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- Liv (Kate Hudson) finds the perfect wedding gown.
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- Emma (Anne Hathaway) reflects on the joyous occasion of the wedding of her best friend.
Bride Wars opens this Friday January 9 but we thought we would give you a preview of some of the fashion in the movie. Obviously being a wedding movie, there is not shortage of beautiful wedding gowns. Watch the Bride Wars trailer here.
Costume designer Karen Patch, who designed Hudson’s clothes in “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” notes that prospective brides Liv and Emma are very different people when we first meet them, but become more alike by the end of the film. “Liv softens and Emma finds a stronger side to herself,” says Patch. “The costumes and spaces that these two characters inhabit clearly reflect their personalities.”
There are no better examples of this than Liv’s and Emma’s wedding gowns, on which Patch collaborated with famed designer Vera Wang. Emma, a schoolteacher, is not as financially secure as attorney Liv, so she chooses to wear her mother’s gown. Although it was not a vintage garment, Patch says it could have belonged to another era. “It’s an exquisite taffeta dress with lots of layers, an off the shoulder period gown,” she explains. “Liv, on the other hand, was like the bride on top of the cake. Her gown was styled in a classic, sweetheart neckline with layers and layers of tulle skirt, a long train and lace bodice.”
Great lengths were taken to keep these creations from being photographed until the film’s marketing campaign kicked in. “We made huge white capes to cover the gowns anytime Kate and Anne were outside of their trailer or moving from dressing rooms to the set,” Patch recalls. “We didn’t want them revealed before their time.”
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