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A post shared by Jasmine Tookes (@jastookes)"Zuhair Murad thank you for making my classic, timeless and beautiful wedding dress come true," she wrote. "It is a piece of art!! Any of you figure out who my inspiration was? I want to display it like this forever in my house!"The comments section was filled with suggestions that the look was inspired by Grace Kelly's wedding gown.

Grace Kelly married Prince Ranier III of Monaco on April 19, 1956, in one of the most iconic wedding dresses in history. Gifted by her studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer the dress was designed by Academy Award-winning costume designer Helen Rose, who had created the star’s wardrobe for four films.

which the model became a global ambassador in February, created five outfits for the celebrations, saying that each one celebrated ‘the beauty of the bride, the passion for #AltaModa and the absolute joy of the occasion’.Lady Kitty’s intricate lace bridal dress took inspiration from the Victorian-style worn by her mother Victoria Lockwood for her 1989 marriage to Earl Spencer and also resembled the demure Helen Rose creation worn by Grace Kelly for the religious ceremony in her 1956 marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco. The boned bodice, with a high neck, elegant long sleeves, rows of tiny fabric-covered buttons and neat puff shoulders, flared into a full crinoline skirt with a dramatic train which cascaded across the floors of the 16th

Mildred Pierce,” photographers popping bulbs to capture the charismatic screen queen’s triumphant comeback moment.“Whether the Academy voters were giving the Oscar to me, sentimentally, for ‘Mildred’ or for 200 years of effort, the hell with it — I deserved it,” she told reporters 75 years ago from the plush confines of her Brentwood boudoir.The former flapper, thought to be 42 and already two decades deep into her career, huddled at home on the night of the 18th annual Academy Awards rather than join fellow nominees at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre for the first post-war ceremony — a posh affair marking the lifting of wartime restrictions.

The story of Hollywood actress Grace Kelly marrying a real-life Prince Charming, Prince Rainier of Monaco, on 19th April 1956 was the ultimate royal fashion fairy tale. And more than six decades later, her incredible wedding dress looks as modern as it did at the time.