Amal Clooney's Oscar de la Renta Wedding Dress Is for Sale

Now you too can become Mrs. Clooney. OK, not at all. But you can look exactly like Amal Clooney did on her wedding day.
Today, Oscar de la Renta revealed an Amal-inspired wedding gown as part of its bridal fall 2015 collection. It's not the exact dress (Amal's gown was custom-made, after all!), but the copycat design embodies all the elegance and grace of Amal's wedding gown. The same lacy overlay, off-the-shoulder style and romantic silhouette characterize the replica design. In fact, the only noticeably missing details are the lengthy train and cathedral veil.
"It's the most important dress in the life of a woman," Oscar de la Renta told Vogue after working with Amal. "Any girl from any walk of life dreams of that special dress, and I try to make that dream a reality for her."
Mrs. Clooney and de la Renta collaborated on the dress design together, ultimately deciding on an effortless dress with Chantilly lace and hand-embroidered embellishments. The end result? A truly regal gown, fit for a Hollywood royalty wedding.
The 36-year-old's human rights lawyer has evolved into quite the fashion icon since announcing her engagement to George Clooney back in April. She regularly sports designer confections, with Dolce & Gabbana, Giambattista Valli Couture and Alexander McQueen all being familiar labels in her enviable wardrobe. And that crisp Stella McCartney two-piece suit and hat ensemble Amal wore to her official civil ceremony? That, people, was pure sartorial perfection.
But back to Amal's designer du choix, Oscar de la Renta. Mrs. Clooney's worn several eye-catching designs by 82-year-old de la Renta (especially this fierce little frock). And the world -enowned designer is no stranger to dressing fashion icons, even dressing Jackie Kennedy, who many claim is Amal's style doppelgänger. Two bold, beautiful, intelligent women—we see the resemblance too!
As for the designer's Amal-inspired wedding gown? We're not sure if it will spurn a full-on Kate effect, but we're guessing the luxe wedding gown won't stay on racks for long.
Price and release date are yet to be announced.

Kerry Katona gushes about husband George Kay as the first pictures of her dangerously low cut wedding dress are revealed

The pictures from inside Kerry Katona and George Kay's wedding have finally been revealed.
In this week's OK! magazine, the 34-year-old bride shows off her gown for the first time - as well as her new husband's smart suit and what her five children wore on their big day.
Her dress will no doubt set tongues wagging when fans see it. Kerry opted for a dangerously low cut bridal gown which showed off her ample cleavage when she exchanged vows with George at Tortworth Court Hotel in Gloucestershire.
Finally: The first pictures of Kerry Katona and George Kay's wedding have been revealed
The bride wore her blonde hair tied back perfectly with an elegant long veil.
When it came to her face, the Atomic Kitten star opted for a natural look, which worked perfectly for the special occasion.
Meanwhile, the star’s handsome husband George was dressed in a dapper navy suit, which he teamed with a white shirt and cream tie.
Kerry's son Max, from her previous relationship with ex-husband Mark Croft, was the couple’s page boy and adorably wore an identical suit to George.
The six-year-old also had the honour of walking his mother down the aisle.
Max's big sister seven-year-old Heidi was flower girl and sported a gorgeous white dress and floral head piece for the occasion.
Kerry's eldest children Molly, 14, and Lilly, 11, from her relationship with her first husband Brian McFadden, were also bridesmaids.
The girls looked all grown up in matching dark grey halterneck dresses with their blonde locks pushed gently to one side.
Naturally, Kerry and George didn't leave out their first child together, five-month-old Dylan-Jorge either. The teeny tot watched the ceremony from her pram and looked like a cherub in her frilly white dress. She also joined the family for photographs afterwards.
The couple initially kept the details of their nuptials secret.
However, after scooping a lucrative magazine deal, Kerry sounded ecstatic about sharing every part of her big day with fans.
'Can't wait to get OK! magazine and let the world see how happy my @mrgsjkKay makes me and the kids xxxxxx,' she tweeted.
To which, George sweetly responded: '@KerryKatona7 @OK_Magazine you & the kids make me complete xxx.'
Despite remaining tight-lipped over specifics, both Kerry and George made no secret they were gearing up for their big day on Twitter in the days leading up to the ceremony.
Following the death of her grandmother earlier this year, Kerry wrote: 'Wishing so much my nan was gonna be here with me this weekend!! I love you nan! Always kept me grounded! And I shall always be grounded.'
While on Saturday, she added: 'Omg wide awake... Can't get back to sleep! Need my beauty sleep must count sheep!'
George also couldn't contain his excitement on the social networking site, tweeting: 'KerryKatona7 can't believe how quick it's come round.. Love you so much, going to be the proudest day of my life xxxx.'
Despite the happy occasion, the couple's choice of venue raised some eyebrows after it emerged the hotel is next door to an open jail.
Leyhill Prison focuses on preparing 'low-risk' offenders for release, with previous inmates including former EastEnders legend Leslie Grantham, who served out the last months of his murder sentence there in the 1970s.
Kerry and George have been preparing for their wedding day for several months, with both of them going on strict diets and jetting off to Cape Verde last week to ensure they had a healthy glow.
Reports suggest the pre-wedding break was instead of a lavish honeymoon due to Kerry's financial issues following two bankruptcies.
But despite money being an issue at the moment, the pair are eager to have another child.
Speaking to OK! over the summer, the singer said: 'We both want them close in age so we'll have a cheeky try for number six on our honeymoon.'
Kerry has been married twice before: to Brian McFadden between 2002 and 2006 and Mark Croft between 2007 and 2011.
She has been dating George since 2012.
This week's OK! magazine is out on Tuesday.
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Angelina Jolie's Wedding Dress Revealed With a Surprise From Her Kids

