Do You Take This Woman?

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In anticipation of her May nuptials, first daughter Jenna Bush had 12 top designers sketch potential wedding dresses for her. This one, a Nicole Miller design, is our favorite. It looks to have room for a diaper, meaning Bush can wear it well into her incontinent dotage, when she's dancing by herself in front hallway mirrors and smearing lipstick all over her face.

Click through for the rest of the gowns.

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1. Vera Wang

2. J. Mendel

3. Arnold Scaasi

4. Carlos Miele

5. Amsale

6. Carmen Marc Valvo

7. Angel Sanchez

8. Badgley Mischka

9. Nicole Miller

10. Lela Rose

11. Marc Bouwer

12. Oscar de la Renta

Jan 30, 2008 · posted by Cord Jefferson, MollyGood · Link · 35 Responses
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  • Comments (35)

    No. 1 chelsea says:

    she would look best in a baggie.
    she looks like George in a dress

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 9:13 am
    No. 2 deimos says:

    i like 4, 8 and 12.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 9:27 am
    No. 3 Sugar Magnolia says:

    I'd say #10.

    And is that a butt-bow on #3?

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 9:38 am
    No. 4 deimos says:

    #3 is half-assed.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 9:39 am
    No. 5 Bodhi says:

    I like 7, 10, & 12. But she'll look terrible in all of them if she doesn't stand up straight!

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 9:47 am
    No. 6 Sugar Magnolia says:

    Butt-bows and mermaid dresses should be illegal.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 9:53 am
    No. 7 Blue Canary says:

    #3 looks like something you could get at David's Bridal. I don't know how they'd look on Jenna, but I like 4, 6, and 12 the best.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 9:54 am
    No. 8 Sugar Magnolia says:

    When I took my bridesmaids to see the dresses I'd chosen for them I first showed them a turquoise sequined memaid dress W/ butt-bow and went on & on about how much I loved it. You could tell they were all horrified but were trying to be supportive. Once I had them thoroughly scared, I pulled our the REAL dresses (simple burgundy sheath (sp?) with cream colored lace over the bodice.) I knew that anything I showed them then, they'd be grateful to wear.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 10:02 am
    No. 9 deimos says:

    my bridesmaids got to wear whatever they wanted. i wore a simple ivory dress that i paid 60 dollars for. i ended up only spending 1,000 on my wedding. people ask me if i could do it again if i'd make a bigger deal out of it, my answer is always no.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 10:05 am
    No. 10 yourmom says:

    I like number 5…and number 12…and I don't care how they look on Jenna Bush, it's not like I'm going to the wedding or anything. I care about how they'd look on me, and I'd have to say both would look quite divine.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 10:07 am
    No. 11 Sugar Magnolia says: Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 10:08 am
    No. 12 jujubees says:

    I think you should be allowed to have various costume changes during your wedding. Mine was very 90's.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 10:21 am
    No. 13 Cait says:

    I'm starting to have to think about this kind of thing.

    Hmm.

    Perhaps I'll elope, rather than have to look like Miss Haversham in 50 years.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 10:28 am
    No. 14 vagarious says:

    same picks as you deimos!!! 5 comes in 4th

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 11:12 am
    No. 15 sexyback says:

    Methinks Vera Wang has been watching too much ProjRun. #1 looks remarkably similar to Chris' and Christian's crazy dress about a month ago…

    It also seems as if Designer #7 thinks Jenna will lose 80 lbs before the wedding. She's not Karen Carpenter, dude.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 11:15 am
    No. 16 janice says:

    I really, really like the Nicole Miller one. I would just ask them to please display my ass for what it is, rather than to try to pass it off as a piece of Toblerone. It is not Toblerone. It is round. Make it so.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 11:25 am
    No. 17 Cait says:

    Make it work, Janice. ;)

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 11:26 am
    No. 18 janice says:

    I figure if I were a Bush, I could ask Nicole Miller for a little alteration, you know? The other thing is, that Scaasi design is really half-assed. It looks like it was done by the birds and squirrels in Cinderella.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 11:38 am
    No. 19 Be Adequite says:

    I like #6 but frankly they're all different variations of the same silhouette…

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 11:38 am
    No. 20 Helen Skor says:

    What the hell was going through Marc Bouwer's mind when he designed that dress? She's not Marie Antoinette. It's like he intentionally designed a ridiculous dress so that she wouldn't pick it and that way he wouldn't have to be associated with the Bush family.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 11:39 am
    No. 21 blah says:

    She doesn't seem to have a flair for the dramatic fashion wise, so I'm going to say she is going to go with #3. Although I like #4 & #5 the best.

