Bridal Fashion Week recently ended in New York, where brands showed dresses for the fall-winter 2018/2019 season. But brides are more often looking for a dress like in their favorite movie than following the latest brands. In the movies we really see amazing wedding dresses created by designers who dictate trends.
For example, both in life and on the screen, wedding dresses for Audrey Hepburn were sewn by her good friend Hubert Givenchy. The unreal image of Hepburn’s bride went down in history, but a movie one. A laconic example of the 1950s new look style with an hourglass silhouette and open ankles – the “little white dress” or the standard of wedding elegance.
But all the sexy movie outfits for Marilyn Monroe were designed by William Travilla. He “invented” her wedding outfit, and in duplicate. Friends Dorothy and Lorelei played by Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe not only get married at the same time, but they also choose exactly the same dresses – multi-layered skirts, bodices made of thin lace, flounces on the sleeves.
One of the most popular wedding designers in cinema is Amsale Aberra. He is the author of the lucky one of Julia Roberts’ five outfits in the 1999 film. Her character Maggie said the cherished “yes, I agree” in a pearly white dress with delicate embroidery with dropped shoulders.
The most beautiful wedding dresses from world cinema amaze with their variety of shapes and styles. Some people see them as lacy and extraordinary, some as traditionally doll-like, others as restrained and minimalist. There is plenty to choose from.
“Funny Face” (1957)
“My King” (2015)
“Funny Girl” (1968)
“Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (1953)
“Melancholia” (2011)
“Salo, or 120 days of Sodom” (1975)
“Romeo + Juliet” (1996)
“Runaway Bride” (1999)
