Catherine Rayner (designer)
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Catherine Rayner was a British fashion designer who specialized in wedding dresses. Rayner's designs were retailed through her boutique and through London department stores such as Dickins & Jones.[1]
In 1995, one of her bead-embroidered satin gowns was chosen by Sandra Boler, the editor of Brides magazine, (along with shoes by Emma Hope and a bridegroom's outfit by Tom Gilbey) to represent 1995's Dress of the Year in the Fashion Museum, Bath's collection.[2][3] At the time, Boler described her choice as representing that year's nostalgic and period-costume-influenced trends.[1]
In 1999, The Independent noted her designs as having "classic elegance and romantic flair," stylized by fitted bodices and flattering cuts.[2]
Another of Rayner's designs, a pale pink strapless dress, was included in the Victoria and Albert Museum's fashion collection, featured on the poster for its Wedding Dress exhibition in 2014.[4]
