middleton s gown will immediately be copied, will it not? i would say within a couple days to a few months, it will be in stores all over the world. and what is the significance in terms of what kind of dress she chooses? what is sort of the range of choices, ranging i guess from what princess diana did all those years ago, a very different era? are you imaging that this will be far more simple in design? i would think so. i think that the big question is whether she ll follow diana s lead and opt for a local dress-maker, relatively unknown, someone who will be instantly famous, or do what rumors persist in suggesting, which is opt for a more famous global brand like alexander mcqueen. and if it s alexander mcqueen, it would be sarah burton, the designer actually of one of michelle obama s gowns at a state dinner, very fabulous red and black gown.