Celebrity weddings are one of the truly great highlights to living in the spotlight. From the flowers to the guest list to the location, the bridal party to the reception to the honeymoon, we love to pore over every detail of a wedding between two beloved celebrities. How can you resist? The level of extravagance and glamor cannot be ignored.
But our favorite part of celebrity weddings is the dresses. It seems that, much like snowflakes, no two celebrity wedding dresses are the same, nor are they styled the same. Some celebrity brides go super-dramatic, like Princess Diana did in 1981, while others go chic and romantic, like Kim Kardashian West did at her Italian wedding in 2014, and others choose to break with tradition and go for something unexpected, like Jada Pinkett Smith did with her velvety wedding dress in 1997.
There have been plenty of iconic celebrity wedding looks over the years, but the following looks are among our all-time favorites. Keep clicking to see who made the list.
Kourtney Kardashian
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Diana, Princess of Wales
Image Credit: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images. Diana's 1981 wedding dress remains one of the most iconic celebrity wedding dresses of all time and the definition of high drama, with an obscenely long veil, voluminous sleeves and billowing, multilayered skirt.
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Image Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty Images. In 2011, Catherine stunned the world with her beautiful wedding dress with lacy sleeves, a slightly plunging neckline and dramatic lace veil flowing over her brown hair, held in place by a blinding diamond tiara.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Image Credit: Getty Images. Taylor's 1950 wedding dress for her wedding to Conrad Hilton Jr. was a sumptuous, classic white wedding gown, all silky and sweet.
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Marilyn Monroe
Image Credit: Getty Images. Monroe kept her wedding day look simple when she got married in a quiet ceremony to baseball star Joe DiMaggio: a black jacket with white fur trim and black skirt to go with it.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Image Credit: Charles McCormick/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. On her wedding day in 1953, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' wedding dress was an ultra-chic shoulder-bearing number with a wide skirt and a long veil.
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Grace Kelly
Image Credit: Getty Images. Grace Kelly's wedding to Prince Rainier was a stunning affair in 1956, with Kelly's dress designed by MGM's Helen Rose. The dress featured a high neck, lace-embroidered bodice and dramatic white silk skirt.
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Ingrid Bergman
Image Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Ingrid Bergman looked positively dreamy on her wedding day in 1937, wearing an intricately woven cap with veil and fitted wedding dress with a capelet on top.
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Debbie Reynolds
Image Credit: Weegee(Arthur Fellig)/International Center of Photography/Getty Images. Debbie Reynolds kept it romantic for her 1955 wedding to Eddie Fisher, with lace-trimmed, strappy sleeves and an intricate headband with a veil.
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Natalie Wood
Image Credit: Jack Albin/Getty Images. Natalie Wood's wedding look for her 1957 wedding to actor Robert Wagner was whimsical, with a lace hood and a cocktail-length white dress.
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Audrey Hepburn
Image Credit: Ernst Haas/Ernst Haas/Getty Images. Hepburn's wedding dress for her 1954 wedding to actor Mel Ferrer was undeniably chic, with puffy sleeves that got more fitted at the forearm, a fitted bodice, puffy white skirt and a flower crown.
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Jada Pinkett Smith
Image Credit: mysterybride/Twitter. Pinkett Smith added her own style to her wedding day in 1997, opting for a conservatively cut yet still flashy velvet dress that featured long sleeves and a mock turtleneck.
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Victoria Beckham
Image Credit: SpiceGirlsNet/Twitter. Beckham's wedding dress may be a bit dated now, but it was very in fashion when she got married in 1999. Designed by Vera Wang, the dress was a no-frills, silky strapless dress complete with a gold tiara.
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Kim Kardashian West
Image Credit: MirrorCeleb/Twitter. Kardashian West's dress for her romantic Italian wedding to Kanye West fit the setting perfectly. Designed by Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy, the dress featured lots of lace detailing, a trompe-l'oeil effect in the bodice that visually cinched Kardashian West's waist and long, lacy white sleeves.
