7 Stand-Out Wedding Dresses From the Couture Shows

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• Mermaid gown with bonus midriff. By Dior.
• Straight, clean lines for the anti-princess gown bride. By Chanel.
• An updated classic by Dior
• This ethearial number would certainly turn heads. By Chanel.
• Metallic leggings optional. By Chanel.
• This belongs in a period dram starring Keira Knightley. By Elie Saab.
• The wedding pantsuit, reimagined. Maybe now it'll catch on. By Dior.

The white gowns and frocks from the Spring 2013 haute couture shows are different, sure, but they're show-stoppers too. Granted, no matter your tastes, if you get a chance to wear a couture wedding gown, you take that chance and you run, run like Julia Roberts before she meets Richard Gere and lives happily ever after. Still, the 7 dresses in the gallery above by Chanel, Dior, and Elie Saab are no Lady St. Petsois JuJu's. But they'll do.
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