What 12 daughters of US presidents wore on their wedding day
Talia Lakritz
- Priscilla Kidder designed wedding gowns for Luci Johnson and Tricia Nixon.
- Caroline Kennedy wore a wedding dress by Carolina Herrera, one of her mother's favorite designers.
- Chelsea Clinton and Ivanka Trump both wore Vera Wang wedding gowns.
President Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice Lee Roosevelt married Congressman Nicholas Longworth in 1906.
Nicknamed "Princess Alice" by the press, Roosevelt's youngest daughter was a celebrity with a rebellious streak, known for carrying a snake in her purse and smoking.
President Woodrow Wilson's daughter Jessie married Francis Bowes Sayre at the White House in 1913.
Wilson wore a white satin gown as she married Sayre in the East Room of the White House in front of 400 guests.
President Wilson's youngest daughter, Eleanor, also held her wedding in the White House.
The New York Times reported that Eleanor's gown was made of ivory satin with a tulle tunic and point lace trim on her wedding day in 1914. She also wore a cap embellished with orange blossoms.
President Lyndon B. Johnson's daughter Luci married Patrick Nugent in 1966 in a gown designed by Priscilla Kidder.
The couple held their ceremony at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, and their reception in the East Room of the White House. Luci's wedding dress featured a high neck and long sleeves.
Luci's sister, Lynda Bird Johnson, got married at the White House the following year in a gown designed by Geoffrey Beene.
Lynda Bird's wedding dress was embellished with buttons at the high neck and down the princess-line seams.
President Richard Nixon's daughter Julie wore a dress with a lace collar, pearl embroidery, and a cathedral train for her wedding to David Eisenhower in 1968.
Julie married President Dwight Eisenhower's grandson in New York City. Nixon, who was then president-elect, walked her down the aisle of the Marble Collegiate Church. Her dress cost around $2,000, according to The Washington Post.
Tricia Nixon wore a white silk organdy gown designed by Priscilla Kidder for her 1971 wedding to Edward Finch Cox.
The gown was appliquéd with Alencon lace and lily embroidery.
President Jimmy Carter's daughter, Amy, wore a short, hand-embroidered wedding dress when she wed James Wentzel at her family's Pond House estate in Georgia in 1996.
The wedding was attended by 140 guests.
Caroline Kennedy wed Edwin Schlossberg in 1986 in a silk organza dress designed by Carolina Herrera.
The dress featured an embellished bodice, short puffy sleeves, and a drop waist.
President George W. Bush's daughter Jenna chose a beaded Oscar de la Renta gown for her 2008 wedding to Henry Hager.
The wedding was held on the Bush family's Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas.
Chelsea Clinton wore a strapless Vera Wang gown made of ivory silk organza for her 2010 wedding to Marc Mezvinsky.
The dress also featured an embroidered silver waistband.
Ivanka Trump wore a Vera Wang gown made of Chantilly and Lyon lace with three-quarter sleeves when she married Jared Kushner in 2009.
She accessorized the dress with $265,000 worth of diamonds from her Ivanka Trump Collection.
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