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Julianne Moore
Image Credit: James Devaney/WireImage/Getty Images. Moore bucked tradition for one of the two dresses she wore for her wedding to Bart Freundlich in 2003, opting for a lavender floor-length column dress during the second half of her wedding day.
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Elizabeth Taylor (Again!)
Image Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Elizabeth Taylor's 1964 wedding to Richard Burton was a colorful affair, with Taylor sporting a dramatic updo wrapped in a flower crown and a gauzy yellow dress.
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Salma Hayek
Image Credit: Alexia_Designs/Twitter. Hayek may have had a quiet ceremony in Paris in 2009, but her dress was very lavish. Designed by Balenciaga's Nicolas Ghesquière, the dress Hayek wore was strappy and low cut with diamond details on the bodice.
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Nicole Kidman
Image Credit: JLoverGrande/Twitter. In 2006, Nicole Kidman's wedding dress was absolutely perfect for her romantic day. Designed by Balenciaga designer Nicolas Ghesquière, the dress featured vintage details like lace-trimmed sleeves and a high ruffled neck paired with a flowing veil.
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Jenna Bush Hager
Image Credit: Shealah Craighead/The White House via FilmMagic/Getty Images. Jenna Bush Hager's wedding dress was perfect for the Texas setting. Simple yet modern, the dress was form-fitting with lace overlaid on a white mermaid-style gown.
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Rita Wilson
Image Credit: Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage/Getty Images. Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks were snapped on their wedding day in 1988 heading from the church to the reception, revealing Wilson's unconventional and daring dress: a mini-skirted sleeveless dress.
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Chelsea Clinton
Image Credit: Getty Images. Chelsea Clinton's wedding in 2010 was made all the more magical by her dress — designed by Vera Wang — which featured a romantically voluminous veil and a belt of jewels cinching her waist.
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Natalie Wood (Again!)
Image Credit: Getty Images. For her wedding to Richard Gregson, Wood opted for something a bit more colorful: a yellow dress and yellow ribbon headband complete with a bouquet of yellow flowers and, in the Russian tradition, a sheaf of wheat.
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Michelle Obama
Image Credit: fashiontweets/Twitter. Michelle Obama's wedding day look was so 1992, with an off-the-shoulder sleeve, kitten heels and cute wedding dress.
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Serena Williams
Image Credit: diorcouturepoor/Twitter. Serena Williams went all out with her regal wedding design by Alexander McQueen, which featured a lacy cape that descended into a long train and a flouncy, flowing dress.
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Alicia Keys
Image Credit: Philip Ramey/Corbis via Getty Images. When she married Swizz Beatz in Corsica in 2010, Alicia Keys chose a simple one-shoulder white gown with a keyhole detail and a tiara of jewels laid over hair pulled into a bun.
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Chrissy Teigen
Image Credit: Charisma/Twitter. Chrissy Teigen was very on-brand with an over-the-top dress that was all about the layers of tulle and a short, strapless, form-fitting bodice.
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Maria Shriver
Image Credit: Peter Carrette Archive/Getty Images. Shriver's wedding look for her 1986 wedding to Arnold Schwarzenegger was very voluminous and completed with loose curls and a long veil.
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Caroline Kennedy
Image Credit: Getty Images. Caroline Kennedy's wedding dress was fairly simple for 1986, with simple three-quarter sleeves, a form-fitting bodice and a voluminous skirt.
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Angelina Jolie
Image Credit: ThatOneGoodVibe/Twitter. Angelina Jolie's dress for her wedding to Brad Pitt in August 2016 was a surprise, as it featured personal touches with reprinted drawings done by all their children.
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Amal Clooney
Image Credit: melaniebromley/Twitter. Shots of Clooney's Oscar de la Renta dress could be seen in highly stylized portraits for Vogue ahead of her wedding day in September 2014.
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
Image Credit: Ben Stansall - WPA Pool/Getty Images. Meghan shirked expectations on her wedding day in May 2018 when she wore a simple design by British designer Clare Waight Keller.
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