Marie Claire UK
  • Fashion Fashion
      • Fashion
        • View all Fashion
        • Fashion Trends
        • Shopping
        • Watches and Jewellery
        • Fashion News
  • Beauty Beauty
      • Beauty
        • View all Beauty
        • Fragrance
        • Hair
        • Make Up
        • Skincare
        • Nails
        • Marie Claire Beauty Awards
  • Health Health
      • Health
        • View all Health
        • Fitness
        • Nutrition
        • Female Health
        • Wellbeing
  • Life Life
      • Life
        • View all Life
        • Opinions
        • Travel
        • Sustainability
        • Weddings
        • Money & Work
        • Competitions
  • Culture Culture
      • Culture
        • View all Culture
        • TV and Film
        • Celebrity News
        • Books
        • Royal News
  • Vouchers Vouchers
      • Clothing
        • View all Vouchers
        • Mint Velvet
        • Karen Millen
        • H&M
        • nobody's child
        • ASOS
        • ARKET
        • MANGO
      • Designer Clothing
        • View all Vouchers
        • Reiss
        • THE OUTNET
        • SSENSE
        • Mytheresa
        • Liberty London
        • Selfridges
        • Farfetch
      • Accessories
        • View all Vouchers
        • AllSaints
        • Aspinal of London
        • Charles & Keith
        • River Island
        • FitFlop
        • Kate Spade
        • Vagabond
      • Jewellery
        • View all Vouchers
        • Pandora
        • Abbott Lyon
        • Goldsmiths
        • Beaverbrooks
        • Astrid & Miyu
        • Swarovski
        • Angara Jewellery
      • Beauty
        • View all Vouchers
        • Sephora
        • Cult Beauty
        • Space NK
        • Dyson
        • Clarins
        • Look Fantastic
        • Clinique
      • Activewear
        • View all Vouchers
        • Lululemon
        • Gymshark
        • Sweaty Betty
        • Nike
        • adidas
        • New Balance
        • Helly Hansen
  • NEWSLETTER Signup to our newsletter
  • logoCreated with Sketch.
    Marie Claire Newsletter

    Celebrity news, beauty, fashion advice, and fascinating features, delivered straight to your inbox!


    By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

    You are now subscribed

    Your newsletter sign-up was successful


    An account already exists for this email address, please log in.
    Trending
    • Latest Issue
    • Marie Claire Masters
    • Autumn Winter 2026
    • Nail Trends 2026
    • Best Investment Bags
    • Best Perfumes
    1. Style

    It took 500 hours to make Adele’s Wembley dress

    To be honest we can see why

    Penny Goldstone's avatar
    By Penny Goldstone
    Published 30 June 2017 In News

    When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

    adele wembley
    (Image credit: Getty Images)
    • Facebook
    • X
    • Pinterest
    Share this article
    Join the conversation
    Follow us
    Add us as a preferred source on Google
    Subscribe to our newsletter

    To be honest we can see why

    Don’t you just love going behind the scenes of celebrity dressing? Like discovering what it really takes to get a celebrity red carpet ready and finding out it took 1,000 hours to make Nicole Kidman’s Cannes dress.

    Now we’ve had another chance to take a peek behind the celebrity glitz, courtesy of Adele’s stylist, Gaelle Paul.

    The singer is currently on her (rumoured to be last) UK tour, and for the finale, she’s picked the most gorgeous Zuhair Murad dress.

    Gaelle revealed they saw only three dress before settling on the purple, crystal-embellished number.

    You may like
    • Halloween nail art by Betina Goldstein There is a Way to Make Halloween Nails Ultra Chic—And Fashion’s Favourite Nail Artist Betina Goldstein Can Prove It
    • AW Power Pieces These Autumn/Winter 2026 'Power Pieces' Are the Low-Effort Styling Hacks That Will Make Every Outfit Better
    • Emilia Clarke Emilia Clarke: “That's my goal for the next decade of my life: to take it lightly. But it requires strength.”

