Elizabeth Emanuel Bio - Biography

Name Elizabeth Emanuel
Height
Naionality English
Date of Birth 5-July-1953
Place of Birth London, England, UK
Famous for Acting
Elizabeth Emanuel is a British actress and fashion designer who, along with husband David Emanuel, is best known for her 1981 work for the wedding of Diana, Princess of Wales. Since then Elizabeth developed her own label, worked in costume design for airlines, cinema, pop video and television productions, as well as providing a couture service to some of the world's most famous women.

In 1981, the couple were chosen to design the wedding dress worn by Diana, Princess of Wales. The dress seen by over 700 million people worldwide was made of ivory silk, pure taffeta and antique lace, with 10,000 pearls and sequins, and had a 25 ft train. Of the dress, Lisa Marsh writes in the Fashion Encyclopedia that "Creations by artists from Botticelli to Renoir and Degas were used as influences, as were photographs of some of the more romantic women in history. The garments seen on Greta Garbo in Camille, Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind, and Marlene Dietrich in The Scarlet Empress were all recreated to some degree."

In August 2005 she opened her new studio in Little Venice, and the launch of her new label Art Of Being. In February 2007 Elizabeth completed a multi-feature DVD called Metamorphosis, one of the wedding dresses from which features in the film Outlaw directed by Nick Love. In the credits, Elizabeth’s name and the Art of Being brand are both mentioned. In February 2008 Elizabeth designed a range of wedding gowns for high street department store chain British Home Stores, and also started creating pieces for both ITV's the X Factor and Britain's Next Top Model.

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