8 daring celebrity wedding dress revelations: from Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ OTT 22 metre veil and Hailey Bieber’s Virgil Abloh gown, to Eniko Hart’s Vera Wang – but why did Emily Ratajkowski wear Zara?
When it comes to a bride’s big day, getting the dress right is everything. For celebrities, this is often taken to a whole new level – and with bigger budgets, fans often expect their favourite stars to push the limits.
Some stars have worn eye-catching gowns with see-through details and bold colours on their wedding days, while others have gone for more unconventional looks. Here, we look at eight of the most daring wedding dresses, and what the brides have had to say about them:
1. Hailey Bieber
“I didn’t want somebody who was a wedding dress designer,” she told the publication. “I just feel like my style and my street style is such a part of who I am.” Bieber went on to say that she was “specific” on the sleeve design, which extended over her hands, and the gown’s corseted silhouette. “I feel good. I feel beautiful,” she said while wearing the dress.
Bieber in fact wore a total of three dresses on her big day, all of which were more daring than most.
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2. Emily Ratajkowski
Emily Ratajkowski told Vanity Fair that she didn’t wear white on her wedding day because she’s “not a pure woman”. Instead the model opted for a mustard-coloured suit from Zara. “I’m a woman with a lot of character and experience and life,” she explained.
The 31-year-old said she had wanted to wear red, but later found a mustard-yellow suit and “just knew that it was the one”. “I also just love the idea of a suit, especially at City Hall, because it’s like you’re taking care of business,” she said.
3. Priyanka Chopra Jonas
“When we went in for the sketch presentation, they created exactly what I envisioned for myself on my wedding day … and I said, ‘Yes’ to the dress,” Chopra Jonas, 40, told People magazine.
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4. Behati Prinsloo
Behati Prinsloo only revealed her daring wedding dress years after getting married. On her Instagram story in 2020, the model celebrated Alexander Wang’s 37th birthday with never-before-seen photos of the wedding dress he designed for her in 2014. She captioned the photos: “I’m still not over it.”
5. Kate Upton
Upton’s sheer, asymmetrical gown was strung with pearls and glass beads, according to Vogue, and had a tall slit in its skirt, as seen on the model’s Instagram page.
“My design process for the reception wedding dress was the opposite feel of the romantic ceremony dress,” Upton, 30, told Vogue. “I wanted a dress that I could have fun in, but that still brought the glamour.”
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6. Lily Allen
Speaking to The Times in 2020, British singer Lily Allen, said she had rented one dress, but changed her mind less than two hours before her wedding. She had been shopping at a dress-rental shop in Las Vegas, Nevada, and had tried on “Dolly Parton-esque numbers” alongside her daughter Ethel.
“I had rented a dress, which was on its way to the hotel, then Ethel said, ‘Let’s keep looking,’” she told the publication.
“That dress wasn’t even on the rail, it was in a back room,” Allen added. “The girl in the shop said, ‘What’s the occasion?’ I was, like, ‘I’m getting married!’ She said, ‘Well, I’ve got this dress, it’s not really a wedding dress …’ I tried it on. Ethel was playing this game called Roblox on my phone. And I said, ‘What do you think?’ She looked at me, looked back at the phone, and said, ‘I really don’t think you’re leaving this shop without it.’ Aged eight.”
7. Eniko Hart
Eniko Parrish married comedian and actor Kevin Hart in a mermaid gown with a see-through bodice that matched her vision. “I always knew that I wanted the mermaid style with a very sleek, sexy feel,” Hart told Vogue during her final dress fitting.
So when she saw Vera Wang’s 2016 bridal collection, she immediately spotted her dress. “I saw it and I instantly said, ‘I need this dress – this is what I want,” Hart said. “I didn’t have anyone other than Vera in mind.”
8. Camille Charrière
Fashion influencer Camille Charrière first got married in a couture Celine gown with a sheer skirt. “I still can’t believe I got to wear Celine couture on my wedding day,” Charrière wrote on Instagram. “What a dream come true”.
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But it was her lace reception dress that caused a stir – which Charrière didn’t expect.
She recently spoke with Elle and said she “naively” underestimated the reaction to her reception dress, which was designed by Harris Reed.
“When I got married in my see-through lace dress, there was a lot of pushback on the fact that you could see my lingerie,” she told the publication. “Perhaps naively, I really didn’t expect it.”
“Some people were ruder than I thought was necessary,” she continued. “But it did make me realise that not everyone is comfortable with baring their skin – and that’s totally fine.”
- Former Victoria’s Secret supermodel Behati Prinsloo wore an Alexander Wang cut-out dress that she said husband Adam Levine had ripped to help her ‘dance better’
- Kate Upton and Camille Charrière wore daringly sheer dresses, while Kevin Hart’s wife Eniko wed in a lacy Vera Wang gown and Lily Allen found a last-minute look