The Very Best TV And Movie Wedding Dresses Of All Time
I'm definitely Meghan Markle in 'Suits,' just sayin'.
Weddings are all about fairy-tale endings and love and compromising on your future in-laws' ridiculously long list of requests (no oysters during cocktail hour?! But I love oysters during cocktail hour?!). Let's take a beat from all that noise and turn to pop culture, a place where extravagant nuptials come with no price tag and designer dresses are always accessible. It’s nice here. Behold: The most iconic wedding gowns from your favorite TV shows and movies.
‘Sex and the City’
Has anyone recovered from the Vivienne Westwood wedding dress Carrie Bradshaw wore in the 2008 Sex and the City movie? Obviously, the dress caused, er, complications for her and Big, but TBH, I’d choose this dress over Big any day.
‘Sex and the City’
Miranda Hobbes always did things her own way (see: getting adult braces and eating cake from the trash), and her wedding to Steve was no exception. She opted for a velvet outfit and a bouquet of leaves. You do you, boo!
‘Sex and the City’
When Charlotte York married Harry Goldenblatt (you know, the guy she met during her divorce proceedings), she wore this very true-to-her-character dress: classy, not too revealing, and super stylish.
‘Suits’
When you think of Meghan Markle in a wedding gown, it’s probably the off-the-shoulder bespoke Givenchy gown that she wore to wed Prince Harry in 2018. However, her character on Suits, Rachel Zane, wore a sleeveless V-neck in her (season 7) wedding to onscreen love Mike Ross.
‘How I Met Your Mother’
Whether or not Robin choosing Barney over Ted (at least mid-series) was the right move is debatable, but one thing she certainly did right was this Monique Lhuillier dress. So pretty!
‘Mamma Mia!’
Ugh, doesn’t this dress (and this ensemble cast) just make you want to run away to a Greek island for the summer?
‘Friends’
Has there ever been a more iconic television moment than Monica Geller, Rachel Green, and Phoebe Buffay lounging around in wedding dresses they bought just for the sake of it? No, I think not.
‘Friends’
Let’s also not forgot the dress Rachel wore in the Friends pilot, when we meet her after she runs away from her wedding to orthodontist Barry Farber. Please note the fab crown/veil situation here.
‘Friends’
Okay, I promise I’ll stop after this, but I feel like we also need to take a moment to appreciate the simple white dress and long veil Monica wore to marry Chandler Bing in season 7.
‘Runaway Bride’
Maggie’s dress in Runaway Bride was just big and pretty enough to distract wedding goers from noticing that she’s probably wearing sneakers underneath that skirt. Hey, when a girl’s gotta dash, a girl’s gotta dash.
‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’
You were probably too distracted by the Portokalos family’s antics to notice Toula’s (Nia Vardalos) wedding dress. The V-neck and the detailing were pure gold.
‘Funny Face’
Audrey Hepburn had many iconic movie looks, including this short satin-and-tulle Givenchy wedding dress. So. Freakin’. Chic.
‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’
I get that we’re all supposed to root for Julia Roberts in this movie, but TBH, Cameron Diaz’s fun, structural gown kinda had me hoping she’d end up with the dream guy....
‘The Office’
After watching them flirt from their desks basically every single episode, Pam Beesley and Jim Halpert—the whole world’s fave TV couple—finally got hitched in season 6.
‘Father of the Bride’ (1950)
Elizabeth Taylor’s wedding dress did not disappoint in the 1950 movie Father of the Bride. That combo of silk, buttons, collar, and lace is everything you could want in a fictional wedding dress.
‘27 Dresses’
When Katherine Heigl’s character, Jane, finally gets her turn to walk down the aisle (and let’s not dwell on the gender politics of this movie, because, well, they suck), she opts for this understated and elegant gown. Magnifique!
'27 Dresses'
Remember this horrific scene where Jane realized her selfish younger sister cut up their late mother's wedding dress?! Awful. But is it bad that I was super distracted by her new dress the whole time? Don't @ me...
‘The Notebook’
You might not have noticed Allie’s (played by Rachel McAdams) wedding dress ’cause you were too busy crying throughout the movie, but here it is, and yeah, it’s some good vintage!
‘Downton Abbey’
And speaking of fab wedding gowns from an earlier era, Rose’s beaded and silk tulle dress in Downton Abbey is all kinds of gorgeous.
‘Romeo + Juliet’
A dress that needs no introduction: The one worn by Claire Danes in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet. Such a shame about how that marriage ended though.
Alanna Greco is the weekend editor at Cosmopolitan.com and a freelance writer based in New York. Her writing focuses on anything/everything pertaining to women, from sex and relationships to pop culture and health. She has two cats that she’s still trying to get to like her.
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