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Chelsea Clinton's Wedding Dress: Who will be the Designer

Forget the guest list, the price tag, the menu—the wedding detail everyone wants to know is who'll design her gown. Claire Howorth weighs de la Renta's insider cred against Wang's democratic pull to see who's on top.

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The first daughter officially became "née Bush" on May 11, 2008, in a custom Oscar de la Renta gown on her family's ranch in Crawford, Texas. She had released details about the wedding beforehand, as well as sketches of both her gown and those of her bridesmaids, designed by Lela Rose.

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At her wedding to New York Observer publisher Jared Kushner last year, Trump's lace Vera Wang was a stunning throwback to the modest, sleeved gowns of Grace Kelly's era.

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The glamorous Clinton family adviser married Rep. Anthony Weiner on July 10, in an embellished Oscar de la Renta gown.

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Simpson's much-publicized marriage to Nick Lachey, on the cusp of the MTV show that launched them both into reality-TV infamy, featured her Vera Wang confection.

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The actress married Josh Kelley in an Oscar de la Renta gown. Now they're adoptive parents to daughter Naleigh.

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Score one on the political side for Vera Wang! Gore married Dr. Drew Schiff in 1997, in Wang. Though they've since announced their separation, Gore's gown remains a classic.

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Landscape doyenne and Vogue contributor Brooks looked the part of an Edwardian bride in Oscar de la Renta at her June wedding to Bastien Halard.

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The pregnant Real Housewife wore a Vera Wang gown to her wedding, which she called "the best night of my life."

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Callau wed Growing Pains patriarch Alan Thicke in Oscar de la Renta, on May 7, 2005, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

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The singer wore Vera Wang when she married Sony exec Tommy Mottola in 1993. They separated three years later, and Carey is now wed to Nick Cannon.

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In March 2008, Sports Illustrated swimsuit bombshell Brooklyn Decker swapped her bikini for Vera Wang when she married tennis star Andy Roddick.

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