The \'demi-chignon\' that wowed the world: How Kate used her mood boards to choose her hairstyle

It was a secret as closely guarded as the bridal gown , but now the story behind the demi-chignon – the enchanting hairstyle sported by the Royal bride which drew such gasps of admiration in the Abbey – can be revealed.

The unique half-up, half-down style was created specially for Kate by her trusted personal hairdressers James Pryce and Richard Ward.

The elaborate demi-chignon – or half-bun – was the culmination of months of planning and practice.

It required the two men to begin arranging Kate’s hair at 6.30am on the day of the wedding in an operation of military precision to create the distinctive cascading tresses.

Mr Ward and Mr Pryce attended to Kate in one of the suites at The Goring hotel that had been reserved by the bridal party.

‘This was something we’d practised many times, so we were confident summer cocktail dresses cheap ,’ said Mr Ward, who runs a salon under his own name in the heart of Chelsea. Kate and her family are all regular customers.

‘James could have done it in his sleep. He’d practised countless times on one of our PAs who has long hair,’ he said.

‘I had a sheet with instructions on and ticked the list off one by one while James worked on the hair. There were a lot of stages to the hairstyle. We don’t want to give away the secret to the demi-chignon – that’s for Kate.’

But what has become overnight the most admired hairstyle in the world could have had a far less sophisticated name. Mr Ward said: ‘We thought about calling it the demi-do, but demi-chignon sounded much better. It was my wife Hellen who came up with the name.’

As with deciding on her wedding cake wedding cake , Kate used mood boards – an array of pictures and images – to help select her wedding hairstyle.

‘We took her mood boards and pictures from magazines, and when we decided on half up, half down she had a clear idea of what she wanted,’ said Mr Ward.

The choice of style goes back to almost the start of the year.

‘Kate decided in February how she wanted to wear her hair,’ said Mr Pryce, who has been styling and cutting Kate’s hair for four years.

‘We had three options, hair up, hair down and half up, half down. For a while Kate was also thinking about having flowers in her hair, but then she decided she wanted to wear a tiara.’

The demi-chignon was held in place by the sparkling Cartier Halo tiara tiara lent by the Queen. Some had speculated she would wear Her Majesty’s George III tiara, but Kate chose the smaller, less ornate Halo, a gift to the Queen for her 18th birthday.

Mr Pryce said: ‘I was pleased Kate chose the one she did because it was the smallest and most beautiful. We had four or five practices with it, like any bride would.’ affordable beach wedding dresses affordable beach wedding dresses;

The Royal bride betrayed no nerves to the men attending to her hair on the most important day of her life.

Mr Pryce said: ‘Kate was amazingly generous with her time and told us we could have as long as we wanted with her so as to get it right. She was very patient and made us feel incredibly at ease.’

But Mr Pryce confessed: ‘ informal wedding dress for the beach ;I’ve been working with her and the family for years, which helps, but it was nerve-wracking having to fit the tiara. It’s quite complicated. It has an elasticated band attached to it, rather like a headband, but you also need to use grips to make sure it stays in place as it must not move or alter the hairstyle.

‘Kate was amazingly calm. She is very down to earth and just so easy to work with.’

The hairdressers had been as much in the dark about the bridal gown as the rest of the world.

‘She never told us it was Sarah Burton,’ said Mr Pryce. ‘Kate described it from the waist up and said it had a V neckline with lace sleeves, but that was all we knew.

‘She knew what she wanted and that she wanted a romantic dress . That was the theme of the hair-do – she wanted it off her face and not around her shoulders because she wanted to show off the lace of her dress. Romantic was the key word for the day.’

The two men were stunned by their first glimpse of the outfit. Mr Ward said: ‘When we finished her hair at 8.30am she excused herself to go to another room to do her make-up, and when she came back she looked absolutely stunning. We were all just bowled over by how pretty she looked.’

Mr Pryce said: ‘We spent time making sure it was just right and I was at the Palace till about 10am for a dress rehearsal. It’ summer dresses 2012 summer dresses 2012;s been a lot of work and I’d be lying if I said there hadn’t been sleepless nights.

\'One evening in the run-up to Friday, my fiancee Laura called wondering where I was. Kate apologised to her for stealing me away.’

As well as working flat out before the wedding, Mr Ward had also suffered the loss of his father.

‘My father Ron died last Sunday and I found Friday quite emotional. It was wonderful watching the wedding. I watched it on a screen at the Palace reception. It was wonderful seeing it all come together.’

On Friday evening Mr Pryce was at Clarence House helping Kate prepare for the reception, which she attended in a white Sarah Burton gown with a diamante waist band and a white mohair bolero jacket .

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The \'demi-chignon\' that wowed the world: How Kate used her mood boards to choose her hairstyle

It was a secret as closely guarded as the bridal gown , but now the story behind the demi-chignon – the enchanting hairstyle sported by the Royal bride which drew such gasps of admiration in the Abbey – can be revealed.

The unique half-up, half-down style was created specially for Kate by her trusted personal hairdressers James Pryce and Richard Ward.

The elaborate demi-chignon – or half-bun – was the culmination of months of planning and practice.

It required the two men to begin arranging Kate’s hair at 6.30am on the day of the wedding in an operation of military precision to create the distinctive cascading tresses.

Mr Ward and Mr Pryce attended to Kate in one of the suites at The Goring hotel that had been reserved by the bridal party.

‘This was something we’d practised many times, so we were confident summer cocktail dresses cheap ,’ said Mr Ward, who runs a salon under his own name in the heart of Chelsea. Kate and her family are all regular customers.

‘James could have done it in his sleep. He’d practised countless times on one of our PAs who has long hair,’ he said.

