Even the most creative bride-to-be will need to get her inspiration from somewhere when selecting her dream dress. The rich and famous often have very distinctive styles and many of us will be able to find a celebrity twin for ourselves. Ask yourself whether you are an Ava Gardner, an Audrey Hepburn or perhaps even a Grace Kelly. Looking at the bespoke wedding dresses of some of the beauties of the past or present can help you to choose the perfect style for yourself. People come in all shapes and sizes and deciding on the best style for you will be easier if you find a “style twin”.
Choosing the Right Silhouette
Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes and accentuating your assets is the name of the game. Hourglass figures were the inspiration for many of the styles of the forties and fifties and if your body shape falls into this category you could look at such iconic beauties as Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner and Marilyn Monroe. Some of the beautiful bespoke wedding dresses they wore would not look out of place today and you can use them to form the basis of your style.
Luckily for us (but perhaps unluckily for her) Elizabeth Taylor married eight times and she married in four different decades – the 50’s, the 60’s, the 70’s and the 90’s. Her choices of bespoke wedding dresses, therefore, span many different fashion periods and give us plenty of choices. Her first marriage was to Nicky Hilton and her dress epitomised the classic style of the 1950s with its nipped in waist and full skirt, whereas when she married Richard Burton for the first time in the 1960s she wore a yellow short dress which was representative of 1960’s style. For a more contemporary hourglass look, you could take a look at the fashion choices of Helena Bonham Carter or Christina Hendricks for inspiration.
If your shape is more “gamine” you could look at such icons as Audrey Hepburn and Mia Farrow for your inspiration. Audrey Hepburn is known as one of the most elegant women in the world, and being influenced by her style will ensure your dress is elegant simplicity. Her gowns represent her style perfectly – from her wedding to Mel Ferrer in 1954, when she wore a high-necked three quarter length example of the New Look, to her sixties mini dress when she married Andrea Dotti in 1969. Of course, you can also get inspiration from the dresses she wore in films, and a beautiful sheath dress inspired by Breakfast at Tiffany’s could be the perfect dress for you. Mia Farrow is also a good style icon for those with slighter figures; for her marriage to Frank Sinatra she wore a perfectly cut sixties skirt suit with a box jacket. For a contemporary look, Keira Knightley loved her pale pink wedding dress so much that she wore it a third time at a gala evening.
Whatever your chosen look you will find plenty of ideas by looking at the bespoke wedding dresses worn by the beauties of the past and present. From their own gowns to the ones they have worn in films, you are sure to find the perfect style for you.
