Sophia Loren’s 1950s Bridal Style Inspired Lauren Sánchez’s Wedding Dress Design
In a recent interview, Lauren Sánchez, 55, revealed the inspiration behind her elegant wedding dress—drawing from vintage bridal fashion. She shared that the design was heavily influenced by Sophia Loren’s iconic high-neck white gown worn in the 1958 film Houseboat, where Loren’s character, Cinzia Zaccardi, weds Tom Winters, played by Cary Grant.
“I explored vintage bridal looks and focused on 1950s wedding dress styles,” Sánchez said. “When I came across Sophia Loren—her posture, her hands in a prayer pose, and that high lace neckline wedding gown—I instantly knew, ‘That’s the dress.'”
(Scroll below to view photos of Sophia Loren’s classic wedding look from Houseboat.)
Like the gown Loren wore in Houseboat, Sanchez’s gown features priest buttons — along a laced high-neck and corsetted bodice — but Sanchez’s buttons not only reached her waist, but continued into the train. Vogue said the gown featured “180 hand-finished, silk chiffon-covered buttons.”
“The whole thing was like a dream,” Sanchez said.
The entertainment journalist — who famously wore a lacy bustier under a blazer at President Trump’s inauguration in January — said her Dolce & Gabbana wedding dress — with its high neck — is the most covered-up formal gown she’s worn.
“It is a departure from what people expect,” Sanchez told Vogue, “from what I expect—but it’s very much me.”