    She told The Telegraph, ‘We saw three different dresses and after looking at them first hand, I knew that it was the one we wanted to wear; it had that embroidery, it was a beautiful colour and shape.

    adele wembley

    Getty Images

    This dress doesn’t disappoint, it feels and looks like a finale dress. Classically beautiful and showy at the same time.’

    Marie Claire Newsletter

    Celebrity news, beauty, fashion advice, and fascinating features, delivered straight to your inbox!

    By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

    Given the show-stopping nature of the dress, it naturally took quite a while to make.

    Galle said, ‘We started 6 months before the first show in Australia. We had to give ample time for the atelier to dedicate the hours they needed to make the dress. It took them 500 hours to hand sew and bead the dress, and there are up to 10,000 Swarovski crystals on the dress. It’s a true work of art.’

    Which granted, is less than the 1,000 hours it took for Nicole’s dress, but impressive nonetheless.

    Penny Goldstone
    Penny Goldstone
    Social Links Navigation
    Contributing Fashion Editor

    Penny Goldstone is the Contributing Fashion Editor at Marie Claire UK. She writes about catwalk trends and the latest high street and Instagram sartorial must-haves. She also helms the Women Who Win franchise.

    She has worked in fashion for over 10 years, contributing to publications such as Cosmopolitan, Red, Good Housekeeping, and Stylist.

    Read more
    Halloween nail art by Betina Goldstein
    Nails There is a Way to Make Halloween Nails Ultra Chic—And Fashion’s Favourite Nail Artist Betina Goldstein Can Prove It
    AW Power Pieces
    Fashion These Autumn/Winter 2026 'Power Pieces' Are the Low-Effort Styling Hacks That Will Make Every Outfit Better
     
     
    Emilia Clarke
    Culture Emilia Clarke: “That's my goal for the next decade of my life: to take it lightly. But it requires strength.”
    Autumn/Winter Trends
    Fashion The 10 Autumn/Winter Fashion Trends Worth Your Attention, According to a Fashion Director
     
     
    Latest in Style
    Coach Gifting
    Shopping The Ultimate Christmas Gift? The Coach Tabby Bag Is the Handbag Everyone Wants to Unwrap
    olivia colman on the miu miu runway
    Fashion ‘Older’ Women on the Catwalks is Great, But Do Fashion and Beauty Brands Really Know Who We Are?
     
     
    Chanel shirts
    Fashion How Much is Too Much to Spend on a Shirt? And Where to Find the Best Ones
    Statement belts
    Shopping These 3 Belts Are Defining the Season—Here Are the Styles to Choose and What to Wear Them With
     
     
    Latest in News
    New Beauty Launches: Burberry Beauty / Mes Beauty / rhute / Jo Loves / Ziip Beauty
    Beauty The Beauty Digest: Jennifer Lawrence’s Unexpected Haircare Launch, Burberry’s Exquisite New Perfumes and Jo Loves Sparks Festive Joy
    New Beauty Launches: Amouage, Haus Labs, XERF
    Beauty The Beauty Digest: Is XERF Worth the Hype? Plus, Amouage’s New Body Collection & The Beauty Beat Returns
     
     
    Jeans And Jackets
    Shopping Celine Dion, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sarah Pidgeon Swear by This Trophy Jacket-and-Jeans Formula for Instant Fashion Confidence
    Next
    Shopping NEXT’s Autumn/Winter 2026 Collection Has Everything We Love About Getting Dressed in the Colder Months
     
     
    logoCreated with Sketch.
    • Site Archive
    • Contact Future's experts
    • Contact us
    • Terms and conditions
    • Advertise with us
    • Privacy policy
    • Cookies policy
    • About us
    Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google

    Marie Claire UK is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site.

    © Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA. All rights reserved. England and Wales company registration number 2008885.