Grace Kelly has best wedding dress of all time
Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier Wedding Video

I think you can say I still haven’t had enough of how beautifully elegant Grace Kelly looked on her big day because, here I am, talking about it yet again.

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This certainly gives us a better look at the elegant wedding dress that makes me want to get married all over again but this time, in it.

The Grace Kelly wedding dress was on display in an art museum in Philadelphia when this photo was taken. And if you visit the thread, a comment shared a few bits about the wedding dress which I also want to share with you.

According to Flickr user angelina_thera, the wedding dress was made by costume designer Helen Rose who also worked for movie studios in the US. According to wikipedia, the wedding dress was worked on for six weeks by three dozen seamstresses. Also, the veil was made by nuns from some European convent. Though, I can’t seem to find anything to support the last bit. I did, however, found more details about Grace Kelly’s wedding dress:

The wedding gown was made from antique Valenciennes rose point lace, twenty-five yards of silk taffeta and ninety eight yards of tulle. Her veil was covered with appliquéd lace lovebirds and thousands of seed pearls. (Source)

Again, if you ladies feel like taking on a vintage wedding theme and would want something elegant enough that it’s fit for royalty, sit up and take notes!

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9th April 1953: The bride and groom Princess Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium and Prince Jean of Luxembourg walking down the aisle of Luxembourg’s 13th century cathedral after their marriage ceremony.

Get inspired by this lovely wedding gown of Princess Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium. Lovely, lovely fairy tale type of wedding gown.

I wonder if she wore a petticoat for this. I think she did!

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Vintage wedding dresses are the ‘in thing’ at the moment but here’s one thing you can do if you want to go ‘truly vintage’ — rather than buying a faux vintage wedding gown, why not dig up your mother (or even your grandmother’s!) wedding gown.

There are many ways you can incorporate your mother’s (or auntie’s or nana’s) wedding gown into your own wedding dress.

Wendy Davidson has some great sources of tips to recycling or re-using second-hand wedding gowns!

Most earth-friendly guru’s will agree that when it comes to green living one of the very best ways to do it is to recycle, recycle and recycle. You wouldn’t think this could be applicable to a wedding dress, no matter how special an old gown might be. All the best will in the world might not be able to do something with your mother’s 1960’s wedding dress, or even the Flapper gown your great-grandmother wore.

Time can ravage fabrics and render them absolutely useless. But, rather than sighing regretfully and then putting that special family dress aside, take it to someone who specialises in restoring old gowns. In England, that someone is Heirloom Couture.

Even if the dress seems to be beyond repair, Heirloom Couture will take key components and details from the gown you bring them and make something new from them. It doesn’t, of course, have to be a family heirloom. Any vintage dress you take to them can have new life breathed into it.

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To give in to all things vintage for today, what about this vintage inspired wedding gown designed by Maggie Sottero?

Product Description:

One-piece, lace over satin, slim A-line, corset back gown with short cap-sleeves. The bodice is accented with an illusion lace insert panel highlighted with scalloped lace. A satin sash accents the empire waistline and wraps to the corset back finishing the gown with cascading streamers. Longer lengths are not offered on this gown. Please note that petite lengths require longer delivery times than regular length. Call to order custom petite lengths of up to 8 inches shorter in front. Shown in Diamond White over Light Gold.

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If you are having a vintage wedding theme or into anything vintage then the best source of inspiration for an elegant wedding gown is that of Grace Kelly of Monaco. Isn’t her gown just lovely and the design timeless?

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For the month of July 2008, below are our top 5:

5th: Black and White Wedding Gown

4th: Wedding Theme Idea: Pink and Green Polka Dots

3rd: Vintage Wedding Dress

2nd: Vintage Wedding Dresses are back

and our most popular post for the month of July is…..drum roll please!

1st: Unusual wedding cake topper

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Are you having a vintage wedding theme or simply in love with the vintage fashion? If so, you’d fall in love wit Jacqueline Kenney’s wedding dress. The dress she wore when she married (obviously) John F. Kennedy.

It must have been a magical moment for the two of them getting married. So sad that their fairy tale life had to end so tragically.

Sigh.

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Surfing the web and found this lovely vintage wedding dress — ‘Elise’ from Sassi Holford.

Bridalwave says

There is a vintage look to this dress with the frail lace, long sweeping skirt and lacy cap sleeves. I would have pegged the era as twenties-ish but the long skirt draws it away from the flapper style and right in to the 21st century. The dress is mostly made from satin with all-over lace appliques and a very pretty champagne coloured ribbon belt which you can just see on the waist.

Do you like it?

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1950′S Lace Tiers Princess Dress from Posh Girl Vintage

This is such a stunning & hard to find vintage 50’s wedding or prom gown! It’s tea length with tons of delicate floral lace & a fitted bodice. It has a metal zipper in the back & the skirt has 3 layers. The bottom layer is a rayon acetate then a tulle crinoline and the top layer of 4 tiers of lace. The top of the bodice is sprinkled with pearls. Our favorite dress hands down!

Cost: $545

1940′S Lace Halter Party/Wedding Dress from Posh Girl Vintage

This is such an amazing & rare vintage 40’s wedding dress or party gown. The halter styling is just so cute. The bust is white tulle & white sequins sprinkled across the top. The lace is a cream color with 2 layers of white tulle at the bottom & underneath. The dress is lined with a cream rayon/acetate taffeta fabric. The bodice is boned and the dress has a metal zipper on one side. Just stunning!

1950′S Lace Tiers Strapless Dress from Posh Girl Vintage

The prettiest vintage clothing, vintage dresses, lingerie for sale on the net! Here’s another wonderful frilly lace vintage late 40’s early 50’s prom or wedding dress with tons of lace tiers & tulle. There is a metal zipper on one side, the bodice is boned, & the skirt is very full.

You can find all these beautiful vintage bridal gowns at PoshGirlVintage.com, where they sell vintage clothing, wedding dresses and much more. Check it out!

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