Feeling blue about the three-day holiday being over? Well I have something to cheer you up. AT LAST! We have photos and details about Angelina Jolie's wedding dress. Friends of the bride revealed last week that it was long and white and "very Angie." Well, here's how Angie it was. Atelier Versace designed the dress in collaboration with her kids. Drawings by the Jolie-Pitt children decorated Jolie's gown! Can you just (SIGH!) -- don't you just love that?
When I first heard the news about the kids' drawings in the gown, I thought someone was joking. But nope. Versace designer Luigi Massi sewed the designs by the children into the dress and veil. "Luigi is like family to me and I couldn't imagine anyone else making this dress," Jolie told People magazine. "He knows and cares for the children and it was great fun putting it together."
We knew that the Jolie-Pitt children were involved with the wedding, but this is incredible. What a fun and creative idea! They must have loved contributing to their mother's wedding day this way. Why NOT wear a gown decorated with your children's drawings?
Jolie looks gorgeous no matter what she's wearing, but I think this gown has to be her most beautiful look ever. She's wearing the love of her family.
Leave it to Jolie to find a way to be both daring and kid-friendly at the same time. That's so her.
Anyway! HELLO! magazine in the UK and People magazine here in the US have all the wedding details. Apparently Brad just wore a suit out of his closet and borrowed a tie from Maddox because he forgot to pack one. Something borrowed?
"It was important to us that the day was relaxed and full of laughter," Pitt told People. "It was such a special day to share with our children and a very happy time for our family."

