He created the most famous wedding dress in the world for the late Diana, Princess of Wales, but would David Emanuel do the same for the woman who's now captured her youngest son's heart, Meghan Markle?
"Hello! Of course. She is hot," the couturier, who is in Sydney promoting his new jewellery collection for Clogau, told Fairfax Media.
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But despite her Hollywood looks, "it is not only about the body shape," he explained, there is a whole process that goes into designing the perfect dress, like Emanuel and his ex-wife Elizabeth did for Diana in 1981.
"You'd have to meet her first. It is all to do with the personality," he said. "Then it would all depend on where it would be. If it would be a small quiet, country church that's one look, if it's a cathedral wedding, that's another look, if it's going to be a royal wedding, that's another look.
"She is hot in that TV show [Suits] – a very simple little blouse, slim skirts and she smoulders, she is beautiful.
"She is an actress so she'll be very aware of her look because she can see herself on the screen, she'll have learned what looks good ... I think she is more savvy and more aware, but every girl needs guidance because it's difficult to be objective about yourself.
This reporter asked: "Would you put her in a mermaid-style?"
"No, I'd make her look really polished and elegant, but I'm not saying a silhouette either," he said.
Despite popular belief, there was no red tape or royal protocol when it came to designing Princess Diana's gown in 1981, and her entourage was a far cry from the hordes that now remark on the bride-to-be on Emanuel's reality TV show, Say Yes to the Dress UK.
"It was Diana, my ex-wife and I. She asked, she spoke so softly, 'could I bring somebody, my mother?' We said, 'of course'. When she came in, we did a sketch very quickly and showed her mother and she loved it and ripped it up straight away as we didn't want journalists to see it," the designer, who continued to work for the Princess for years after, said.
He laughed as he remembered the media in those days dying for any information about the gown. "They were going through my rubbish bins, looking for bits of fabric, looking for any sketch, anything," he said.
"To throw them off and for fun, I hid pale pink thread and fabric in the bins and there were headlines the next day saying that's the colour she would wear."
Emanuel has dressed the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Madonna, Shirley Bassey, and Ivana Trump and doesn't understand the fuss designers made out of dressing the US First Family.
"I was very surprised. I don't think fashion and politics should mix," he said.
"The person I was most surprised about was Tom Ford [He said: "[Melania Trump] not necessarily my image."]. She looked fabulous in that Ralph Lauren powder blue, she looked elegant. It was perfect."
Emanuel said he would relish the chance to dress the First Lady: "She's a beautiful woman, it would be a pleasure. I'm dressing the woman, I am not dressing the man."
Keeping in line with the royals, the Welsh man used rare Welsh gold – the gold used by royals for over 100 years – as part of the his new collection for Clogau.
"It's perfect to give to your bridal party or for the bride to wear on her wedding day," he said.
Are there any rules a bride should stick to when it comes to jewellery on her wedding day?
"Always get the dress first, the rest will fall into place," he explained.
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