In the movie
Bride Wars, actresses
Anne Hathaway and
Kate Hudson play Emma and Liv, two BFFs who accidentally get their weddings scheduled on the same day. Instead of trying to solve it like adults, they do something better: they get into a catty feud trying to sabotage each other's weddings. Bad tans, blue hair, dance contests at male strip clubs and vengeful weight gain are all involved. Needless to say, hilarity ensues €“ and so do fabulous wedding gowns! Costume designer
Karen Patch collaborated with the fab wedding gown goddess
Vera Wang to create their dresses for their dueling big days. Emma (Hathaway) dons her mother's off-the-shoulder taffeta gown, while Liv (Hudson) goes for a modernized confection of a classic dress with a lace bodice and a layers upon layers of tulle. Emma's dress echoes a gown from
Vera Wang's Spring '06 collection, while Liv is almost a match to a piece from
Fall '05. Even though the two dresses aren't straight off the runway, they have Wang and Patch are written all over them!