Gabrielle Union's Wedding Dress

When Gabrielle Union, 41, started looking for dresses for her wedding to Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade, 32, she had a specific idea of what she wanted to wear. But once she met with designer Dennis Basso at NYC’s Kleinfeld bridal salon, she found that all her preconceived notions went out the window.
“Like most brides to be, Gabrielle came in with her stylist Jason Bolden with a clear vision,” Basso tells PEOPLE of their first discussion in May. “But everything changed when she tried on gowns! Together [we all] decided that she wanted to be surprising. She came in wanting sexy, and to accentuate her amazing figure, but that evolved.”
Key to Union’s vision: keeping up with her very stylish groom. “She talked about Dwayne being so fashionable and really wanting to parallel that with her gown,” Basso says. “We looked at swatches, took measurements, even considered what flowers she would carry. It was an amazing collaboration.”
The result was a strapless, high-slit number with plenty of special design elements. “We literally built the entire bodice and corset specifically for her,” he says. “The entire dress is hand beaded with pearls and crystals. She wanted something that glistened without looking too ‘cha cha cha,’ still chic. The material was flown in from Italy. The skirt is perfectly draped to accent her shape and the slit gives the opportunity to show off the shoes and her great legs!”
Union wanted to surprise her husband-to-be with her gown, and Basso says he thinks it will be worth the wait. “Literally, she looks like a living doll — her waist is extraordinarily tiny in this gown!” he says. “Gabrielle was all about creating a fashion moment.”
Adds the actress: “Dennis, Jason and I worked together to choose the perfect fabric, silhouettes and finishing details for not just one but two gowns. The two looks are near opposites and play off one another — Dennis Basso was able to capture both my unassuming and womanly sides through his sketches.”
While we wait to get all the scoop on her second dress, tell us What do you think of Basso’s sketch? Do you love the design?

Angelina Jolie’s Wedding Dress: Bride Wore A ‘Stunning,’ Traditional Look

The star said ‘I Do’ in a secret wedding, where she wore a traditional white gown that had a twist of Angie’s signature sense of style.
Although we weren’t quite sure if Angie would ever wed her longtime partner, Brad Pitt, they finally decided to take the next step in their relationship on Aug. 23 in France. And considering the fact that Angelina Jolie knows how to rock the red carpet, it comes as no surprise that she looked “stunning” on her wedding day! So, what did she wear?
Angelina Jolie’s Wedding Dress:
A source tells E! News that the Oscar winner wore a white dress on her wedding day. Although the designer behind Angie’s special dress has yet to be revealed, an insider told the outlet that the gown was “very traditional, but very Angie, it was comfortable but plain white floor-length antique lace and silk.”
Aside from her exquisite engagement ring from Brad, Angie added a sentimental accessory to her look. She “definitely wore something that once belonged to [her mother] Marcheline Bertrand. A small gold locket with a photo of her mom inside it,” the source said. The bride also wore a veil — and apparently her big reveal proved to be very emotional! “Brad lifted it [he] gasped because she looked so stunning.”
Aside from Brad and Angie, their children looked just as stylish and chic for the special day. “The boys all wore tiny matching cream linen suits which were just like Brad’s [tux] while the girls had each chosen a dress to match their own individual style and they had them specially made,” the source said.
Although Angie has such a distinct sense of style, we’re think it’s so sweet that she selected a traditional look for her big day — we’re sure she looked stunning! We can’t wait to see what signature Angie twist she added to the style.

