Grace Kelly beats Kate Middleton to be named the most stylish bride of all time
PRINCESS GRACE has topped a poll of wedding dresses that includes the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Diana, Katie Holmes and Elizabeth Taylor
With top designers on hand and money no object, it's no wonder some of the most beautiful women of the last century looked stunning on their big days.
Now Conde Nast Brides magazine has compiled a list of the ultimate wedding gowns which definitely runs to the classic. Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, Jacqueline Kennedy and Priscilla Presley all feature.
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And Grace Kelly beat Kate Middleton - whose stunning Alexander McQueen gown was inspired by Princess Grace's own dress - to second place to claim the number one spot as the most stylish bride of all time.
Here's the full list of the 10 most stylish brides...
1. GRACE KELLY
When the cool blonde actress ran off to Europe to marry a real prince (Rainier of Monaco), with a lavish 1956 wedding she became an international icon of style and beauty who managed to straddle the glamorous worlds of both Hollywood and royalty.
2. KATE MIDDLETON
Kate Middleton surprised and delighted style-watchers when she walked down the aisle at Westminster Abbey to marry Prince William on April 29, 2011 in a stunning a white gown with sweetheart neckline under high-necked and long-sleeved lace.
Reminiscent of Princess Grace's dress, the now iconic outfit was designed by Sarah Burton, creative director of the Alexander McQueen label.
3. ELIZABETH TAYLOR
The eight-times married actress Elizabeth Taylor made the list twice, once for her 1950 wedding to her first husband, hotel heir Conrad Hilton, when she was just 18.
She came in at number 15 for her hooded plunging dress for her 1957 "I do's" with husband number three, Mike Todd.
4. PRISCILLA PRESLEY
Priscilla Wagner married Elvis Presley in a speedy Las Vegas ceremony in 1967, eight years after meeting him as a 14-year-old in Germany.
In her autobiography, Elvis And Me, Priscilla wrote about finding the right dress in a small boutique in LA. "It wasn’t extravagant, it wasn’t extreme - it was simple and to me beautiful.”
The gown had an A-line silhouette with a small train, full-length sleeves and neckline all worn with her huge backcomed hair dyed black to match her new husband's.
5. MIA FARROW
The improbable marriage between 21-year-old Mia and Frank Sinatra, 50, may have only lasted for two years but the young actress already had impeccable taste in clothes.
With her trademark gamine crop, she wore a knee-length dress with a short, boxy matching jacket to marry the singer she met on the set of Von Ryan's Express.
6. PRINCESS ANNE
In 1973, Princess Anne married Captain Mark Phillips at Westminster Abbey in an event that was televised around the world.
The dress, a high-necked, bell-sleeved Medieval-inspired gown was designed by Maureen Baker, who was chief designer for the ready-to-wear label Susan Small. With its simple, sleek silhouette it was clearly a dress of its time - the early Seventies - and Anne was said to have been involved in its design.
She wore her hair in its trademark, swept-back up-do.
7. QUEEN ELIZABETH II
When the Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh on November 20, 1947, in Westminster Abbey, during post-war rationing the royal was given hundreds of clothing coupons from brides-to-be from around the country to buy the material for her dress.
Designed by Norman Hartnell, the white duchesse satin gown, with a high neckline, tailored bodice and long sleeves had a "fit and flare" silhouette. It was decorated with crystals and 10,000 seed pearls, imported from the US.
8. KATIE HOLMES
The actress married Tom Cruise in a celebrity-packed Italian ceremony in 2006. The bride wore a custom off-the-shoulder, slim-fitted Armani gown with an ivory silk train with Valenciennes lace and Swarovski embroidery.
9. BIANCA JAGGER
Nicaraguan-born Bianca Perez Mora Macias met Micke Jagger after a Rolling Stones concert in France in September 1970.
Eight months later - and pregnant with daughter Jade - the beauty married Mick at the St Tropez town hall in a white skirt suit without anything under her jacket.
10. JACQUELINE KENNEDY
Jacqueline Bouvier was just 24 when she made her first appearance as one of America's style icons - as she walked down the aisle in a Rhode Island church to her 36-year-old husband-to-be Johh Kennedy in 1953.
The full-skirted wedding gown, created by Ann Lowe, was made from 49 feet of ivory silk taffeta. The lace veil had been worn by her grandmother at her own wedding. Jackie wore a tiara made of lace and decorated with orange blossoms and she carried a bouquet of white an pink gardenias and orchids.
As usual, Jackie's jewellery was understated - a strand of pearls from her family, a diamond leaf broach from her parents and a diamond bracelet given to her the previous day by JFK himself.