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NEW YORK, N.Y. ― When Kate Middleton walks down the aisle later this month to marry Prince William, the would-be brides watching out there will almost certainly home in on her dress.
Some wedding dresses leave a legacy beyond the next-day knockoffs. Here are some famous brides who set fashion trends:
― Queen Victoria. She wore a white ball gown and this was the game-changer ― quite the feat in 1840. Until then, white hadn't been THE colour of wedding dresses, explains Darcy Miller, editor in chief of Martha Stewart Weddings. Women wore their best dress, no matter the hue.
White was sometimes seen as a sign of affluence because it meant you could afford to get the dress dirty, but brides didn't run out and get one just for this occasion until Victoria.
― Jacqueline Kennedy. Kennedy "was a major fashion influence her whole life," so Ann Lowe's dramatic portrait-neck gown with an exaggerated hourglass shape, and pleating details fashioned into flowers and a tiered hemline suited her, says Miller. The bit of skin showing at the neckline also fit the image of the socialite marrying a dashing young senator, ushering in a new guard.
But the dress might have been "too couture" and not princess-y enough for the masses, making it less influential at the time, says Millie Martini Bratten, editor-in-chief of Brides magazine, although she sees hints of this dress on the runways now.
― Grace Kelly. Kelly's gown, made by costumer Helen Rose and the wardrobe department of MGM, was "truly designed by Hollywood," says Martini Bratten.
There was a high neckline cheap prom dresses, a cinched waist and a big ballskirt ― all befitting a new royal. But the collar, sleeves and overlay were lace, so there was still a glimpse at the more revealing sweetheart bodice, more in line with what one would expect from a movie star.
"The silhouette was so classic and beautiful A-Line dresses," observes Marchesa co-founder and designer Georgina Chapman. "It's just as breathtaking today as it was over 50 years ago. "
The illusion lace trick also was featured on Elizabeth Taylor's wedding gown in the 1950 film "Father of the Bride." Rose also designed that.
― Tricia Nixon. Her White House wedding in 1971 ― and the Priscilla Kidder gown she chose ― became the fantasy of young women across America, says vintage fashion expert Shareen Mitchell, whose TV series "Dresscue Me" launches on Planet Green later this month.
It's not necessarily what was expected of a president's daughter. There was little pomp and circumstance to the sleeveless, V-neck gown, which was covered in lace but still showed a slim-cut line underneath. "She wore what every woman wanted to wear," says Mitchell, who still fields requests for this style today.
― Bianca Jagger. Neither a princess, presidential relative nor movie star, Jagger created a sensation as a fashion rebel when she married Mick Jagger in a Savile Row-made pantsuit, also in 1971. She represented the other end of the spectrum from Nixon: Jagger was a cool jet-setter, not a princess bride.
"If you were into the '70s and hippies, fashion people looked less at what everyone else was doing and made it about trying something new," says Mitchell.
Some brides still like to make that statement, says Martha Stewart's Miller, calling out a sleek suit on the spring Douglas Hannant runway, worn without a shirt a la Jagger.
― Diana, Princess of Wales. A princess couldn't wear the prairie, bohemian bridal looks that closed out the '70s, and Diana's 1981 gown by Elizabeth Emanuel helped usher in an era of opulence and formality. The shoulders were exaggerated long prom dresses, the skirt full and the sleeves pouffy. The train was 7.6 metres long.
Kimberly Lee Minor, chief fashion strategist of the bridal label Priscilla of Boston, remembers watching the wedding on TV and thinking, "That dress must weigh 100 pounds!"
― Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. The extravagance of the mid-'80s largely went out with the stock-market crash in 1987, and wedding gowns started becoming simpler and chicer.
Bessette Kennedy's bias-cut Narciso Rodriguez gown in 1996 became the quintessential wedding dress of the era, says Martini Bratten. "It was ######y, unadorned but beautifully cut. It was modern ― and it came about just the time the destination wedding was picking up steam ― which it was perfect for," she says. "It was the dress worn by the woman who captured the heart of America's prince, John Kennedy."
Priscilla of Boston continues to make gowns in this sophisticated spirit ― and they continue to be bestsellers. They aren't a direct copy of the dress, says Minor, but the idea that you can be glamorous without frills has wide appeal.
― Ivanka Trump. Her 2009 wedding wasn't a global news event, but her lace gown by Vera Wang became a sensation because it showed a fresh, feminine way to wear sleeves ― which had largely fallen out of favour. Trump's dress, with its illusion lace neckline, was inspired by Kelly's cheap Cocktail dresses, although this had a cleaner, more contemporary silhouette.
"The way Ivanka Trump presented herself was, 'Even when you have all the money in the world, and you're glamorous, you can present yourself at your wedding as demure, understated, ladylike and beautiful,'" says Mitchell. "It was so refreshing."
― Michelle Obama. Obama's long-sleeve, portrait-collar wedding dress was one of her few fashion decisions that didn't move the needle. That was back in 1992, though.
Her one-shoulder, white inaugural gown by Jason Wu, however, turned into a bona fide bridal-gown sensation, says Miller.
It came at the right time, as designers continued to move away from all strapless all the time, Miller observes prom dresses, and Obama wore it with the happy, confident attitude that brides strive for.
― Chelsea Clinton. No one, including Clinton and designer Wang cheap Bridesmaid dresses, expected the media circus that accompanied last year's wedding, says Miller, but all those photos and attention meant that a lot of gowns coming out now were inspired by the delicate strapless with a jewelled waistband. "It was copied in the industry immediately. It's the classic, romantic, fairy-tale dress on a modern woman," says Miller.
Clinton might not normally be considered a style influence, but in that dress cheap Wedding dresses, she became a trendsetter Bridesmaid dresses, agrees Minor.






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