    I want Alexander McQueen to design something. THAT would be hot! If for no other reason to freak the hell out of her dad.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 11:40 am
    No. 22 janice says:

    The girl in #7 looks like Violet Incredible.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 11:43 am
    No. 23 Be Adequite says:

    Maybe the Heatherette guys could design something for her too, Jenna Jameson and that Lepore chick could be her bridesmaids…I'm thinking rhinestones

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 11:51 am
    No. 24 ilnazhad says:

    Why do designers still model your dresses on unrealistically skinny women when you are getting a piece tailored?

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 11:52 am
    No. 25 Be Adequite says:

    When my new jeans get altered, end up cutting off like a whole foot of material at the bottom. Who are these size 6-8 women that are over six feet tall, I always wonder. Sometimes it makes me feel stumpy

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 12:00 pm
    No. 26 janice says:

    BeA, I'm 5'6", and I have to buy ankle-length jeans unless I want to have them tailored. And even then, if they shrink a little in the wash, that's cool, cause there's an inch or two to spare. Who are these amazons who supposedly buy so many jeans?

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 12:11 pm
    No. 27 EsquaredMom says:

    I love #5. #10 and #11 are my next picks. I spent an insane amount on my wedding dress- $2,000. We hardly spent anything on our wedding but that was the kicker. It was the most beautiful dress I had ever seen with long chiffon sleeves that split at the wrists and were almost floor length, and three layers of chiffon splitting at the empire waist to gradually make a train, and old-fashioned buttons up the back- I think there were 30. And little yellow and peach flowers wherever the chiffon split. Seriously, it was a princess dress. And I am not a princess-y kind of woman. But I loved it so much. We had our pictures done before the actual wedding ceremony (no, I'm not superstitious- over 9 years now) and my husband walked right by me because I looked so different. True story.

    Sorry for the ramble, I just really heart that dress.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 12:36 pm
    No. 28 kate says:

    If I were Jenna, I'd be fairly irritated that the dresses were sketched onto lollipops, instead of my shape…

    BeA and janice, I am 5'11" and a size 8 and can NEVER find jeans that fit. The length is flood-worthy in flats, with heels, it becomes laughable. Where are you finding those jeans??

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 1:19 pm
    No. 29 blah says:

    I'm 5'5 and the only place I can find jeans that fit me that don't have to be shortened is at The GAP. I have to get the "regular" length because the petite is for women are about 5'4 or 5'3 and under.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 1:24 pm
    No. 30 Be Adequite says:

    Kate- my limited experience with any of the higher-end brands ($150 plus), those always run long…I am broke as a joke now so GAP and Express for me now too…Do you have a Tall Girl store where you live? My mom has the same trouble as you, tall and leggy, but sometimes has luck there.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 3:00 pm
    No. 31 killorn says:

    Way to phone it it, Scaasi. Looks like something my mom would doodle on white wine bender while sobbing about how I will never get married.

    I like 11 for Jenna, I think it would work with her figure. Maybe a little less severe in the shoulders.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 3:40 pm
    No. 32 janice says:

    Oooh, agreed. It's always when I go to buy a pair of nicer jeans that I find the size problems. Although, in all honesty, almost every mainstream company I either have to wear a "short" or "ankle-length" version. But it's only really the pricier ones where they get heinously long on me.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 3:45 pm
    No. 33 aka_t says:

    I like 8 and 12

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 5:02 pm
    No. 34 Lily the Pink says:

    I like 5,9 and 12, but not for Jenna, necessarily. 3 DOES look like someone of the rack at David's Bridal, good call. I don't think Scaasi even tried. Also, could someone tell me what Jenna ever did to Angel Sanchez? "If you were an anorexic with severe osteoporosis this is how I would dress you for your wedding."

    killorn, haha, brilliant.

    Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 7:12 pm
    No. 35 Lily the Pink says:

    Oh, now I see why I don't like any of these dresses for Jenna, none of them seem to come with a hysterectomy to ensure the Bush bloodline is stopped, at least in this instance. Sure, there's the other one who may not be blessed with the giant face as her sister, but compensates quite nicely through mouth size, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

    Posted: Jan 31, 2008 at 1:36 pm
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