It’s Holly I Will-oughby! Almost every gown the star wears on TV is a dress from a bridal designer, but must her husband think?
- Holly Willoughby, 39, has shown a passion for dressing in wedding gowns
- The This Morning and Dancing on Ice host never misses a chance to wear one
- Her stylist Angie Smith sources them, some of which costs thousands of pounds
Ask any bride to name her number one regret about her wedding day, and she’s sure to answer: ‘It was all over far too quickly.’
Months — sometimes years — to prepare, the choosing, designing and fitting of the fairy-tale dress she’d dreamed about since she was a little girl then . . . click. It’s all over.
But for Holly Willoughby, it isn’t. The 39-year-old This Morning and Dancing On Ice host married her husband Dan Baldwin in 2007, wearing a beautiful, white, fitted gown she designed and had made by a friend. But she has rarely been out of a wedding dress since.
Flirty in feathers: Vegas va va voom for the Dancing on Ice final 2018 in an embellished number by Turkish designer Nedret Taciroglu (left). Boned bodice and layers of tulle for another Dancing on Ice delight by Halfpenny London in February 2018 (right)
Ice Queen: holly sparkles in a bridal gown by Israeli designer Lee Petra Grebenau for last Sunday’s Dancing on Ice final
Proud as punch: In a Jenny Lackham gown for the Pride of Britain awards 2018 (left). Showing off her hourglass figure at the 2016 National Television Awards in a bridal dress by Suzanne Neville (right)
Red-carpets events, premieres, parties — she never passes an opportunity to play ‘dress up’ and step into a frothy white frock.
She’s aided in her bridalwear fetish by stylist Angie Smith, who has sourced some truly magnificent gowns, some of which cost many thousands of pounds.
Sunday night’s Dancing On Ice final was no exception, when the mother of three passed on the requisite ‘little black dress’ and went for a full meringue from bridal couturier Lee Petra Grebenau, which was covered in glitter and had sheer sleeves and a structured bodice.
Only the week before, for the show’s semi-final, Holly had stepped out in a sheer gold gown by couture bridal fashion designer Lihi Hod. The only things that were missing were a bouquet, a veil and a groom… Once a bride, always a bride.
Cinderella style: For last month’s National Television Awards, a strapless gown by Milan-based wedding designer Peter Langner
Sheer delight: Ethereal in a bridal gown by Israeli designer Dana Harel for Dancing on Ice in January 2020. Simply beautiful in thigh-split Sassi Holford for Dancing on Ice in January 2018
Pretty in pink: A blush pink confection by the Wedding Club for Dancing On Ice in February 2019
Holly and husband Dan Baldwin tied the knot in 2007
Glitter ball: For Dancing on Ice movie night last month, Holly chose from the bridal collection by Narces (left). Crystals for the Dancing on Ice semis this month by bridal designer Lihi Hod (right)