What do Jackie O, Jane Birkin, and Solange Knowles have in common? Aside from their irreverent style and striking beauty, they all opted to get married in the winter. Here, we look back at 18 of the chicest cold weather brides to ever say "I do."
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Brigitte Bardot
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Bardot leans her head on the shoulder of her first husband, Roger Vadim after their December wedding in Passy, France.
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Audrey Hepburn
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Hepburn wears the dress designed by Zoe Fontana for her marriage to James Hanson. The wedding was called off before the bride and groom had a chance to walk down the aisle.
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Ava Gardner
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Gardner and groom Frank Sinatra at their November wedding in Philadelphia. The bride wore an eggshell printed gown with a starched white collar and box pleats.
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Elizabeth Taylor
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Taylor married her second husband British actor Michael Wilding on February 21, 1952 in England.
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Romy Schneider
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Schneider returning to Paris after her December wedding to her private secretary, Daniel Biasini.
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Jane Birkin
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Birkin wears a cream crochet minidress for her first—and only—marriage to John Barry in November, 1965.
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Yoko Ono
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John Lennon and Ono after their wedding in Gibraltar, Spain.
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Linda McCartney
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Ono wasn’t the only winter Beatles bride: Linda married Paul McCartney in Marylebone, London in 1969.
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Jackie Kennedy Onassis
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Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis married second husband Aristotle Onassis during October in Scorpios, Greece.
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Marilyn Monroe
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Monroe after her wedding to Joe DiMaggio in San Francisco in January, 1954.
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Audrey Hepburn
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Hepburn in a bonnet at her wedding to Andrea Dotti in Switzerland.
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Debbie Reynolds
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The late actress cuts the cake during her early winter wedding to singer and performer Eddie Fischer in 1955.
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Elizabeth Taylor
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Taylor and Richard Burton at their first wedding in Montreal, Canada in 1964. Taylor wore a yellow, chiffon suit and wild flowers in her hair.
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Ava Gardner
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Gardner and clarinetist Artie Shaw wore matching suits for their Beverly Hills wedding in 1945.
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Syreeta Wright
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Stevie Wonder and his bride depart from their early winter wedding at Detroit’s Bernette Baptist Church.
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Rosemarie Frankland
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The former Miss World during her wedding to pop star Warren Entner in October, 1970.
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Brigitte Nielson
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Newlyweds Sylvester Stallone and Nielsen after saying their vows in December, 1985. The bride wore a beaded, fringe headdress.
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Queen Elizabeth II
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The most royal winter bride, Queen Elizabeth II married Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on November 20, 1957 at Westminster Abbey in London.
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Lulu
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English pop singer Lulu wears a white, mink-trimmed coat over a mini dress for her wedding Bee Gees frontman, Maurice Gibb.
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Jo Howard
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Howard leans for a kiss with her new husband, the Rolling Stones Guitarist Ron Wood on January 2, 1985.