When Tish Weinstock wed Tom Guinness in the fall of 2022, she did so in three different dresses in three slightly differing degrees of sheerness. The first? A John Galliano for Dior slip with its corset lining removed, in which she cosplayed as Baz Luhrmann’s Juliet for her Halloween-themed welcome night. The second? Her “Miss Havisham meetsCorpse Bride” wedding gown, where her bare skin peeked through antique Normandy lace. Her third and final look? A see-through John Galliano gown from his fall 2009 collection, Iced Maidens, with which Weinstock wore long hair extensions to add a little modesty, while Galliano’s intricate and carefully-placed beading covered part of her thong. “Although it was totally transparent, I didn’t really feel naked,” she says. “I felt like a beautiful gothic mermaid.”
A year earlier in November 2021, Ivy Getty wore her own translucent Maison Margiela bridal dress for her San Francisco wedding reception. Getty, who is fascinated with fairies and Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden, asked Galliano to use the whimsical aesthetic, as well as his own 1996 couture collection, as a starting point. “I always had this iridescent sheer idea,” she tells Vogue. The two worked tirelessly to develop a teddy that matched her exact skin tone, which gave the illusion of Getty being naked underneath. “I love lace, but I feel like that’s very expected for a bride—I wanted to go more of a more unique route,” says Getty.