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Anne Finney always pictured herself in her grandmother’s wedding dress on her own wedding day.

In 1983, when her aunt, Joan Barback Hailey, walked down the aisle at St. Louis Cathedral, Anne was a small girl taken with the beautiful cotton-lace dress her great-grandmother had sewn for Isabel Barback, her memaw.

“But I never knew what happened to it in the hurricane,” Anne said. 

When Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, her grandmother’s wedding dress was on a closet shelf at Lester and Isabel Barback’s home in Lakeview, and water was up the ceiling. But wedding dresses were not on Anne’s mind at the time.

The Loyola University graduate, who was working as a freelance photographer in 2005, evacuated to her brother Billy’s house in Colorado. He worked for the National Park Service as an interpretive park ranger in the Black Canyon, and the Park Service hired Anne to help her out.

Designer Reem Acra took the conversation a step further this week, designing fantastically gorgeous (and hypothetical) gowns for the newly minted bride-to-be.

Acra, who’s designed wedding gowns for stars like LeAnn Rimes and Jenna Dewan-Tatum, sketched two dresses for Aniston at PEOPLE’s request: one more princess-like, fitted to the waist and finished with an elaborate skirt (left), and another that’s glimmering and form-fitting with a complementary veil (right). 

When Aniston married Brad Pitt in 2000, the actress went somewhat simple, choosing a form-fitting, beaded gown by designer Lawrence Steele. She kept the touches — a veil and jewelry — traditional.

Has Lady Gaga‘s “Bad Romance” gone good? The singer was spotted at Vera Wang‘s New York City wedding boutique on Tuesday, trying on opulent white gowns and veils with two girlfriends.

A photo was first uploaded to Vie Luxe International CEO Marjorie Gubelmann’s Instagram account (the businesswoman has worked with Vera Wang); later, Gaga shared the image on her own Little Monsters site, adding the caption, “It’s my best friends wedding she made us try on dresses! BRIDESMAIDS VERA Baby.”  Wedding Dress

Gaga’s relationship with Vampire Diaries actor Taylor Kinney is seemingly going strong. The two — first linked last July — attended his brother’s wedding in Westlake, Calif., last weekend, and earlier this year, the singer told Oprah Winfrey that she wants a “soccer team” full of kids

The 30-year-old married her banker boyf James Allsop at the weekend at her family home in Kent. Sounds pretty standard right? Oops, we failed to mention that her family home is A CASTLE!Bride, Jacquetta wore a dress designed for her by Alice Temperley. Temperley says that Jacquetta "wanted a really soft, delicate dress” and so created a form fitting lace trimmed number with a clasic bodice.

It was teamed with a bolero and matching floor length veil designed with a motif of dog roses, forget-me-nots and Temperley's addition of the "wheeler wheels". (She scratched them into the castle ceiling too blatez.)Appaz James and Jacquetta had an uber cute service at the church across the road and then sauntered back across a village square with flower girls and a casual white horse. Wedding Dress

Flowers in the chruch and Jacquetta's bouquet included delphiniums and white stock by florist Scarlet & Violet.The couple had a wedding breakfast of champagne, Moroccan mint tea and cakes (just too quaint!) before a Fred and Ginger style first dance to “Cheek to Cheek”. Then, after dinne, night time antics included a disco with a checkerboard dancefloor. 

Star Emily Maynard accepted Jef Holm’s proposal on the finale yesterday, even though she was questioning whether accepting a proposal would be the right thing for her. However, when the couple appeared together on ‘After the Finale Rose,’ they seemed very happy together. They announced that they were indeed thinking of a spring wedding, so they could move in together soon rather than later. Until they are married, they will live apart. Since Emily has been dreaming of getting married, she is already looking at potential wedding dresses.

"I've been looking up dresses online and buying every wedding magazine in the grocery store," Emily says. "We're just kind of taking it day by day." It doesn’t sound like ‘Bachelorette’ star Emily Maynard is taking things day by day, since she is already looking at dresses after just months of knowing him. But Jef Holm is getting adjusted to his new lifestyle. That doesn’t mean looking at wedding dresses, but more about becoming a supporting father figure. “We're just going to live our lives together and get accustomed with each other, plan a wedding, and when we get married, move in together," Jef shared on ‘Good Morning America’ this morning.

