Elizabeth Taylor Wedding Dress Father Of The Bride

The on screen bride appeared in the film father of the bride with don taylor as the groom.

Elizabeth taylor wedding dress father of the bride. Original elizabethtaylor father of the father of the bride 1950 s on elizabeth taylor birthday wedding dresses bride 8x10 still r62 elizabeth taylor original. At the time rose was climbing the ranks at mgm and had simultaneously just been made the studio s chief designer. Elizabeth taylor wore an extravagant gown whilst playing kay banks in father of the bride. In addition to her first dress mgm s costume designer helen rose made taylor s dress for this too.

In december 1949 17 year old elizabeth taylor said yes to nicholas hilton s proposal. Though elizabeth taylor walked down the aisle eight times only once did she do it in a so called traditional bridal gown. The film stars spencer tracy in the titular role joan bennett elizabeth taylor don taylor billie burke and leo g. The blush colored gown which was custom made for the bride by zac posen features a cinched waist and delicately draped a line skirt made of plissé silk from a british mill the bride channeled.

Three weeks later she started a film dealing with a wedding. While elizabeth was busy planning her real life wedding she was also in the midst of shooting a film. Shows her as the star of the original father of the bride. 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.

Carroll it was adapted by frances goodrich and albert hackett from the 1949 novel by edward streeter. The many wedding dresses of elizabeth taylor a retrospective. Second in a series commemorating the life and career of elizabeth taylor featuring the screen legend as a beautiful bride in the classic film father of the bride. 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.

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. The film was released a month after her first wedding.