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- Every wedding season, celebrities seek to break wedding rules.
- Celebrity brides tend to ditch traditional wedding gowns to make a statement.
- One bride who did so is Dame Joan Collins wore a lilac wedding gown at her wedding in 2002.
Celebrities are well-known for throwing out the wedding rule book and creating unique wedding attire that best fits their personalities and brands, from Solange Knowles, who wore a caped Stephane Rolland jumpsuit, American actor Piper Perabo who wore a silver sequin dress by Michael Kors, to artist Teyana Taylor who wore matching red leather biker jackets with her husband for their wedding day. Another celeb on that list is Dame Joan Collins.
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The 90-year-old 'Hollywood royal' tied the knot in 2002 to her fifth husband, 58-year-old Percy Gibson, in a lilac gown. The pair said, 'I do' at a Claridge's Hotel in London, surrounded by famous faces such as Shirley Bassey and Rupert Everett. In 2022, the actor took to Instagram to share that she and her husband were celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary by posting a picture of them cutting their four-tier wedding cake. In the picture, Joan is wearing a purple wedding gown, and her husband is wearing traditional Scottish attire.
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She captioned the Instagram post saying, "20 years ago today #hubby and I tied the knot... happily married ever since." The wedding gown Joan wore was designed by Nolan Miller, who also is the costume designer for the show, Dynasty, the same show that made Joan a Hollywood icon. Her matching wedding shoes were by Manolo Blahnik, which she paired with a lilac headpiece.
Sources: Hello Magazine, Daily Mail