"Right now she knows that Jef is a huge part of my life," Emily explains. "I didn't want to burden her with too much because it was still a secret, and God knows she's the worst secret keeper ever! Now that we can be out in public, she's going to know.”

The Duchess of Cornwall - who also goes by the name of Kate Middleton - Wedding Dress wore the Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen gown when she married Prince William last April and the stunning dress now has its own entry on the online encyclopaedia.

However, its inclusion caused a row between the page's editors, with one saying it is a 'frankly trivial' entry and 'surely not notable enough to be on Wikipedia'.One of the disapproving editors, who are members of the public authorised by the site to alter a page's information, wrote: 'The sheer presence of this article is one of the lowest points ever reached by Wikipedia!'

The Wedding industry was shocked to learn that just two weeks prior to their 23rd wedding anniversary, “Vera Wang and Arthur Becker have mutually and amicably agreed to separate,” Wang’s company president, Mario Grauso told WWD. “They remain devoted parents to their two daughters Cecilia and Josephine.”

According to WWD, the couple married at The Pierre Hotel in 1989 when Wang was a designer for Ralph Lauren women’s accessories and at-home wear. Becker was a stock-broker. After having difficulty trying to find a wedding gown for her own wedding, she designed her dress and with the help of Arthur as they say, “the rest is history.” 

There are many rumors of fighting in public, discord in the offices and even bitter jokes that he was “Mr. Vera Wang,” making light of his place in the marriage. Though Becker reportedly had his own business ventures, he was extremely involved in Wang’s company, which has expanded into makeup, fragrances, mass market, juniors, home goods and a lower-cost bridal line in recent years. However, a friend of the designer tells WWD that the couple “will not let this impact the running of the company. They have worked too hard to build it up.” It’s said that those that create use what happens in their life in their craft. Singers use breakups in their songs, designers choose colors to reflect where they are at that point in time. Let’s hope that the upcoming bridal season will bring new lightness and hope for Vera. 

Mark Zuckerberg and his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan tied the knot in a surprise wedding in their Palo Alto, Calif., backyard. Chan was catapulted into the international spotlight. And so was the $4,700 dress she wore for the nuptials, a delicate lace gown designed by Claire Pettibone. Wedding Dress

The designer was already on track for a big year. But Pettibone said that the endorsement from the tech world's reigning princess bride was the icing on the cake. "What a gift," she said. "You can't buy that kind of publicity." She expects her business to double this year; sales at her flagship store in Beverly Hills were up 300% for the months of May and June following the wedding.

Traffic to her website has jumped 30%. Since Pettibone found out at the same time as the rest of the world that Chan had worn her gown, she had no chance to prepare for the frenzy that would ensue. It took Pettibone several days to figure out how the bride managed to select the dress in secret.

Wynonna Judd married Cactus Moser in a sunset wedding June 10 on her farm in Leiper's Fork, TennFor her third walk down the aisle, the country crooner, 48, donned a Houri Barahimi dress --

And no shoes! A drummer in Judd's band, The Big Noise, 55-year old Moser was cowboy chic in his tuxedo, which he accessorized with a vest, pocket watch and holster. "I felt a joy that hasn't been there before,"

Judd gushes to Us of the intimate bash -- where attendees included her kids from previous marriages Grace, 16, and Elijah, 17. (Her sister Ashley Judd and mom Naomi Judd were not on hand for the bash.)Dating since 2009, Judd and Moser announced their engagement last December.  Judd divorced her second husband, D.R. Roach after four years in 2007, and split from businessman Arch Kelly II. Wedding Dress

Wearing wedding gowns from 1895 to 2012, were on display at the Just Friends luncheon at Hideaway Beach Club on Wednesday.The unique fashion show was presented by the Marco Island Historical Society, with member Ed Miracco the narrator. His wife, Kathy, Historical Society president, was one of the models.

The tradition for the bride to wear white began in the 16th century and is still commonly followed today. This is a symbol of the bride's purity and her worthiness of her groom.

The tradition became solidified during the time of Queen Victoria who rebelled against the royal tradition for Royal brides to wear silver. Instead, the queen preferred the symbolism, which is expressed by wearing white. The brides of the time quickly emulated the queen, and the tradition has continued in full force to this day.