A wedding dress fit for three generations

Here's a Remarkable Rochester story that began in Japan, went on to Buffalo and then came here.
In general, it's about love and marriage. More specifically, it's about saying yes to the dress, again and again.
Let's start with a small notice in a Buffalo newspaper. Three paragraphs. The first lets the reader know that Jean Wydysh and Donald Chappell were married on Aug. 2, 1947, at St. Francis Xavier Church.
The third paragraph gives the names of the people in the wedding party. It also says the bridal couple has left for Chicago, where Donald is a student.
And the middle paragraph? Here it is:
"The white silk eyelet material from which the bride's dress was made was brought to this country from Japan by the bridegroom, who returned last May. It was fashioned with a round, shirred neckline, puffed sleeves, full skirt and long train. Her Juliet cap was of the same material. She carried white roses."
Flash forward 67 years. Jean Wydysh Chappell of Webster fills in the story of the dress.
She and Donald, who is deceased, had met roller-skating and dated before he left Buffalo for the Navy during World War II. He hadn't proposed, though it may not have been necessary.
"We didn't have a marriage plan; we were just kids," Jean says. "But we always knew it was going to happen."
And Donald, who served in occupied Japan after the war's end, must have had marriage in mind when he brought home 25 yards of silk — silk that was perfect for a wedding dress.
"I don't know why he did this," Jean says, with a smile. "He never explained."
Didn't have to. The proposal came. The wedding day arrived. And there Jean was in a gorgeous dress, full skirt, long train, the works.
As the paper noted, the couple then went off to Chicago, where they would live for three years before returning to Buffalo and then moving here after Donald took a job with Haloid, the precursor to Xerox Corp.
All the while, the dress was tucked away in a box in the Chappells' home until their daughter Joanne and Richard Seeley were planning their wedding.
"It was in storage, in a box with tissue paper, in a closet," Joanne says. " I pulled it out. Thank God for Webster Cleaners. They did some magic to bring it back. To restore it."
After a few alterations, the dress was ready for Joanne's wedding on Aug. 2, 1975, her mother's 28th anniversary.
Then the dress was put away in the same closet in the same house for nearly 40 years, until it was called into service again.
This Friday, Aug. 8, Cristin Seeley, Joanne's daughter and Jean's granddaughter, will be in the dress for her marriage to Dan Coleman in a ceremony at the Memorial Art Gallery. "I always assumed I was going to wear it," Cristin says.
Who's next?
"Who knows," Joanne says. "But each time someone resurrects the dress, a new chapter is added to our family history."
On Remarkable Rochester
Retired Senior Editor Jim Memmott reflects on what makes Rochester distinctively Rochester, its history, its habits, its people. Contact him at: (585) 278-8012 or jmemmott@DemocratandChronicle.com or Remarkable Rochester, Box 274, Geneseo, NY 14454.
Remarkable Rochesterians
A group of retirees from the Eastman Kodak Co. suggested adding the names of this extraordinary (and long-lived) couple to the list of Remarkable Rochesterians found at RocRoots:
Hilda Conrady Kingslake (1902- 2003): Born in London, England, she followed in the footsteps of her father, a professor of optics, studying under him and launching a career in research. In 1929, she came to Rochester, her husband, Rudolf, having been recruited to join the faculty of the University of Rochester. She continued her research, publishing extensively and establishing an international reputation.

Rudolf Kingslake (1903-2003): Brought to the University of Rochester by the school's president, Rush Rhees, the native of England came to Rochester in 1929 with his wife, Hilda. He founded the university's Institute of Optics and continued his connection to the school after he became the head of the Lens Design Department at Eastman Kodak Co. in 1937. He would serve as the president of the Optical Society of America and was published widely.

