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11 Dream Movie Wedding Looks From Vogue’s Beauty-Obsessed Editors Inline

May 12, 2016

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“Claudette Colbert with her big dark eyes and her Marcel wave in the closing scene of It Happened One Night—the ultimate Art Deco bride!” —Lynn Yaeger, Vogue Contributing Editor
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“When I saw Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo & Juliet in sophomore-year English class, I thought Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey were the most gorgeous creatures I’d ever seen. I still do. Those huge pale eyes! And her dark, center-parted hair!” —Nicole Phelps, Director, Replica Handbag Store Runway

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“In L’Atalante, the young marrieds head from the church to a boat and they sail away. Will there be a happy ending? You have to watch the movie to discover their journey, but the
beginning—with the pert, young bride (Dita Parlo) dressed in white, with her upturned nose and halo of hair—is out of a fairy tale.” —Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue.com Archive Editor
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“I want Charlotte Rampling’s look as Miss Havisham in Great Expectations. If you’re going to wear one thing every day for the rest of your life, it better be bejeweled, lace covered, and come complete with a gilded crown.” —Janelle Okwodu, Vogue.com Fashion News Writer
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“Brigitte Bardot in . . . And God Created Woman! Modern, insouciant, and very, very French. Even in a buttoned-up-to-the-neck lace dress, the crazy, beautiful sex appeal of her brushed waves and subversive little white veil cannot be contained!”
—Catherine Piercy, Vogue.com Beauty Director

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“I can’t remember too many male wedding moments that stood out in film, but I did like Brad Pitt’s casual yet cool look in Mr. & Mrs. Smith. It was clean and classic, and the ceremony was at City Hall. Let’s keep it simple and elegant.” —Edward Barsamian, Vogue.com Style Editor
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“Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story, when she weds Cary Grant’s character. I love her minimal makeup and fun curly hair, perfectly pinned back behind her ears.” —Brooke Danielson, Vogue.com Accessories Editor
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“Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face: A bold red lip, strong brows, and slicked-back hair. Superclean.” —Monica Kim, Vogue.com Beauty Writer

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“I love Katharine Ross’s eyelashes and eyeliner in The Graduate. Her hair is pretty great, too—it’s half up and half down, with just a little bit of body. She’s the quintessential fresh-faced bride.”
—Alexandra Macon, Vogue.com Managing Editor
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Gwyneth Paltrow in Emma looks like baby’s breath incarnate. A rosy, flushed glow and a halo of frizzy curls, speckled with the aforementioned flower, is the perfect Jane Austen bride come to life—so romantic.”—Alexandra Gurvitch, Vogue.com Photo Researcher
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“I’ve never really been wooed by wedding looks in the movies—sometimes too stiff, sometimes cartoonishly bohemian—but I do have a soft spot for Maria’s wedding look in West Side Story, because it’s so impromptu; she just puts a veil over her fresh daytime makeup and clean half-up ’do and exchanges vows alone with Tony—she looks authentically like herself, only better, the glow of a woman in love.” —Mackenzie Wagoner, Vogue.com Senior Beauty Writer