exactly that," he said. "It was a big challenge but I am very, very pleased with the result."
Don’t let the McDonalds connection fool you though, the dresses available in the two-day sale are some of the most exquisite you will ever see. The weekend sale will take place at the designer's Beauchamp Place store on Friday March 2 (10am - 7pm), until Saturday March 3 (10am - 7pm).
