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Can you look at one more wedding gown?

11 years ago

How do you like Anne Hathaway's? I love it. I haven't decided about the headdress yet, but I'll probably give it a thumbs up. Her hair is boy-short these days, I think.

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glenda_al
11 years ago
Who is getting married?
adellabedella_usa
11 years ago
I love the gown. The headdress isn't my favorite.
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patti43
11 years ago
Love the dress. Valentino did good :-) Not sure about the headpiece either, but she surely looks stunning. And her new DH is adorable! I'm tired of strapless gowns. After a while they all look the same.
lindyluwho
11 years ago
Nope, don't like it at all.
linda_in_iowa
11 years ago
I love the gown but the head dress is too over the top.
maddielee
11 years ago
Beautiful gown! Her hair is short because she recently finished filming
Les Mis....Coming out at Christmas.
alisande
Original Author
11 years ago
I guess we're going to hear her sing. That's good . . . I love the score from that musical.

Glenda, no one I know of is getting married, at least not in a dress like this. I was just admiring it.

I'm going to a wedding in one week, but I don't expect to see any fancy gowns. It's a second marriage for both, and it's being held in a museum library!
dedtired
11 years ago
I'm with Lindylu -- I don't like it. I do wish her happiness after the awful experience she had with her former fiance.

I love looking at wedding gowns. I wish that show Say Yes to the Dress did not feature such awful brides and families. I like looking at the dresses.
redcurls
11 years ago
Don't much care for it....ESPECIALLY the headpiece, but don't care for the neckline/sleeve (??) arrangement either.
lydia1959
11 years ago
I think the dress is pretty... hate the headpiece though which looks like a big bandage to me. :)
joann23456
11 years ago
I think the skirt is lovely. I don't like the top or the headdress. What is the name of that piece that wraps around her shoulders? Whatever it's called, I think it does nothing for her. I would rather have seen the gown skirt with an off-the-shoulder neckline using, say, tiny cap sleeves. Something more fitted, to balance out the gorgeous poof of a skirt.

As for the headdress, I think it's much too substantial for such a romantic dress.
Georgysmom
11 years ago
I think the gown is lovely, the headdress too overpowering. It takes away from the gown.
adellabedella_usa
11 years ago
I love her singing. She sang in Ella Enchanted.
User
11 years ago
Liked the dress. Did not like the head piece.
fran1523
11 years ago
I love the dress and the headpiece. I think that really short hair would have looked skimpy with the dress and that the headpiece balances it out.
sheilajoyce_gw
11 years ago
I like it. The headpiece reminds me of the large ones in the '20s and '30s.

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