Julia Roberts, 58, wore a navy dress with large white polka dots to her niece Emma Roberts’s wedding to actor Cody John on Saturday, July 25, at John’s family estate in Sun Valley, Idaho
, channeling an iconic moment from her 1990 film “Pretty Woman.”
Julia and her husband Danny Moder watched from the second row, with Julia’s dress featuring long, semi-sheer sleeves, a deep V-neck, a cinched waist, and a long fluttery skirt, her hair swept into a long bun with a center part and face-framing tendrils
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The retro-esque dress felt like an homage to the brown-and-white polka-dot dress she wore in one of her biggest movies, Pretty Woman—which came out in 1990
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The famed polka-dot scene from Pretty Woman was a polo match, unforgettable in cinema history.
Julia, 58, is Emma’s aunt and one of her first inspirations for taking up acting as a profession, and Emma is the daughter of Kelly Cunningham and actor Eric Roberts, Julia’s older brother
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Julia and Danny’s three kids—Phinnaeus, Hazel and Henry Moder—attended, with Julia and her daughter Hazel twinning in semi-sheer polka dot dresses with voluminous sleeves
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All of the guests were pictured holding delicate white parasols to block the heat
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Meanwhile, the bride herself made a statement with her own custom gown.
“I didn’t really know what I wanted,” Roberts told Vogue, explaining that she just knew she wanted it to feel very vintage-inspired, obsessed with antique books and treasure hunting, and wanting that to shine through in the dress
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The dress used roughly 25 yards of silk chiffon dyed a custom “antique rose” shade, with construction taking nearly nine months and 1,000 hours
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“I kind of wanted to look like a ghost — a little antique ghost doll,” she told Vogue at a final dress fitting with her bridesmaids ahead of the nuptials
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A removable lace shawl let the convertible gown create five distinct looks
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The bride later switched looks for the celebration.
“I love the idea of wearing black for the afterparty,” Roberts explained of her second dress
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“We love doing something that’s a little unexpected. This looks like it could be totally vintage from 100 years ago, or from now. This is going to be so fun in Idaho at the after party,” she said
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Roberts admitted she felt pressured while working on the dress, especially after having worn a wedding gown in a past movie, telling the outlet that she’d tried out wedding dresses for that, which felt weird, but “now, it’s the real deal”
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“He’s gonna love it, but he loves anything that I love,” Roberts predicted of her now-spouse’s reaction to her wedding gown, adding “He wouldn’t care if I wore jeans, but he’s definitely going to die for this”
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In the viral moment that made the polka-dot gown iconic for Roberts, her character Vivian Ward wore the brown-and-white dress to a polo match in Pretty Woman, where she turned heads as Richard Gere’s character’s companion—a scene that cemented the film’s place in pop culture history and made the outfit instantly recognizable.
Emma Roberts, 35, tied the knot with fiancé actor Cody John on Saturday, July 25, at his family estate in Sun Valley, with her five-year-old son Rhodes walking her down the aisle
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The wedding was attended by a plethora of A-list celebs, including Sarah Paulson, Demi Moore, and Kristen Stewart
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Emma tied the knot with actor Cody John in an intimate outdoor ceremony at his family estate in Sun Valley on Saturday, July 25, with Julia and her husband Danny Moder both spotted watching on from the second row
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Emma and Cody John previously announced their engagement in 2024
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