Here are some wedding photos that were worth the wait.
Lauren Bush, granddaughter of President George H.W. Bush, married David Lauren, the son of fashion designer Ralph Lauren back in September on his family's sprawling Colorado ranch.
When it came to her wedding gown, her choice of designer was certainly no secret. But no photos emerged of the Ralph Lauren-designed dress — until now. The wedding, and the gown, is featured in in Vogue's December issue.
In the article, Lauren Bush Lauren ('No hyphen,' she told People.com) detailed the process of creating the gown with her future father-in-law. After several casual conversations at family gatherings, the former model went to the Ralph Lauren studio for a more formal meeting in June.
“I walked in, and there were these beautiful illustrations of the looks we’d discussed with my face on them,” she told Vogue's William Norwich. “It was like a dream come true. We sat together and arrived at this silhouette. It isn’t Victorian exactly. I wanted something modern as well, so there is the high-necked collar and puffed shoulders with the large open back.”
The result was somewhat reminiscent of Kate Middleton’s modest wedding dress, with long, sheer tulle sleeves, covered in embroidery, layered on a strapless gown. It took about 100 people more than 3,000 hours to embroider the tulle with ivory silk and metallic thread, Swarovski Elements crystals, and off-white pearl beads.
An old-style Western theme ran through the couple’s wedding, right down to the cowboy boots that Bush wore under her gown. Looking like he stepped off the movie screen, the groom wore a Ralph Lauren coat and vest with pocket chains.
Despite their families’ iconic status, these two city-slickers who live in New York, kept the guest list to a modest 200, riding off after the ceremony in a horse-drawn carriage, and then celebrating their nuptials in a 200-year-old barn.
