Jasper Conran

The Fashion Statement: Countdown to Royal Wedding

As more details of the royal wedding emerged yesterday -- including the start time ( 11 a.m. on April 29) -- there was, of course, more talk of the dress. Unless there's a press leak the size of a geyser, none of us will know what the bridal gown will look like until that fine spring day. Still, it's fun to speculate and when it comes to designers, there's been plenty of chatter on both sides of the pond. According to the bookies, here's where things stand.

Phillipa Lepley's shop (pictured above) has been under the magnifying glass since bookies first noticed real money being bet on the British designer who's known for simple silhouettes and top-notch fabrics. Another bookie favorite? WWD reported last month that Irish bookmaker Paddy Power says odds are 1-3 that British designer Bruce Oldfield will be Kate Middleton's choice, "and that it has suspended betting on the designer due to a recent 'flurry of big-stake bets' of more than 500 pounds, or $780 at current exchange." Oldfield has dressed everybody from Rihanna to Barbara Streisand. Jasper Conran, who's had his own made-to-measure bridal collection since 2007, is another name being thrown about.

Sadly, Alexander McQueen is not around. If the bride was me, he would be my first choice. Then again, it was rumored McQueen once embroidered the c-word inside Prince Charles' jacket. "I didn't embroider it, I wouldn't waste my time! I wrote it with a biro," he later admitted. Okay, so maybe that wouldn't be the greatest move in father-in-law relations.

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Flemings Hall, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates

Today's estate is the weekend home of fashionable Brit designer Jasper Conran. Flemings Hall is a moated manor house in the area of Suffolk, England. The home is on six acres in the Bedingfield area. The home dates from the 13th century but has modern details such as an indoor heated pool. Conran spent wads of cash modernizing the home without destroying its intrinsic character. The home also has gorgeous English gardens including a one acre kitchen garden to feed everyone who visits and a cutting garden full of flowers. The home has nine bedrooms and has hosted some swanky parties so it is good for entertaining. And what's an old English home without a ghost? This one is reputed to have a few of those too. It is listed at £2 million (around $3.68 million). After the jump, your English country house awaits.

[via The Times]

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