The all-time best bridal dress inspiration from the runway
Versace Atelier haute couture autumn/winter ’95/’96.
Couture’s fantasy gowns never fail to clean up in the dreamiest bridalwear category. With the celebrated matrimonial closing-look slot, designers have unleashed some of fashion’s most memorable catwalk moments. Take Kate Moss’s turn as the Versace Atelier haute couture bride for the house’s autumn/winter ’95/’96 show (above). The dress? A crystal-encrusted mini shift paired with hoop earrings, floor length veil and vertiginous boots. Who, also, could forget Linda Evangelista as the couture bride for Chanel’s autumn/winter ’03/’04 show (below): a moodboard-worthy look for anyone who’s ever dreamt of getting married in a decorative lace cap.
Other equally show-stopping moments have taken a more pared-back, but no less dramatic, approach. At Valentino’s spring 2013 couture show, for example, the regal simplicity of a high-neck cape dress (worn by Australian model Julia Nobis) ruled the day.
On the ready-to-wear runways, the all-white petticoat dresses hewn by London-based designer Simone Rocha are the stuff of modern fairy tales, while Anthony Vaccarello’s vampish Yves Saint Laurent minidress (spring/summer 2018) continues to inspire a more playful approach. ’s edit of the ultimate bridal dresses from the catwalk starts here:
Alexander McQueen ready-to-wear spring/summer 2007.
Chanel haute couture spring 2004.
Elie Saab haute couture spring 2013.
Givenchy haute couture autumn/winter ’18/’19.
Giambattista Valli haute couture spring 2019.
Giambattista Valli haute couture autumn/winter ’17/’18.
Valentino haute couture spring 2017.
Valentino haute couture spring 2013.
Valentino haute couture spring 2018.
Yves Saint Laurent ready-to-wear spring/summer 2018.
Christian Dior ready-to-wear spring/summer 2017.
Christian Dior haute couture spring 2013.
Christian Dior haute couture spring 2019.
Christian Dior haute couture spring 2011.
Calvin Klein ready-to-wear spring/summer 2016.
Calvin Klein ready-to-wear spring/summer 2013.
Simone Rocha ready-to-wear spring/summer 2018.
Simone Rocha ready-to-wear spring/summer 2017.
Christopher Kane ready-to-wear spring/summer 2013.
Oscar de la Renta ready-to-wear spring/summer 2006.
Oscar de la Renta ready-to-wear spring/summer 2017.
Oscar de la Renta ready-to-wear spring/summer 2019.
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Alberta Ferretti ready-to-wear spring/summer 2019.
Jean Paul Gaultier ready-to-wear autumn/winter ’06/’07.
Alexander McQueen ready-to-wear autumn/winter ’06/’07.
Alexander McQueen ready-to-wear spring/summer 2006. Image credit: Getty Images
Alexander McQueen ready-to-wear autumn/winter ’06/’07.
Alexander McQueen ready-to-wear autumn/winter ’11/’12.
Alexander McQueen ready-to-wear autumn/winter ’11/’12.
Alexander McQueen ready-to-wear autumn/winter ’14/’15.