Wedding dress lost in Hurricane Sandy recovered nearly 2 years later

For nearly two years, Nicole Pagliaro kept the dry-cleaning ticket in her purse, thinking of it as a memento of a wedding dress she would never see again due to the destruction of Hurricane Sandy.
Earlier this month, the ticket became a symbol of a hope rewarded when she found the dress shortly before her second wedding anniversary. In 2012, Pagliaro had taken it to a dry cleaner near her home in Staten Island, New York, that was later destroyed by the storm. About two weeks ago, she randomly stumbled upon it at the dry cleaner's new location.
Video: Woman spots 'destroyed' wedding gown in window
"It was a surreal feeling,'' Pagliaro told TODAY.com. "You think you lost something and you hold on to hope. I was like, 'Can I try it on to see if it still fits?' It was a great feeling."
The dress that Nicole Pagliaro wore to her reception after marrying her husband, Michael, in 2012 has been recovered after she thought it had been destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.
Pagliaro, 30, wore a 41-year-old dress belonging to her aunt for her wedding ceremony with her husband, Michael, 34, in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, on July 29, 2012. For the reception, she wore "more of a sexy, party-type dress" to hit the dance floor in. A few days after the wedding, she returned her aunt's dress, and then around Aug. 25, she took her other dress to South Beach Dry Cleaners in Staten Island to be cleaned and boxed. Owner Hector Pacheco told her it would be ready in about three weeks to a month.
During that time, Pagliaro and her husband were also moving to a new apartment and she was pregnant with the couple's daughter, Mia Grace, who is now 18 months old. Shortly after the couple moved and unpacked, Hurricane Sandy ripped through the East Coast, flooding the dry cleaner holding her dress with five feet of water. Her husband went to help friends in South Beach and noted how all the stores were destroyed, including the dry cleaner, which left Pagliaro in tears. However, unbeknownst to her, Pagliaro's dress had survived by floating in its secure box.
"I had made my peace with it being gone, but I kept holding on to that ticket,'' Pagliaro said. "Every time I switched out my purse, I wondered if I should throw it out, but I thought, let me keep it because it's the only remembrance of the dress other than the pictures. I just held onto it more for sentimental value."
Pagliaro's parents also had their home in the Eltingville neighborhood of Staten Island wrecked by the storm, as eight feet of water poured in. All of the gifts and mementos from Pagliaro's baby shower were destroyed in the process, removing more memories from the time around her wedding.
Meanwhile, Pacheco relocated to a new store in the Arrochar section of Staten Island in February. Earlier this month, Michael was driving Nicole to her nursing job when they stopped at a traffic light and she noticed a wedding dress in the window of a store.
"I saw the dress, and I knew it was mine,'' she said. "You could only see the top of the dress because of the lettering on the window, but I told my husband, 'I know it's mine.' He said there was no way, that (the previous store) was all gone, but told me we could come the next day and check it out."
Pagliaro went in the store the following day and explained her story to the woman at the counter. As she was walking out, Pacheco was walking in, and he grabbed her in a big hug.
"He said people had told him to throw it out and others wanted to buy it, but he kept thinking, 'She's going to find it, so I want to put it in the window,''' Pacheco said.
Pacheco had displayed it in the window, hoping she would see it. He was unaware the couple had moved and had thought they might see it while walking their dog. She jokingly offered Pacheco to redeem her ticket after holding onto it for so long. Pagliaro now hopes her daughter can wear the dress one day.
"Your wedding is only six hours long, but it's a lifetime of memories,'' Pagliaro said. "I was just twirling the dress when I saw it, and I had the baby touching it. It was amazing."
Pagliaro doesn't have the dress back in her possession yet. It has received so much attention at the store from those who have heard Pagliaro's story that Pacheco hasn't had a chance to put it together yet for her to pick up.

"He said, 'You waited this long, what's another week?''' Pagliaro said before laughing.

Jessica Simpson’s Wedding Dress Flashback

You've heard that old adage: Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
Not true for Jessica Simpson, though. The 33-year-old's wedding to fiancée Eric Johnsonis juuust around the corner, and she is a true master bridesmaid, having been in a ton of her friends' weddings.
Seriously, Jessica must have danced to the song "Shout" a zillion times. She completely deserves a medal for outstanding role as a member of the wedding party.
So let's take a look back at all the times she slipped into a bridesmaid dress, shall we?
Back in 2004 Jessica donned a pale pink bridesmaid dress with a matching fur stole for her friend Jennifer MacFarlane's wedding.
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She had a break for a while there, but in 2012 she was in a flurry of weddings, starting with her friend Lauren Zelman's in March 2012. A very pregnant Jessica walked down the aisle in Palm Springs wearing a printed pink halter-style bridesmaid dress.
And when her best friend and former assistant CaCee Cobb married Scrubs actor Donald Faison in December of 2012, Jessica wore a black floor-length gown for the occasion—and she was escorted down the aisle by groomsman Zach Braff.
Even when she was pregnant with her second child, Ace, Jessica still had bridesmaid duties. She showed off her impressive baby bump in a black long-sleeved dress during her friend Kathryn Sykora's wedding in June 2013.
And just last October Jessica donned a navy blue chiffon gown for her friend Lauren Auslander's autumn wedding in Rhode Island.
But now Jessica can hang up her bridesmaid dresses for a while, because it's her wedding that's on the horizon. Remember the gown she wore to wed Nick Lachey?
Let's go way, way, way back to the early aughts.
The year is 2002 and a 22-years-old Jessica walked down the aisle in Austin, Texas, wearing a gorgeous, custom-made Vera Wang gown accessorized with an 11-carat Harry Winston diamond headband attached to her veil.
Her look was traditional, romantic and ultra-feminine. Because Jessica went for a full-skirted, princess-style dress before, it's possible that she'll go for something more modern and bodycon this time—especially since she's looking especially fit these days.
It seems like every time Jessica is photographed she's looking slimmer and fitter than ever. Most notably, she's been flaunting some insanely toned legs that have us wondering if she'll buck the trend and go for a short wedding gown just to show 'em off.
Either way, it's clear that Jessica's months of rigorous workouts are going to payoff in a big way very, very soon.

