One wedding gown just wasn’t enough forAshley Iaconetti.
“I never thought I would be a two-dress kind of girl, but I found my reception dress first and couldn’t say no,” she tells PEOPLE.
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“It is unreal. It is everything I ever wanted,” she says. “It’s the kind of dress that you wear and you are so thankful you chose that one, because you’re going to look back on it fifty years later and be happy you went with that style. I will never regret it and I think I’ll always think it’s the prettiest dress that I’ve ever seen. It’s timeless, classic elegance.”
PEOPLE got a sneak peek inside Iaconetti’s wedding dress fitting, where she revealed that the ceremony dress she landed on wasn’t exactly what she had first imagined for her big day.
“When I first started dress shopping I had an image ofKim Kardashianon the cover ofVogue— I was like, ‘That’s my dress,'” she shares in the clip above. I don’t even really need to try on a whole bunch I just need to find that one.”
But in the end, that wasn’t the right style for her.
“I tried on what was the most similar to that dress that I could ever come up with and it didn’t even make me feel a thing,” she says. “I didn’t even think it was that flattering. So we kind of started from scratch with me knowing that I wanted a princess ball gown.”
To match her romantic ceremony gown, Iaconetti opted for soft, natural makeup.
“I wanted my makeup to be natural-ish. I don’t want it to be cakey. I want the emphasis to be more on the eyes,” she says. “For hair, I’m adding some extensions for a little bit of length and volume.”
“It made me look tiny and was super flattering,” the star says.
Ultimately, Iaconetti wanted to select gowns that would bring tears to her husband’s eyes.
“I hope that Jared cries,” she says. “There’s so much pressure on Jared to cry because this entire time I’ve been the crier right? Everybody’s seen me cry. I want him to cry this time.”
Iaconetti adds: “I just hope that Jared thinks that I truly look the prettiest I’ve ever looked on this day. And I hope it takes his breath away.”
TheBachelor in Paradisealums married onSunday evening in Rhode Island.
“We told everyone everything that we wanted them to know,” says Iaconetti. “We wanted them to understand how we got from being such good friends to being so in love.”
Haibon popped the question in June 2018while in Mexico filming the fifth season ofBachelor in Paradise, the summer spin-off series whereThe Bacheloralums’up-and-down relationshipbegan three years ago.
Iaconetti had crushed on Haibon during the second season ofParadisein 2015. But Haibon didn’t reciprocate her instant feelings of attraction. However, the two remained close andbuilt a strong friendshipover the years, until they started dating.
“There’s just this undeniable, magnetic force between the two of us that just is indescribable,” Haibon told PEOPLE at the annual Nylon Young Hollywood Party. “Love conquered.”
source: people.com
