44 of the Most Unforgettable Celebrity Wedding Dresses of All Time
Here’s a stroll down memory lane that we can totally get on board with: Brit jeweler Vashi commissioned artist Pauline Dujancourt to illustrate 100 iconic celebrity wedding dresses, then it organized the sketches in an index we can’t stop clicking through. Below, the 44 unforgettable wedding dresses from the collection that we still daydream about—whether they headed down the aisle last year (Angelina Jolie, Solange) or decades ago (Audrey Hepburn’s third wedding dress, Liz Taylor’s fifth). Click each bride’s name to see a photograph of her wearing her wedding dress.
(Obviously not all the brides below wore their hair in a low chignon—or had skin the color of paper. Think of the “person” in the dress as a paper doll with different wigs. It’s the wedding dresses that matter here. And obviously some of these brides had more than one wedding; these are just the best of the best.)
Amal Alamuddin
Married George Clooney in Oscar de la Renta, September 27, 2014
Angelina Jolie
Married Brad Pitt in Versace, August 23, 2014
Audrey Hepburn
Married Andrea Dotti in Hubert de Givenchy, January 18, 1969
Ava Gardner
Married Mickey Rooney in a suit by an unknown designer, January 10, 1943
Ava Gardner
Married Frank Sinatra in a dress by an unknown designer, November 7, 1951
Bianca Perez-Mora Macias
Married Mick Jagger in Tommy Nutter, March 12, 1971
Brigitte Nielsen
Married Sylvester Stallone in a dress by an unknown designer, December 12, 1985
Camilla Parker Bowles
Married Prince Charles in Anna Valentine, April 9, 2005
Carolyn Bessette
Married John F. Kennedy Jr. in Narciso Rodriguez, September 9, 1996
Chelsea Clinton
Married Marc Mezvinsky in Vera Wang, July 31, 2010
Chrissy Teigen
Married John Legend in Vera Wang, September 14, 2013
Cindy Crawford
Married Rande Gerber in John Galliano, May 29, 1998
Diana Spencer
Married Prince Charles in David & Elizabeth Emanuel, July 29, 1981
Dita Von Teese
Married Marilyn Manson in Vivienne Westwood, November 28, 2005
Elizabeth Taylor
Married Conrad Hilton in Helen Rose, May 6, 1950
Elizabeth Taylor
Married Mike Todd in a dress by an unknown designer, February 3, 1957
Elizabeth Taylor
Married Eddie Fisher in a dress by an unknown designer, May 12, 1959
Elizabeth Taylor
Married Richard Burton in Irene Shraff, March 15, 1964
Ellen DeGeneres
Married Portia De Rossi in Zac Posen, August 16, 2008
Grace Kelly
Married Prince Rainier in Helen Rose, April 19, 1956
Gwen Stefani
Married Gavin Rossdale in John Galliano, September 14, 2002
Iman
Married David Bowie in Herve Leger, June 6, 1992
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Married John F. Kennedy in Ann Lowe, September 12, 1953
Jada Pinkett
Married Will Smith in Badgley Mischka, December 31, 1997
Jerry Hall
Married Mick Jagger in Antony Price, November 21, 1990
Kaley Cuoco
Married Ryan Sweeting in Vera Wang, December 31, 2013
Kate Middleton
Married Prince William in Alexander McQueen, April 29, 2010
Kate Moss
Married Jamie Hince in John Galliano, July 1, 2011
Katie Holmes
Married Tom Cruise in Giorgio Armani, November 18, 2006
Keira Knightley
Married James Righton in Chanel, May 4, 2013
Kim Kardashian
Married Kanye West in Givenchy, May 24, 2014
Lauren Conrad
Married William Tell in Badgley Mischka, September 13, 2014
Letizia Ortiz
Married Felipe VI of Spain in Manuel Pertegaz, May 22, 2004
Madonna
Married Sean Penn in a dress by an unknown designer, August 16, 1985
Mariah Carey
Married Tommy Mottola in Vera Wang, June 5, 1993
Marilyn Monroe
Married Joe DiMaggio in a suit by an unknown designer, January 14, 1954
Mia Farrow
Married Frank Sinatra in a suit by an unknown designer, July 19, 1966
Natalie Wood
Married Robert Wagner in a dress by an unknown designer, December 28, 1957
Olivia Palermo
Married Johannes Huebl in Carolina Herrera, June 29, 2014
Portia De Rossi
Married Ellen DeGeneres in Zac Posen, August 16, 2008
Priscilla Beaulieu
Married Elvis Presley in a dress by an unknown designer, May 1, 1967
Salma Hayek
Married Francois-Henri Pinault in Nicolas Ghesquiere, February 14, 2009
Sarah Jessica Parker
Married Matthew Broderick in Morgane Le Fay, May 19, 1997
Solange Knowles
Married Alan Ferguson in Kenzo, November 11, 2014
Click here to see all of Vashi’s 100 Iconic Celebrity Wedding Dresses.
If the Paper Doll’s Wedding Hair Has You Feeling Inspired, Watch How to Do a Jeweled Chignon.