From sheek to princess looks, these ten gowns below will be talked about for years and years to come.
1. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 (2011) – Bride, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart)
Bella wore a crepe satin and French Chantilly lace dress designed by Carolina Herrera. It featured an open lace back with 152 fabric-covered buttons lined down the back of the dress and 17 on each sleeve. Herrera was personally chosen by Stephanie Meyer, the author of the Twilight series, to design the gown. The dress was valued at $35,000.00.
2. Sex and the City, The Movie (2008) – Bride, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker)
Designed by Vivienne Westwood, the dress featured the brand’s signature angular strapless neckline and a voluminous skirt with pickups. It was styled with an equally-lavish tulle veil and a teal feathered headpiece, along with metallic heels. ~TheKnot.com
3. Mama Mia (2008) – Bride, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried)
This grecian-inspired, bohemian design featured a breezy A-line silhouette with gauzy tulle overlay across the neckline, minimal ruffled details around the skirt and delicate blue embroidery all over. The bride completed her look with a full tulle veil and a gold flower crown. ~TheKnot.com
4. Father of the Bride (1991) – Bride, Annie Banks (Kimberly Williams)
Annie wore a long sleeve lace ball gown with a sheer bodice, all over satin, and a cupcake-esque veil. See more pictures of the gown here: Hollywood Movie Costumes & Props
5. Steel Magnolias (1989) – Bride, Shelby Eatenton (Julia Roberts)
Shelby wore an off-the-shoulder dress with a ball-gown skirt, and was adorned with pink flowers. An oversized pink bow on the back of the dress completes the gown.
6. The Sound of Music (1965) – Bride, Maria (Julie Andrews)
“This beautiful wedding dress was designed by Dorothy Jeakins for use on Julie Andrews as Maria Rainer in the 1965 classic The Sound of Music. The gown has a stand-away collar, piping trim to the neckline and waistline, slender long sleeves, a raised waistline to the front that graduates to a gathered train to the back, decorative fabric-covered buttons with loop closures running down the center back of the gown, silk organza lining to the bodice, and a graduated hemline. Once the filmed wrapped, the gown went into the costume stock at The Western Costume Company, where it was likely rented out numerous times. One time it seems to have been used was in 1968 in the television show The Ghost and Mrs.Muir in the second episode – The Haunted Honeymoon, where it was worn by Yvonne Craig as Gladys Zimmermann, though the gown appears to have undergone some alterations. At some point, the gown was purchased and put into the private collection of Jane Withers, and ultimately went up for auction at Julien’s Live in 2013, where it sold for $23,040.” ~Recycled Movie Costumes
7. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) – Bride, Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway)
Mia’s wedding dress was an off-the-shoulder ball gown with sheer, bead-embroidered sleeves and a delicate trim. She styled it with a long, tulle veil affixed to her tiara. The dress was created by costume designer Gary Jones.
8. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) – Bride, Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos)
Auction Listing: Traditional style gown, white polyester, (bust adornment now unattached but still included), v-neck, short sleeves, full skirt portion, bodice decorated with faux pearls and floral appliqué, attached long train, hem with further same adornment as bodice, label reads in part “Private Label by G,” signed in black felt-tip ink on the front interior lining by stars Nia Vardalos [“Toula Portokalos”], John Corbett [“Ian Miller”], and Joey Fatone [“Angelo”] plus by producer Rita Wilson; included with all the gown’s accoutrements such as: a petticoat, the bust adornment (now somewhat ‘unsewn’), two wedding veils, two small white polyester bow adornments, two pairs of white lace gloves, two enormous white gauze bows (possibly not part of the dress but of the wedding party), a pair of white strappy sandals (one signed in black felt-tip ink on the heel by Vardalos), and two partial brown, curly hairpieces; all worn by the star in the climatic wedding scene; included with a COA from DNA Studio which originally auctioned this costume in 2002. ~Heritage Auctions
9. Muriel’s Wedding (1994) – Bride, Muriel (Toni Collette)
The spectacular wedding gown featured a low neckline, highly decorated bodice, ornate lace sleeves and a full skirt with a modest train in heavy ivory satin. The headpiece adds a touch of regal class to the traditional veil, through which we can still see Muriel’s wide grin. ~NFSA
10. Enchanted – Bride, Giselle (Amy Adams)
Giselle’s gown was designed by Mona May and featured big puff sleeves, a full princess ball gown with underskirt of ruffles and an over skirt of embroidery.