What do you think: Which of her bridesmaids looks was your favorite? Sound off in the comments.

Sons see mom's wedding dress made from parachute

Italian-made, hand-stitched, replete with bishop sleeves, collar neck and sheer bodice transitioned by a cummerbund into a drop-waist ballerina hem and made of 100 percent parachute silk; it's obvious why Hilda Franklin "Frankie" Bell said yes to this dress.
"It's the first time I've seen it," said Frankie's son, Dick Bell, 67, as he stood admiring the matrimonial garb his mother wore in a mulberry grove outside of Verona, Italy, about two weeks after the end of World War II. "I've seen pictures of it, but it's the first time I've actually seen it."
Bell and his brother Frazier, 63, met earlier this month at the University of
Virginia's Claude Moore Medical Library Historical Collections and Services to view the dress. They also proffered mementos from their parents' service as part of a mobile army surgical hospital during the Second World War.
"Mom was a great seamstress, but I don't think she would have made this," said W. Frazier Bell, as he and his brother examined the stitching in the flowing silk dress.
Hilda Franklin, a 1938 UVa School of Nursing graduate, worked in the U.S. Army's Eighth Evacuation Hospital unit, organized and staffed by UVa physicians and nurses. She worked beside UVa-trained surgeon Richard P. Bell Jr., who graduated in 1938 from UVa's medical school.
From Monte Cassino and Sicily to Salerno, the pair followed the Fifth Army's march through Italy, treating tens of thousands of sick and wounded troops through the Italian campaign.
War and deprivation, especially among comrades, create strong bonds. On May 26, 1945, about two and half weeks after Victory in Europe Day, Bell and Franklin were married.
After the war, the couple moved to Staunton, where he worked as a general surgeon and she as a nurse. There, they raised four boys. Brothers Jim and David are deceased.
In honor of the Eighth Evacuation Hospital, UVa has collected a variety of personal items from scrapbooks and helmets to Mrs. Bell's wedding dress. There are stories, recollections and letters safely gathered for posterity.
"It's neat to look at this stuff and to think they participated in something this big," Frazier said, thumbing through a scrapbook with wartime photos. "They weren't on the front lines and didn't see a lot of action, although a bomb did go through Mom's tent, but they saw and treated a lot of casualties from the front."
When the Bell boys were growing up, World War II was less history and more recent past. Like most children, they didn't ask their parents probing questions about their youth or what they did during the war.
"We were typical kids and quite frankly most of our friends' parents were veterans of the war. It wasn't something out of the ordinary," Dick Bell recalled. "My father died (in 1969) when I was 22 so I didn't get much of a chance to ask questions. After he died, Mom went back to the operating room at Kings Daughters Hospital." Frankie Bell died in 1994.
"It's funny because things that are important now were just part of life back then. We had Mom's gas mask and we played with that until it pretty much fell apart and was trashed and we threw it away," remembered Frazier. "We heard some stories, but we didn't think to ask questions. We were young and we didn't really know what questions to ask."
"I used to wear Mom's billed cap to school," Dick laughed. "The hat was shaped differently than the officers' caps and the principal once said to me, 'isn't that a woman's hat?' and I said, 'no, it's a pilot's hat.' That's what I pretended it was."
Both Bell brothers brought memorabilia to add to the collection, including letters between their parents and close family friends who served with them at the evacuation hospital. The items will remain with the historical collection along with the dress.

"I don't know if maybe Mother donated it or a brother. I didn't know where the dress was," Dick Bell said. "I'm just glad it's here where it will be taken care of rather than being stuck in a box in the back of a closet."