‘I had a sheet with instructions on and ticked the list off one by one while James worked on the hair. There were a lot of stages to the hairstyle. We don’t want to give away the secret to the demi-chignon – that’s for Kate.’

But what has become overnight the most admired hairstyle in the world could have had a far less sophisticated name. Mr Ward said: ‘We thought about calling it the demi-do, but demi-chignon sounded much better. It was my wife Hellen who came up with the name.’

As with deciding on her wedding cake wedding cake , Kate used mood boards – an array of pictures and images – to help select her wedding hairstyle.

‘We took her mood boards and pictures from magazines, and when we decided on half up, half down she had a clear idea of what she wanted,’ said Mr Ward.

The choice of style goes back to almost the start of the year.

‘Kate decided in February how she wanted to wear her hair,’ said Mr Pryce, who has been styling and cutting Kate’s hair for four years.

‘We had three options, hair up, hair down and half up, half down. For a while Kate was also thinking about having flowers in her hair, but then she decided she wanted to wear a tiara.’

The demi-chignon was held in place by the sparkling Cartier Halo tiara tiara lent by the Queen. Some had speculated she would wear Her Majesty’s George III tiara, but Kate chose the smaller, less ornate Halo, a gift to the Queen for her 18th birthday.

Mr Pryce said: ‘I was pleased Kate chose the one she did because it was the smallest and most beautiful. We had four or five practices with it, like any bride would.’ affordable beach wedding dresses affordable beach wedding dresses;

The Royal bride betrayed no nerves to the men attending to her hair on the most important day of her life.

Mr Pryce said: ‘Kate was amazingly generous with her time and told us we could have as long as we wanted with her so as to get it right. She was very patient and made us feel incredibly at ease.’

But Mr Pryce confessed: ‘ informal wedding dress for the beach ;I’ve been working with her and the family for years, which helps, but it was nerve-wracking having to fit the tiara. It’s quite complicated. It has an elasticated band attached to it, rather like a headband, but you also need to use grips to make sure it stays in place as it must not move or alter the hairstyle.

‘Kate was amazingly calm. She is very down to earth and just so easy to work with.’

The hairdressers had been as much in the dark about the bridal gown as the rest of the world.

‘She never told us it was Sarah Burton,’ said Mr Pryce. ‘Kate described it from the waist up and said it had a V neckline with lace sleeves, but that was all we knew.

‘She knew what she wanted and that she wanted a romantic dress . That was the theme of the hair-do – she wanted it off her face and not around her shoulders because she wanted to show off the lace of her dress. Romantic was the key word for the day.’

The two men were stunned by their first glimpse of the outfit. Mr Ward said: ‘When we finished her hair at 8.30am she excused herself to go to another room to do her make-up, and when she came back she looked absolutely stunning. We were all just bowled over by how pretty she looked.’

Mr Pryce said: ‘We spent time making sure it was just right and I was at the Palace till about 10am for a dress rehearsal. It’ summer dresses 2012 summer dresses 2012;s been a lot of work and I’d be lying if I said there hadn’t been sleepless nights.

\'One evening in the run-up to Friday, my fiancee Laura called wondering where I was. Kate apologised to her for stealing me away.’

As well as working flat out before the wedding, Mr Ward had also suffered the loss of his father.

‘My father Ron died last Sunday and I found Friday quite emotional. It was wonderful watching the wedding. I watched it on a screen at the Palace reception. It was wonderful seeing it all come together.’

On Friday evening Mr Pryce was at Clarence House helping Kate prepare for the reception, which she attended in a white Sarah Burton gown with a diamante waist band and a white mohair bolero jacket .

‘Kate was still wearing her tiara in the evening. We took it out and blow-dried her hair sexy cocktail dresses sexy cocktail dresses summer wedding guest dresses 2011 summer wedding guest dresses 2011,’ he said.

 

The wedding is the traditional occasion and also the memorable movement for many people as they are also more than the parties that one does in the houses, There are many special moments in the occasions of weddings as there are many gifts also given for the special guests called groomsmen, The traditional gifts are done by the special people who can get the better life styles as they are well established by the parties in the occasions, white summer dresses white summer dresses The gifts are chosen by the groomsmen with a best idea in having the Great Groomsmen Gifts as there are many good occasions to choose the gifts for them The widest selection of designer wedding dresses, bridal gowns, bridesmaid dresses and more online. Plus sizes and discount wedding items available. cheap evening dresses , In the wedding occasions the groomsmen play a very important role as the wedding is not enlightened by the couple if there are no groomsmen in the wedding occasions.

prom dresses prom dresses 2012 2012 for cheap

The gifts must be very special and can be many kinds’ gifts that are given for the people like watches and also cell phones and many other devices given for the groomsmen in many ways, The phones can also be gifted as there are many different models that are available for the people these days, The touch type phones are in a great demand for the people as the wedding can be done in many ways as the occasions are done, The flasks are also a kind of special gifts that are useful for having the tea and coffee always hot, red bridesmaid dress red bridesmaid dress The stainless steel flasks are also available in the markets for the people as they can get the better models in the flasks.

The gifts must be Unique Groomsmen Gifts for the people as they can have the better sizes as well in the market green bridesmaids dresses green bridesmaids dresses, The parties are made and occurred for the fun to have as they have the better gifts not more rich for the people who come for the wedding wedding shoes bridal , The gifts for the groomsmen are alsike and must be very attractive for the people to look as there are many kinds of gifts that are done by the people in many occasions, The models in the flasks can be done by many good companies as they are real use for the people and can also the decorative one’s and there are many other vital models in the gifts as there are many other occasions that people can give the flasks other than weddings,

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