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The Duchess of Sussex has described a "timeless" gown with a "classic feeling".
Meghan said designer Clare Waight Keller respected her vision for the dress, from the shape of the neckline to the length of the sleeves – and recognised the importance of tailoring to the outfit had to be "modest".
The couple would be called "global wedding," but it would make them more "intimate," said Meghan.
The bridal gown is the star attraction of a Windsor Castle exhibition about the royal wedding, which includes audio commentary for duke and duchess.
Touching stories behind the couple is revealed, from Harry joking about joining the Queen and Meghan for a wedding day.
Meghan says in the commentary: "I had a very clear vision of what I wanted for the day, and what I was looking for. push you in a different direction.
"But she just completely respected what I wanted to see for the day, and she wanted to bring me back to life.
"So I knew at the onset I wanted a boat neckline, I wanted a cropped sleeve, I wanted a very timeless, a classic feeling, and I was really interested in the environment we were in St. George's Chapel, being really modest in what it would look like, I knew that the tailoring was so key, because the dress itself would be so covered up. "
Meghan says in the commentary she had followed Clare Waight Keller's career for a long time and she ticked "all the boxes" from being British, to reflect the duchess' new home, and a woman, to working for Givenchy as artistic director, a global fashion house which added an international dimension to the big day.
The gown and the five-meter long silk tulle veil – embroidered with flowers from each of the 53 Commonwealth nations – were created after 3,900 hours of work by a 50-strong team.
The dress' luminosity is down to the double-bonded silk cady – fabric woven on both sides of the loom – which catches the light.
Speaking in the commentary Meghan adds: "There was a great level of detail that went into the planning of our wedding day.
"I think for us, we knew how big the scale of the event would be, so we were making choices that were really personal and meaningful, it would be a very big wedding."
On her wedding day, Meghan wore Queen Mary's diamond and platinum headband tiara, slow to the duchess by the Queen, which is part of the exhibition.
The duchess describes her visit to the head of state to choose a headpiece as "an incredibly surreal day".
The duke, who joined Meghan for the visit to the Queen, and, in the commentary: "Every girl's dream to be able to try on a tiara, and, funnily enough, the one that suited the best, the one that looked at the best you without question, I should not have really, but such an incredible loan by my grandmother, it was very sweet. "
The bride's bouquet, which featured a number of plants and flowers including sweet peas and sprigs of myrtle, was designed by florist Philippa Craddock and has been recreated using artificial silk flowers for the exhibition which opens on Friday.
The duke and the duchess said that they were getting a lot of pleasure from their cottage garden at Kensington Palace.
Meghan revealed they were doing some planting in the "fall" and said the duke made a "really beautiful" gesture by picking blooms for their wedding day – May 19.
Harry added, "We did not have a lot of flowers in our garden.
"That kind of ruined the whole thing. But they are very much in love with a flower of wild flowers, and we are sure that we have not forgotten them in my favorite flowers … "
The duke's Household Cavalry made for the wedding is not available for the exhibition
Prince George, a miniature version of Harry's coat, and bridesmaid Princess Charlotte, an ivory silk dress by Clare Waight Keller.
Harry joked: "We had 10 bridesmaids, page boys under the age of seven when everyone says is impossible to have them behaving, but they did it."
Meghan quipped: "It was a miracle."
A Royal Wedding: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Windsor Castle runs from October 26 to January 6 at Windsor Castle.
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