Kate Middleton married Prince William at Westminster Abbey on April 29 2011 in a custom gown designed by Alexander McQueen creative director Sarah Burton - also inspired by Grace Kelly's creation.
Keira Knightley married Klaxons musician James Righton in the South of France, wearing a Chanel couture spring/summer 2006 pale grey tulle, dress that she had worn before.
Inspired by the iconic gown worn by Grace Kelly at her 1956 wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco, the Miranda Kerr's Haute Couture Dior gown for her wedding to Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel in LA was designed by Dior creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri. more
The wedding dress of Grace Kelly to Prince Rainer II of Monaco was designed by MGM's Helen Rose. It was considered lace masterpiece that elevated wedding design and many consider it the inspiration for Kate Middleton's Alexander McQueen wedding dress.more
We couldn't have an iconic gown list without including Diana. The Princess of Wales, wore a dress designed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel for her July 1981 wedding to Prince Charles. The gown's 25-foot train is the longest in royal wedding history. more
Kate Moss married Jamie Hince in a Custom-Made John Galliano gown at St Peter's parish church in Southrop in July 2011.
Wallis Simpson, the American divorcee and one of the most polarising figures in British history, wore a pale blue Mainbocher dress for her wedding to Prince Edward. Simple but luxurious, this dress became one of the most copied dresses of that generation.more
Elizabeth Taylor's (first) wedding dress was made by MGM's couturier Helen Rose using stunning lace, pearls and delicate ivory satin and was designed to show off Taylor's twenty-inch waist! It sold at auction for just under 200,000 in 2013.more
Angela Landsbury wore an elaborate lace gown for her wedding to Peter Shaw in 1949
Hepburn's Pierre Balmain wedding dress was a simplistic and structured tea-length dress that accentuated the actress's tiny waist. Complemented with a floral headband, Hepburn looked flawless.
Jackie Kennedy-Onassis was one of the greatest style icons of the last century and her wedding dresses were equally fabulous. The silk taffeta gown designed by Ann Lowe for her marriage to John F. Kennedy was one of the most-sought after designs and her Valentino beige lace-overlay dress for her second marriage to Greek shipping magnet Aristotle Onassis was the Italian fashion house's most successful piece of couture.more
Mia Farrow's dress for her marriage to Frank Sinatra was the perfect '60s antithesis to the traditional ballgown. Modern and fun, she looked simply beautiful with her pixie cut.
Natalie Wood of 'West Side Story' fame married Robert Wagner in 1957 in a beautiful tea-length dress with a intricate hooded lace bolero.
Queen Elizabeth II was just 21 when she married Prince Phillip in November 1946. She famously saved up ration cards to purchase the material needed for the gown.
Princess Margaret wore a white silk gown by Norman Hartnell when she married Antony Armstrong Jones in 1960.
With Kate Middleton and Prince William celebrating 10 years of marriage, attention has been focused once again on her Alexander McQueen/Sarah Burton wedding gown. Her ivory dress featured a 2.7m train, a satin bodice and hand-cut Chantilly lace sleeves. A traditional form of lace – Carrickmacross – was used in the making of the gown to represent “something old”, derived from the saying that is said to bring brides good luck on their wedding day.
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Iconic gowns have stayed iconic because they have elevated bridal design to new heights, inspired trends and each dress, the epitome of grace and elegance, was wearable and contemporary. Royal weddings have provided many of the most memorial bridal moments – who can’t picture Princess Diana (whose own creation will go on exhibit in Kensington Palace this summer) or Grace Kelly in their gowns? – but equally, many a celebrity gown has proven just as popular, from Keira Knightley’s Chanel tulle to Kate Moss’ ethereal John Galliano number.