In 1953, Jackie Bouvier gave fashion designer Anne Lowe the task of making her wedding dress. Unfortunately, ten days before the wedding, a water pipe broke and tragedy hit at Lowe’s studio on Madison Avenue. In total, it ruined 10 dresses for the wedding, including Jackie’s dress which took two months to create.
Lowe was on a time crunch to re-create Jackie’s dress. She ordered additional ivory French taffeta and pink silk faille. With a team of seamstresses by her side, they were able to remake a dress just in time for the wedding. Jackie’s dress had a classic neckline and bouffant skirt. It was so beautiful that it is considered to be one of history’s most iconic wedding gowns.
Eleanor Roosevelt’s Wedding Gown
Eleanor Roosevelt, who is the daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt’s brother, married Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was the president’s fifth cousin in 1905. Their initial meeting was back when Eleanor was 14 and he was 18. After losing touch for a few years, they reconnected when they ran into one another at a horse show in Madison Square Garden.
F.D.R finally proposed to Eleanor when she was 19 and he, 22. Both sides of the Roosevelt family were in attendance. It may seem like a Roosevelt-Roosevelt marriage was odd, but it was not uncommon. On her wedding day she wore a high collared gown with puffy fabric shoulders and an elegant hat.
Barbara Bush Borrowed Her Future Mother-In-Law’s Veil
George H.W. Bush and Barbara Pierce met when they were teenagers in 1941. In a documentary titled 41, he discusses how they first met. In the documentary he says, “They called it a holiday dance at Christmas time and here she was in this red and green dress. I said, ‘Who is this good-looking girl, that beautiful girl over there?’ ‘That’s Barbara Pierce from Rye, New York.’ So then a guy named Wozencraft introduced us. And the rest is history.”
A few years later, the two married in 1945 at First Presbyterian Church in Rye, N.Y. George’s mother wore a veil when she got married and gifted it to Barbara for her ceremony.
The Obama’s Throwback ’90s Wedding Photo
Similar to Hillary and Bill Clinton, the famous Barack Obama met his future wife, Michelle Robinson in the law field. The two met while working at Sidley Austin law firm located in Chicago. At first, Michelle was against dating a colleague because she knew that could make for a messy work environment if things didn’t work out. However, eventually he convinced her to go on a date in 1989. They obviously really hit things off because the pair married three years later.
The two were married at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. It was as sweet as can be when Michelle’s brother walked her down the aisle, and a dance to “You and I” by Stevie Wonder followed. Michelle’s dress of choice was white, with pointed sleeves on her shoulders accompanied by a veil.
Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter- Since 1946
Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter were fairly young when they married on July 7, 1946. At the time she was only 18 and he was 21. The wedding was located in their hometown, Plains, Georgia. At first, Rosalynn turned down the proposal of the future 39th president but changed her mind once he graduated from a wartime class at the U.S. Naval Academy.
It doesn’t come as a surprise that Jimmy wore his Navy uniform. Rosalynn chose a knee-length dress and paired it with a set of gloves, a hat, and a corsage. In 2016 the couple celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Now that is something you don’t hear very often.