21 Famous Brides Who Ditched The Traditional Long, White Gown For A Leather Jacket, A Red Dress, And Other Unconventional Looks

    At her surprise 1997 wedding to Matthew Broderick in New York, Sarah Jessica Parker wore an iconic black Morgane Le Fay gown. She decided to buy a dark dress off the rack to help protect her wedding's secrecy.

    Recently, Anya Taylor-Joy and musician Malcolm McRae had their wedding in Italy. Instead of wearing a traditional long, white dress, she opted for a custom Dior gown in a gorgeous dusty rose.

    anya standing and looking out from a balcony

    Here are 20 other famous women who wore non-traditional wedding dresses:

    1. When Kourtney Kardashian Barker married Travis Barker in Italy in 2022, she wore a short, corseted Dolce & Gabbana gown with a long veil.

    kris jenner walking kourtney down the aisle

    2. At Christine Quinn and Christian Richard's "winter wonderland, Gothic-themed" wedding in 2019, she wore a black Galia Lahav gown with a 22-foot veil.

    she walks down the aisle with a small bouquet of flowers

    3. When Lily Allen married David Harbour in Las Vegas in 2022, she wore a short Dior dress.

    4. When Solange Knowles and her now ex-husband, Alan Ferguson, got married in 2014, she wore a Stéphane Rolland jumpsuit with a cape.

    her and the groom holding hands during the festivities

    5. When Emma Thompson and her now ex-husband, Kenneth Branagh, tied the knot in London in 1989, she wore a bright and colorful knee-length dress.

    emma and kenneth standing outside a church

    6. At her surprise 1997 wedding to Matthew Broderick in New York, Sarah Jessica Parker wore a black Morgane Le Fay gown. She decided to buy a dark dress off the rack to help protect her wedding's secrecy.

    7. When Pamela Anderson tied the knot with her now ex-husband, Kid Rock, on a yacht in St. Tropez in 2006, she wore a white bikini and a sailor hat. He wore jeans, no shirt, and a fedora.

    kid rock and pamela holding drinks and surrounded by friends

    8. For her 2013 courthouse wedding to Dax Shepard in Beverly Hills, Kristen Bell wore a simple black top and trousers.

    9. When Emily Ratajkowski married her now ex-husband, Sebastian Bear-McClard, at NYC City Hall in 2018, she wore an orange pantsuit from Zara and a black hat with a veil.

    10. When Julianne Moore married Bart Freundlich in the garden outside their NYC penthouse in 2003, she wore a custom-made Prada gown that had originally been designed for her to wear to the Oscars. However, she decided to set it aside for her big day instead.

    she's holding her daughter as she arrives to the wedding

    11. When Teyana Taylor married her now ex-husband, Iman Shumpert, in 2016, they wore matching leather biker "I Do" jackets and jeans.

    12. To cap off their big 2014 wedding weekend in Venice, Amal Alamuddin and George Clooney got officially married in a civil ceremony. She wore a Stella McCartney jumpsuit and a sunhat.

    the couple walking off to their car surrounded by body guards

    13. When Hairspray (1988) actor Ricki Lake married Ross Burningham in 2022, she wore a flowy orange dress. When they danced together later in the night, she wore Uggs.

    14. When Little House on the Prairie actor Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield tied the knot in 2013, she wore a red gown because she "tried white, but for [her] third wedding it seemed ironic."

    15. When Yoko Ono and John Lennon got married in Gibraltar in 1969, she wore a mini dress, a sun hat, and knee-high socks.

    the two standing outside with their marriage certificate

    16. When Gwen Stefani and her now ex-husband, Gavin Rossdale, tied the knot in London in 2002, she wore a custom pink ombré Dior gown.

    the two kissing on the steps outside

    17. When Scott Pilgrim vs. the World actor Alison Pill and Joshua Leonard tied the knot in 2015, she wore a sheer, short-sleeved yellow dress.

    18. When Chloë Sevigny and Siniša Mačković had a courthouse wedding in 2022, she paired a traditional veil with a simple long-sleeved black dress.

    19. At Law & Order actor Stephanie March and Dan Benton's 2017 wedding at their New York home, she wore a bright dress with a blue hydrangea print.

    20. And finally, when Elizabeth Taylor married her now ex-husband Richard Burton for the first time in 1964, she wore a marigold babydoll dress. It was designed by Irene Sharaff, who was the costume designer for Cleopatra, the movie where the couple met.

    closeup of elizabeth holding her small bouquet to her face