Iconic Brides # 36 – Sarah Michelle Gellar

[Images unavailable]Sarah Michelle Gellar was yet another celebrity bride who opted to wear a Vera Wang dress when she married Freddie Prinze Jr. in 2002. The couple flew to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, along with a handful of guests, and spent three days relaxing in the sun before marrying at a private hilltop estate with a pool encircling the house. The ceremony was supposed to take place out of doors, but had to be moved inside due to bad weather: it doesn’t look like it damped Sarah Michelle’s spirits, though: the actress is literally glowing with happiness in the wedding pictures which were released!

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Iconic Brides # 35 – Debra Messing

Santa Barbara was the location for actress Debra Messing’s wedding to screenwriter Daniel Zelman, on December 3, 2000. The bride wore a strapless creation by Vera Wang to the outdoor ceremony, which took place on a private estate, with the Pacific Ocean as a backdrop, while the groom wore Hugo Boss, and gave his new wife a 100 year old sapphire ring as a wedding present – lucky Debra!

The 150 guests included Debra’s Will and Grace co-stars and the honeymoon took place at Santa Barbara’s Bacara Resort.

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Iconic Brides # 34 – Tori Spelling

They’ve rarely been out of the spotlight since their wedding, thanks to a reality TV show and much-publicised pregnancy, but the path to true love didn’t exactly run smoothly for Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott – in fact, Tori’s divorce from first husband, Charlie Shanian, was only finalised a month before the wedding. The marriage ceremony took place on a Fiji beach, with Tori in a custom-made Badgley Mischka dress. The groom also wore white and both went barefoot for the very private ceremony, with no guests in attendance. At least they didn’t have to travel for their honeymoon, though – the newly married couple remained on Fiji for another nine days to celebrate the marriage.

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Iconic Brides # 33 – Natalie Imbruglia

Natalie Imbruglia looks good in most things, but in a Monique Lhuillier gown and Jimmy Choo shoes, I’d imagine she must have looked absolutely stunning. I say “imagine” because pictures of Natalie’s Silverchair singer Daniel Johns are few and far between, with this lovely image of the couple one of the few to be released. They married in secret at Thala Beach Lodge in Port Douglas, Australia, with the bride walking down the aisle to the strains of a live orchestra playing music especially composed for the ceremony.

While the bride wore a traditional gown, the groom went for a pale blue suit. Guests are believed to have included Kylie Minogue, Guy Pearce and Richard Branson.

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Iconic Brides # 32 – Eva Longoria

Desperate Housewives’ Eva Longoria counts as an iconic bride, not just for the day of her wedding itself, but for the entire week that preceded it, during which Eva, and her then-fiance, Tony Parker, flitted around France in a succession of ever-more glamorous outfits.

This photo was taken at Eva and Tony’s first ceremony, on July 6th, 2007, at City Hall in Paris. She wore a short pink Chanel dress and towering high heels, which were replaced with a long, Angel Sanchez gown for her second ceremony, which took place the next day, at a 17th century chateaux outside the city (see a picture here). All of her Desperate Housewives co-stars were in attendance, as were a smattering of other A-listers, including Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones.

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Iconic Brides # 31 – Trudie Styler

Lots of brides choose to arrive at their wedding ceremony in a horse-drawn carriage, but when Trudie Styler married Sting in 1992, Trudie decided to dispense with the carriage altogether and just stick to the horse. With her $40,000 Versace gown trailing almost the ground, she made an iconic bride indeed as she arrived – with her groom – at the 11th century chapel in Wiltshire, England, where the ceremony took place.

Afterwards, the newly-married couple retired, with their 250 guests, to their Elizabethan mansion house, where music was provided by Sting’s band, The Police, who reformed especially for the occasion – awww!

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Iconic Brides # 30 – Christina Aguilera

When Christina Aguilera married Jordan Bratman on November 19th, 2005, it came as no surprise to any of her fans to see that the usually flamboyant singer went for an equally flamboyant dress – in fact, the ruffled Christian Lacroix creation takes up most of the wedding pictures!

The couple married at sunset, in a vineyard in California’s Nappa Valley, with bridesmaid’s dresses designed by Stevie Wonder’s wife, Kai Milia. Instead of wedding gifts, they asked guests to donate to the relief funds for Hurricane Katrina and Rita, and are rumoured to be expecting their first child, although they’ve steadfastly refused to confirm it!

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Iconic Brides # 29 – Katie Price

Some brides are iconic, not so much for the elegance of their wedding, but for the sheer, over-the-top drama of it. Once such bride was Katie Price, aka glamour model Jordan, who married Peter Andre on 10th September 2005, at Highclere Castle in Berkshire.

Wearing a huge pink dress with Swarovski crystal detailing on the bodice, and a sparking tiara, Katie looked a little like a Barbie doll as she married her groom, who wore a white suit. Both outfits were designed by Isabell Kristensen. She had eight bridesmaids and walked down the aisle to a gospel choir’s rendition of Whitney Houston’s ‘I Have Nothing’. The couple are still married, and have two children of their own, plus Katie’s son Harvey, from a previous relationship.

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