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‘A big pouffy dress is not really me’: the brides who got wed in a suit – long before Dua Lipa | Weddings

‘A big pouffy dress is not really me’: the brides who got wed in a suit – long before Dua Lipa | Weddings

For some people, wearing a big white dress on their wedding day feels as key as the rings. For others, less so. When Dua Lipa wore a Schiaparelli couture white skirt suit as she wed the actor Callum Turner in London last month, she joined a long line of women who have opted for a suit. Not least Bianca Jagger, whom Lipa was speculated to be emulating – the model and activist caused a stir when she got hitched to Mick Jagger in 1971, wearing a Yves Saint Laurent Le Smoking jacket and bias-cut skirt. Dua Lipa ties the knot with the actor Callum Turner at Marylebone town hall, London, in a custom Schiaparelli skirt suit. Photograph: Roland Hoskins/dmg media Licensing In a way it’s strange that it’s still considered unusual, but the concept of the traditional wedding, dress and all, still holds immense sway. So who else has chosen a suit over a dress? And were they inspired by Jagger or simply cutting their own cloth? We asked readers for stories of their wedding-day …