3 December 2020 Georgina Chapman My wedding was at home, so I didn’t really want to wear a veil in my house. Instead I wore a lot of diamond hair clips. They were brooches, actually, designed by Lorraine Schwartz.
3 December 2020 Georgina Chapman My great-grandfather was in the army in India, and we have photographs of my family there in full Victorian dress. They’re incredibly romantic.
3 December 2020 Georgina Chapman One of my most sentimental items is my grandmother’s engagement ring that my mom gave me a few years ago. It’s a Victorian-style setting that’s closed in the back, so it doesn’t sparkle the way diamonds do now. I wear it as a pendant.
3 December 2020 Georgina Chapman It’s funny, because I sometimes feel that I’m most creative when I’m pregnant.
3 December 2020 Georgina Chapman I enjoyed studying costume, learning about the corsetry and the historical context of fashion. I never had any real intention of being a costume designer.
3 December 2020 Georgina Chapman I didn’t finish my dress until about three days before my wedding – I had the flu and was stitching it from my bed. And the tulle came back from India all brown. We had to wash it for hours, but that didn’t dissuade me from wearing it.
3 December 2020 Georgina Chapman I think it’s very empowering to be able to have a career and to be a mother. It gives you an amazing sense of self.
