Priscilla Presley and Elvis PresleyWhy is Elvis (The King) connected with brides and grooms everywhere - especially Las Vegas, wedding capital of the world? Is it because iconic photos of the Rock and Roll star and his bouffant bride, Priscilla Beaulieu, make them look like the coolest, grooviest, newly weds ever?
Having met when she was just 14, they waited until she was 21 (he was 32) in 1967 before they tied the knot at the Aladdin Hotel in ...
more Priscilla Presley and Elvis PresleyWhy is Elvis (The King) connected with brides and grooms everywhere - especially Las Vegas, wedding capital of the world? Is it because iconic photos of the Rock and Roll star and his bouffant bride, Priscilla Beaulieu, make them look like the coolest, grooviest, newly weds ever?
Having met when she was just 14, they waited until she was 21 (he was 32) in 1967 before they tied the knot at the Aladdin Hotel in Vegas. Elvis wore a shiny black brocade silk tuxedo with a white carnation in his buttonhole and cowboy boots. But it is was his wife's wedding ensemble that truly demands a place in the bridal hall of fame.
The floor length whiter-than-white silk chiffon gown with its sheer beaded yolk neckline and sleeves twinkling with seed pearls, epitomizes Sixties glamour (along with eyeliner, false eyeslashes, pale lippy and hairpiece). Priscilla designed the dress herself.
Topped by a cloudlike tulle veil, standing three foot long and secured in place by a mighty rhinestone crown, it's difficult to say whose hair was bigger - or blacker. Elvis' bouncy quiff pales into insignificance compared to Priscillas's towering barnet.
The couple later repeated the ceremony at Graceland for family wearing exactly the same clothes/make up/hairdos/cheesy grins. Exactly nine months later their daughter Lisa Marie was born.
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