Elizabeth Taylor Father Of The Bride Wedding Dress

Shows her as the star of the original father of the bride.

Elizabeth taylor father of the bride wedding dress. Carroll it was adapted by frances goodrich and albert hackett from the 1949 novel by edward streeter. The film stars spencer tracy in the titular role joan bennett elizabeth taylor don taylor billie burke and leo g. The on screen bride appeared in the film father of the bride with don taylor as the groom. Though elizabeth taylor walked down the aisle eight times only once did she do it in a so called traditional bridal gown.

While elizabeth was busy planning her real life wedding she was also in the midst of shooting a film. The father of the bride wedding gown for elizabeth was made of ivory colored satin and lace. Taylor s first wedding to conrad nicky hilton in 1950 when the actor was a studio darling came courtesy of mgm with the elaborate veiled gown with a nipped in waist a bespoke creation by costume designer helen rose. Elizabeth taylor wore an extravagant gown whilst playing kay banks in father of the bride.

It was designed by helen rose who went on to make the iconic wedding dress for grace kelly in 1956. Three weeks later she started a film dealing with a wedding. In addition to her first dress mgm s costume designer helen rose made taylor s dress for this too. Father of the bride is a 1950 american comedy film directed by vincente minnelli about a man trying to cope with preparations for his daughter s upcoming wedding.

At the time rose was climbing the ranks at mgm and had simultaneously just been made the studio s chief designer. The helen rose designed gown rose also designed grace kelly s wedding dress and taylor s similar look in the original father of the bride sold at a london auction for 187 931 in 2013. 1 5 father of the bride 1950. Original elizabethtaylor father of the father of the bride 1950 s on elizabeth taylor birthday wedding dresses bride 8x10 still r62 elizabeth taylor original.

The movie wedding took place in father of the bride 1950 with spencer tracy playing the father and joan bennett playing the mother. The groom was played by an unknown actor don taylor although his parents were the.