‘A big pouffy dress is not really me’: the brides who got wed in a suit – long before Dua Lipa

When the singer got married in London last month, her skirt suit made headlines. But she was hardly the first to reject tradition. Here are the stories behind some other beautiful but unconventional outfits For some people, wearing a big white dress on their wedding day feels as key as the rings. For others, less so. When Dua Lipa wore a Schiaparelli couture white skirt suit as she wed the actor Callum Turner in London last month, she joined a long line of women who have opted for a suit. Not least Bianca Jagger, whom Lipa was speculated to be emulating – the model and activist caused a stir when she got hitched to Mick Jagger in 1971, wearing a Yves Saint Laurent Le Smoking jacket and bias-cut skirt. In a way it’s strange that it’s still considered unusual, but the concept of the traditional wedding, dress and all, still holds immense sway. So who else has chosen a suit over a dress? And were they inspired by Jagger or simply cutting their own cloth? We asked readers for stories of their wedding-day suits. I had been toying with the idea of wearing a suit for a while – the reusability really appealed to me, and I realised that if I had a wedding dress it would hang forgott