Inside Holly Ramsay’s custom dream wedding dress design for Bath Abbey wedding

Holly Ramsay walked into Bath Abbey under a long silky ivory cloak, concealing the ceremony gown she would later reveal on the abbey’s 65‑metre aisle as she married Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty on December 27, 2025. Photographers from Getty (Finnbarr Webster) and WireImage caught the guarded arrival, while British Vogue and People later published the full wardrobe story.

British Vogue says Holly’s ceremony look was an Elie Saab lace gown shaped by her declared love of royal silhouettes. “I knew I wanted to wear something very traditional and quite modest, with lace,” she told Vogue, adding, “I've always loved Grace Kelly and Kate Middleton's gowns: that beautiful high neckline, super feminine.” Vogue records that the bride was “totally obsessed with it” the moment she turned to the mirror and that the gown, finished with a long lace veil at the crown, “makes me feel very princess-like.” The cloak doubled as warmth on a chilly December day and as the last layer of secrecy before the reveal.

Across the weekend Holly changed five times, with People and AOL listing the lineup: a Victoria Beckham slip dress for the welcome party; the Elie Saab lace gown for the Bath Abbey ceremony; Tana Ramsay’s 1996 silk wedding dress — described by Vogue as having a V‑neckline and pearls all the way around — worn for the first dance; a white strapless Elie Saab sequin minidress for late‑night reception festivities at Kin House; and a backless Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini dress for the day‑after brunch.

The fittings were intimate and low‑key. Vogue reports Holly shopped London bridal boutiques with her mother Tana and her two‑year‑old brother Jesse. On Instagram — posted March 3 and quoted in People and AOL — Holly wrote, “Creating my wedding dress(es) was something I’d dreamed about ever since I was [a] little girl... seeing my visions come to life AND getting the honour to wear my mama's wedding dress was everything I could have ever dreamed of.” She also thanked the Elie Saab Bridal team by name — Mari, Jhanvi, and Lydia — for making the looks come to life.

Accessories were carefully sourced: Vogue says she wore Amina Muaddi heels that Adam gifted her the previous Christmas and carried a shell‑shaped Chanel minaudière from 2016 she tracked down online. Yahoo’s captions and WireImage detail her hair in an updo with soft front curls, a long white lace veil, simple stud earrings, a dainty gold chain and a small bouquet of white florals. Adam Peaty arrived in a clean black tuxedo with black lapels, a black bow tie, a white shirt with small black buttons and a silver watch.

Not every outlet lines up: the Daily Mail has suggested Victoria Beckham designed the ceremony dress and has speculated about a Vogue New Year’s Day spread and Netflix coverage of Gordon Ramsay’s show. Vogue and People, however, consistently attribute the ceremony gown to Elie Saab, while Hello! (quoted in Daily Mail) offered commentary on lace and meshwork in recent collections. For now the clearest public record is the Elie Saab ceremony gown, the secrecy of the satin cloak at Bath Abbey and the emotional family moment when Holly slipped into her mother’s 1996 silk dress that “fit me perfectly—it didn't need any altering.”

Between couture drama and a handed‑down silk gown, Holly Ramsay’s wedding weekend played both to grandeur and family memory — a lace high‑neck Elie Saab moment down a 65‑metre aisle, and then the first dance in Tana’s pearls, captured in Vogue and shared by the bride herself.