Inside Claudia Sulewski's Wedding Dress Fitting | Vogue

Hi Vogue, I'm Claudia Salewski, and today we are in Beverly Hills at Oscar de la Renta, and we're about to have our final fitting for my wedding dress and all of the other dresses for the weekend, I'm so excited. So, come on in. Let's go. I've got my mom, Beata, with me, and my soon-to-be mother-in-law, Maggie, with me. I am trying on four different dresses today. There's gonna be rehearsal dinner, the ceremony, the first dance reception dinner dress, and the after-party dress. And I think I'm most excited for the ceremony dress. I'm excited for you both to see what I look like in it, and every fitting thus far has sort of been an alteration, so I'm really excited to try on the final version. I'm just happy to be here and be included and get to see Claudia. I'm getting so excited, and I've been dying to see you in the dress, and I'm just, I'm thrilled to be able to see. How are you feeling, Mom? I feel so, so blessed, and I can't wait to see you in your beautiful dress. Oh, love you so much. Shall we do it? Shall we try on some dresses? This is the rehearsal dinner. Hi. Claudia. God. Oh! Hi. Wow. Look at that. How beautiful is this dress? I don't know which way to face, I guess. Wow. Insane. I like don't know what to do with myself. You look like a sculptor. You do. You really do. Isn't this fabric crazy? Beautiful. You're gonna have to find reasons to turn around. I know, I know. I'm gonna be like this. Back out. Wow. How do you feel? I feel so womanly. Like, I feel just so classy, and beautiful, and comfortable, too, you know? Timeless beauty. It's stunning. Thanks, guys. Wow. Turn around again. Yeah, give us the back. Okay. Oh, thank you. My God. Period. I think we have some alterations that we want to do, just some tiny little adjustments. Bringing this over so it's like an effortless drape. She's gonna shorten the lining a little bit in the back because it peeks out through. We don't need it. Yeah. So we'll just glide it. And then do we think the lining in the front a little bit? We do need to shorten it in the front. This here, it'll pull it, and then you'll just wear some tape there. It looks so good. This fabric is like liquid. It's perfect. She is perfect. You guys like it? Wow. There we go. Cut it down. Amazing. Feels like such a long time coming. Drew and I have been talking about that as we've been writing a speech for the day, and it just feels like we've all gotten to see this relationship grow over the last almost eight years. Rebecca and I were actually on the first date. Oh. So to like, I know, maybe, is that? Whatever. Yeah. We were on the first date. So to see them meet, to the wedding in a couple weeks, like that's such a crazy love story that we really saw from the very beginning. It's so special, and Claudia's beautiful, and just everything she does is amazing. So it's so cool to be a part of this. We are so happy for them. We couldn't be more thrilled to be here. It's gonna make beautiful memories for us, for them, and for our grandchildren. We're not jumping the gun at all. The ceremony dress. Oh, wow. You guys are gonna make me cry. Stop. Wow. Oh my gosh. Unbelievable. Wow, that is so pretty. We were putting it on, and I was saying like, there's something about this dress that like, just demands like, silence. Yeah. Like a moment of silence, you know? And this neck piece. Beautiful, I love it. The asymmetry of it. So nice. And once I turn around, just wait. It like, goes down on one side. This is so pretty. Hand-draped, silk file. Added more volume here, so you want it to like, you know, go all the way around. But she's like a little statue. Love the drop lace. Isn't it so good? Absolutely gorgeous. Oh my God. We're gonna add some boning here, and she is laced in there. Very Victorian. Yes, it's like... It's a dream dress. Yeah. Dream girl. It's my dream dress. How do you think it's better, every fitting? Every single fitting. Okay, wait, I need to turn around. Yeah, let's show them the back. So the scarf goes down on one side, and it goes the full length of the train. Oh, wow. The shoe. Oh, the massive platform. Who's gonna do that on the day? Oh my God. I will do it. Who's gonna do that? Well, I will do it. So many hands. Going all the way down to the floor. