And just because the dresses come in shades of white doesn’t mean that only those about to take their vows can wear them. Chapman once fitted a woman in an embroidered white fishtail gown: “I said, ‘Oh, it’s exciting. When is your wedding?’ and she said, ‘No, no, no, it’s not my wedding; it’s my daughter’s wedding,’” the designer recalls. “I said, ‘Maybe we should go for color.’
The customer said, ‘She won’t mind.’”















