9 times celebrities have talked about what it was really like to wear their daring wedding dresses

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Hailey Bieber said she wanted her "back to be showing" through her wedding dress.Karwai Tang/Getty Images
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  • Some stars have worn daring gowns with see-through details and bold colors on their wedding days.

  • Celebrities have also revealed what it was actually like to wear their standout gowns.

  • Emily Ratajkowski, for example, said she didn't wear white because she's "not a pure woman."

Hailey Bieber said she always knew she wanted her "back to be showing" through her wedding dress.

Hailey Bieber on her wedding day in a custom Off-White gown.
Hailey Bieber on her wedding day in a custom Off-White gown.Hailey Bieber/Instagram

Speaking with Vogue during her last dress fitting, Bieber also said she knew "from day one" that she wanted late designer Virgil Abloh to create the gown she'd wear at her wedding.

"I didn't want somebody who was a wedding-dress designer," she told the publication. "I just feel like my style and my street style is such a part of who I am."

Bieber went on to say that she was "specific" on the sleeve design, which extended over her hands, and the gown's corsetted silhouette.

"I feel good. I feel beautiful," she said while wearing the dress.

Bieber wore two additional dresses on her wedding day, both of which were daring.

Emily Ratajkowski told Vanity Fair that she didn't wear white on her wedding day because she's "not a pure woman."

Emily Ratajkowski wore a mustard suit from Zara for her wedding day.
Emily Ratajkowski on her wedding day in a mustard-color suit from Zara.@seraroses/Instagram

"I never loved the idea of white for a wedding because I'm not a pure woman," Ratajkowski told Vanity Fair. "I'm a woman with a lot of character and experience and life."

She said she wanted to wear red, but later found a mustard-yellow suit and "just knew that it was the one."

"I also just love the idea of a suit, especially at City Hall, because it's like you're taking care of business," she said.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas wore a 75-foot wedding veil that stole the show on her big day — and that's exactly what she wanted.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas on her wedding day in a custom Ralph Lauren gown.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas on her wedding day in a custom Ralph Lauren gown.Priyanka Chopra Jonas/Instagram

Not only did the actor's dress take 1,826 hours to make, according to People, but it also involved a 75-foot veil, hand embroidery, and 2,380,000 mother-of-pearl sequins.

"When we went in for the sketch presentation, they created exactly what I envisioned for myself on my wedding day… and I said, 'Yes' to the dress," Chopra Jonas told People.

Behati Prinsloo revealed her daring wedding dress years after getting married.

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Behati Prinsloo during a dress fitting in 2014 in a custom Alexander Wang creation.Behati Prinsloo Levine/Instagram

On her Instagram story in 2020, the model celebrated Alexander Wang's 37th birthday with never-before-seen photos of the wedding dress he designed for her in 2014. She captioned the photos: "I'm still not over it."

The sleeveless gown had a deep, rectangle plunge down the middle, and two see-through panels covered with mesh at her sides.

She then posted another photo to her story to share that the dress still fit her. But at the bottom of the photo, she included the note: "Adam ripped it so I could dance better."

Kate Upton wore a bold, see-through dress for her wedding reception, which the model thought was "glamorous."

Kate Upton on her wedding day in a custom Christy Rilling Studio gown.
Kate Upton on her wedding day in a custom Christy Rilling Studio gown.Kate Upton/Instagram

Her sheer, asymmetrical gown was strung with pearls and glass beads, according to Vogue, and had a tall slit in its skirt, as seen on the model's Instagram page.

"My design process for the reception wedding dress was the opposite feel of the romantic ceremony dress," Upton told Vogue. "I wanted a dress that I could have fun in, but that still brought the glamour."

Lily Allen's unconventional wedding dress wasn't actually designed for nuptials.

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Lily Allen wears a white minidress on her wedding day with David Harbour.@lilyallen

Speaking with The Times in 2020, Allen said she had rented one dress, but changed her mind less than two hours before her wedding. She had been shopping at a dress-rental shop in Las Vegas, Nevada, and had tried on "Dolly Parton-esque numbers" alongside her daughter Ethel.

"I had rented a dress, which was on its way to the hotel, then Ethel said, 'Let's keep looking,'" she told the publication.

"That dress wasn't even on the rail, it was in a backroom," Allen added. "The girl in the shop said, 'What's the occasion?' I was, like, 'I'm getting married!' She said, 'Well, I've got this dress, it's not really a wedding dress …' I tried it on. Ethel was playing this game called Roblox on my phone. And I said, 'What do you think?' She looked at me, looked back at the phone, and said, 'I really don't think you're leaving this shop without it.' Aged eight."

Eniko Parrish married Kevin Hart in a mermaid gown with a see-through bodice that matched her "sexy" vision.

Eniko Parrish on her wedding day in a custom Vera Wang gown.
Eniko Parrish on her wedding day in a custom Vera Wang gown.Eniko Parrish/Instagram

"I always knew that I wanted the mermaid style with a very sleek, sexy feel," Parrish told Vogue during her final dress fitting.

So when she saw Vera Wang's 2016 bridal collection, she immediately spotted her dress.

"I saw it and I instantly said, 'I need this dress — this is what I want," Parrish said. "I didn't have anyone other than Vera in mind."

Fashion influencer Camille Charrière first got married in a couture Celine gown with a sheer skirt.

Camille Charrière on her wedding day in December 2021.
Camille Charrière on her wedding day in a couture Celine gown.Camille Charrière/Instagram

"I still can't believe I got to wear Celine couture on my wedding day," Charrière wrote on Instagram. 'What a dream come true."

But it was her lace reception dress that caused a stir — which Charrière didn't expect.

Camille Charrière and Francois Larpin on their wedding day.
Camille Charrière and Francois Larpin on their wedding day.Camille Charrière/Instagram

She recently spoke with Elle and said she "naively" underestimated the reaction to her reception dress, which was designed by Harris Reed.

"When I got married in my see-through lace dress, there was a lot of pushback on the fact that you could see my lingerie," she told the publication. "Perhaps naively, I really didn't expect it."

"Some people were ruder than I thought was necessary," she continued. "But it did make me realize that not everyone is comfortable with baring their skin — and that's totally fine."

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