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever put on my body. Yeah. And I love the cut, how it just, it's sort of flat, and then like, dips down. This sort of feels like it caught on my neck in the wind or something. Can I bring somebody to see you? Yeah. David, why an angel? Sorry to be interrupting. Love you so much. No, you're so good. I love you. I'll see you very soon. I feel like a princess. So many of the Oscar de la Renta references I was pulling had large skirts, and just volume on the bottom here. The silhouette was sort of the reference that we started with, and then from there, just kind of built on that. The fabric, the color, the neck scarf, and here's where we've landed. While we're shortening the sides, Thomas, can you come on in and just say hi? Hi. Thomas has been a part of every step of this journey. I've been in the back crying this whole time, because it's been really emotional. I know, we were lacing this up just now, and looking at each other in the mirror, just like, what is happening? We've all gotten so close as a team. We're just on text and Zooms once a week at least. I know, what are we going to do when the wedding's over? I don't know, yeah. Who are we going to text? Each other. All right. Wow. The veil. Is this the actual veil? Yes. Oh my God. So we decided to clip it under the bun, so that it just cascades down. Revolutionary. Put my hands in my pockets. We got pockets in here. Wow. She's a modern bride. Oh man. Wow. So pretty. You did it. It really becomes real when you put them. Yeah. Oh gosh. You did it. Yeah. We're getting married. Yay. Don't you think now you want to make that ceremony a little longer? Yeah. Yes. ****. Yep. Wow. Yep. She's a wife. Who is she? This is incredible. It feels so grown up in this like sexy wifey way, but it's so celebratory. So I'll be dancing in this. We did a little dance test to make sure that nothing's in the way. Oscar had done a dress that was very similar to this shape and it was an all black. And you guys presented that as an option. Maybe we do this in white. And we were like, we have to. It's so good. Lace up corset with a caddy dress on top. And the best part is, I don't know if you can see, but when the light catches it at some point, there's little crystals. No way. There are little crystals in here. So you'll just see it like in certain angles when she turns, it'll be like a little surprise. And all the feathers are upcycled, which was really important to me. We're doing some. Yeah. Some tinning. And a little bit in the front as well, right? But yeah. It's so special. Awesome. It's fun. You're gonna have like. The hips. Yeah. Like, no kidding. Shake, shake, shake. Phineas hasn't seen any of these dresses. Since we're doing our first dance in this dress, I've had to be very vague about certain limitations, the ways in which he can lift me. I worry about the structure. We want to keep it intact. So I've just been like, there's an obstacle. There's an obstacle that will be sitting between us a little bit. Oh my gosh. Barbie. Wow. Are we kidding? Oh, we love it. Yes, we do. Same. So fun. Right? Skirt. So, the skirt. The skirt. The moment. We're gonna, by the way, we're gonna match the shoes to the skirt. Yeah. So the shoes will be gray. This is after party indoors, 10 p.m. onward. Oh wow. So cute. Basically, there were a few early 2000s, 90s Oscar photos that we were pulling together from runway looks. And we felt like the boat neck felt so fresh and different to the rest of the looks. And we made it pink. Love the pink. And the skirt's gray, because why not? No one's gonna expect this, for sure. I feel like a little cupcake. Yes. And we're getting legs. It's so sexy. And it's giving legs. That is so cute. Yeah. It's cute. You look insane. Yeah. So good. There's one more outfit, but it's not for me. Oh, it's for the doggies. It's for the doggies. I think we're gonna put Moose in front, and then Peaches, it's gonna be resting on her back. They're gonna walk down the aisle, right? And they're gonna walk down as flower dogs. Yeah, that's when the tears will start, for sure. And it's made from the same fabric as her dress. Is it the same costume? Exactly, literally cut it off the same thing, made these, and made her gown. They're so cute. So they have a little piece of your dress. Once we're married, we're gonna walk them to cocktail hour. At the very beginning of all of this, I remember sitting down with my stylist and being like, Oscar de la Huerta, how do we make it happen? You know, I love it. Genuinely, like, from the very beginning, that has been the dream. You guys are so iconic for your gowns, your bridal stories, your silhouettes, and I just couldn't be more excited and couldn't be more. We are honored. We're so excited. Vogue, that's my final look. Let's go get married.