Channelling Lea Salonga, Kate Middleton and Grace Kelly...

... on my wedding day (one more time)! :)

L-R: Lea (lace bodice, long sleeves, belt, updo, flowers {roses}), ME, Kate (lace sweetheart bodice, long sleeves, veil) and Grace (lace sweetheart bodice, long sleeves, belt, updo).

My Kate Middleton wedding gown that I wore more than a year before the Royal Wedding

Actually, it's more of a Grace Kelly gown  -  the similarity shared between the gown of the new Duchess of Cambridge and, ehem, mine. I fell in love with the late Princess of Monaco's wedding gown, thus the design of my dress c/o Mimi Ferrera-Lazaro and Dominique Manlangit of Sasha Bridals. Apparently, Kate also had the same adoration for the legendary dress. So did Lea Salonga (hers was designed by Hollywood-based Filipina designer Monique Lhuillier). The only differences are the neckline structure and the pleated belt that I wore when I married my own prince on January 24, 2010.

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Lea Salonga, with her groom, in a Monique Lhuillier dress (that the designer aptly named "Lea")

Kate and her father Michael Middleton arrive at the Westminster Abbey

Kate alighting from a Rolls Royce wedding car in her Sara Burton (of Alexander McQueen) wedding gown

Maid of honor and sister Pippa Middleton lifting/holding the gown train