day 281

what will bella wear?

now that summit entertainment has officially stated that they are working on adapting stephanie meyer's 4th novel in the twilight saga, breaking dawn, for the big screen, instyle had designers sketch the way they picture (spoiler) bella's wedding dress. rumor has it that the book will be split into at least 2 - if not 3 - different feature films to get as much of the story onto the big screen, but the dress would definitely be showcased in the first installment, which would probably start production either late this year or early next year (the 3rd flick, eclipse, is currently in production in vancouver while the second film is being released theatrically november 20th. here are the sketches:

here's monique lluillier's take on the gown. it's one of the most normal of the sketches.

erin fetherston's version is probably the most true to the "period piece" idea alluded to in the book. none of these dresses is all that fun to look at, though. and the dress is going to need to be good to distract from kristen stewart's cardboard cutout acting style.

what the hell this is is beyond me. i've never heard of brian reyes and if this is what his work looks like, i'm guessing i never will. this looks like a dragon or something, not a dress. if someone is able to dissect this for me and describe where exactly the head/limbs are, that'd be great.

hot off his miley cyrus line at walmart, max azria is going back to his high fashion roots. literally. there are twigs coming off this dress.

another designer i've never heard of, prabal gurung, went modern with her take. i'm under the impression that prabal thought she was designing this dress for an actual client from the "for bella...with love" inscription on her sketch. what a sad delusion.

these dresses are all starting to look alike to me. blah blah blah. this is lela rose's take. bo-ringg.

the first project runway designer to become a real fashion force, christian siriano, was asked to give his interpretation (above). hello, drama. this might be a little much for poor little kstew.

this is badgley mischka's tale on the dress. it's pretty true to form in terms of the book's description of the dress, but i'm freaking creeped out by the sketched woman wearing the dress. is it just me, or is there a grandma goldfish head on top of this body?

zac posen contributes the last design and it's the least like the book's description (other than that weird ass dragon dress from above - i already forgot who the hell designed that). this is another creepy ass sketch. this is why the public rarely sees the sketches and only sees the finished garmet - the sketches are far to effed up for be considered beautiful. chances are none of these will make the cut for the movies; they'd all be too expensive - probably the entire wardrobe budget! of course, there's still time for the costume designer to choose something.