International pop sensation Taylor Swift has accepted the role as bridesmaid multiple times in her life alongside her childhood companions. In 2017, she was a bridesmaid for longtime friend Abigail Anderson and as maid of honor for bestie Britany Maack in 2016.
Rihanna’s iconic photo as a lilac-clad bridesmaid at her assistant’s 2015 Hawaiian destination wedding proves that she steals the show no matter what she’s doing. Looking at the photo alone, it wouldn’t be a surprise if she’d been the bride!
In 2015, Scream Queens and American Horror Story actress Emma Roberts slayed as co-maid of honor for her best friend and fashion designer Kara Smith. The other maid of honor was Smith’s designer partner Brit Elkin who sported their line’s designs along with the rest of the bridal party.
Four years later, Emma stood beside stylist Brit Elkin as a glowing bridesmaid once again. Elkin tried to keep her shine with a unique feathered gown, but Emma continued to draw the eye of cameras in a pale pink lace dress.
In 2015, Eva Longoria stood in as a bridesmaid for BFF Alina Peralta’s wedding in Spain. While she tried her best to blend in with the rest by matching her hair, makeup, and affordable Jenny Yoo dress with the other bridesmaids, it’s always hard to ignore the A-list actress on the dance floor.
Like T-Swift, Jessica Simpson acted as bridesmaid for her BFF, her assistant, and a few close friends, but her stint at her sister Ashlee’s wedding is particularly noteworthy. Pictures of her and her daughter walking down the aisle in lacy white dresses are adorable, but are honestly super confusing. She looks like the bride! Wearing this deep blue dress helped her at least try to blend in with the rest.
Lena Dunham’s show Girls has produced plenty of wedding-related opportunities for the actress. Whether as a fictional bridesmaid or real-life attendee, Dunham shined in a pale blue Reformation dress at her bestie’s Midsummer Night’s Dream themed wedding.
Talk about a unique bridal party! Who needs dresses whenever the pride should have the eye-catching gown? Even dressed down in a white t-shirt and sparkly pencil skirt, it's obvious that Lena Dunham is there.
Any event Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker attends automatically draws attention to the actress, but she did a good job at blending in for her former assistant’s 2014 summer wedding. Parker tried her best to look like the rest in a plum maxi dress while the bride spoke volumes in a multi-colored floral gown.
Sofia Vergara, who starred in the hit sitcom Modern Family, upstages anyone she’s in the room with. We’re not saying she’s purposely drawing attention to herself, but she’s one of the most beautiful and likable actresses in Hollywood, so upstaging is a package deal... especially when she’s wearing a gorgeous yellow gown.
There’s an adorable photo of Victoria Beckham as an 8-year-old bridesmaid circulating the internet, but she didn’t do any upstaging at that age. Fast-forward to May 2016 and she did double duty as bridesmaid and dress designer at Eva Longoria’s wedding. It’s hard to claim that she upstaged the bride, but she certainly made the day as special as it was for the actress.
Disney kid-turned-pop star Selena Gomez stuck out as Maid of Honor in the wedding shots captured for her cousin Priscilla DeLeon. She wore a similar black dress to the other bridesmaids, yet might as well have been the bride given the photos!
We can’t imagine how fun it would be to have Amy Schumer star in anyone’s wedding, especially for a close BFF. Her bridesmaid's speech was definitely equally hilarious and heartwarming to hear!
Model Emily Ratajkowski was a bridesmaid and personal stylist at her friend’s wedding, keeping it lowkey with a skater minidress she designed herself. We can't even tell if she's posing with the bride in this candid pic.
Surprising nobody, Paris Hilton was a featured bridesmaid for her sister’s 2015 wedding along with her cousin Brooke Brinson’s destination wedding in Mexico. Even with a slew of other celebrity bridesmaids at the weddings, it’s physically impossible to upstage the ultimate socialite that’s Paris Hilton.
Delevigne sisters Cara and Poppy both sported custom Chanel gowns for Poppy's wedding to James Cook. For the first ceremony in London, younger sister Cara hopped on the trend of wearing a white bridesmaid's dress. Apparently the "no white" rules doesn't apply to the most famous among us.
Actress Rachel Bilson was a bridesmaid in June 2016 for her brother John. But in her pale pink dress, Bilson stole the thunder from his wife. No hard feelings between them, of course, but take a look at this photo together and tell us that Rachel doesn't look like the blushing bride!
Tina Knowles chose both of her daughters, Beyoncé and Solange, along with Kelly Rowland to join her at her 2015 wedding. The bridal party defied tradition by sticking to an all-white theme, making it difficult to identify who the star of the wedding actually is. Plus, Beyoncé's choice of lacey fabric was the most bridal of the bunch.
Tennis superstar Serena Williams uplifted top rival on the court Caroline Wozniacki at her 2019 wedding, standing in as a seafoam-clad bridesmaid. Wozniacki definitely looked the most bridal of the bunch, with her gorgeous flowing train and Oscar de la Renta custom gown, yet Serena Williams dominated tabloids doing just the bare minimum.
Supermodel Miranda Kerr served as a bridesmaid for her brother in his early 2017 nupitals to James Wright. With no bride in sight, Kerr channeled bridal energy clad in an all-white ensemble topped with a colorful flower crown.
Actress Tracie Ellis Ross accepted the supporting role at her brother's wedding in California but could've fooled us as the leading lady of the day. The gorgeous choice of silky slip dresses and leafy flower crown transformed Ross into a beautiful woodland elf!
Nina Dobrev upstaging fellow actress Julianne Hough is a hard sell on paper, but is Dobrev's pink dress and flowery bodice not enough evidence? She's front and center of this picture hyping up... who's the bride, again?
We all knew Bachelorette star Jojo Fletcher would be walking down the aisle in one way or another, but we hoped it would be her wedding. Nonetheless, she was a bridesmaid for her friend's wedding in the British Virgin Islands alongside future hubby Jordan Rogers.
Ashley Tisdale starred alongside High School Musical co-star Vanessa Hudgens as bridesmaids for Kim Hidalgo's 2019 wedding. Having double the normal amount of celebrity bridesmaids make the upstaging twice as apparent, but Hidalgo didn't seem to mind!
Rewind to 2014 when the HSM crew got together again for Ashley Tisdale's wedding, with Vanessa Hudgens stepping up as a key bridesmaid. We can't wait 'til Hudgens gets her own happily ever after!
You'd think that the royal wedding starring Kate Middleton as the bride would have no chance of upstaging, yet sister Pippa Middleton's stunning slinky white dress was just as engaging as Kate's princess gown. She must've been practicing for her own royal nuptials in 2017 wearing a dress eerily similar to her older sister's...
2017 was the year of celebrity weddings, atleast for famous bridesmaids. TV personality Lauren Conrad couldn't help but stand out in the lineup of Laguna Beach alums for Cassandra Herschenfeld's wedding.
Heather Dubrow helped out fellow Real Housewives star by being a bridesmaid at Tamra Judge's 2013 wedding. Sure, Tamra was the signature diamond-clad diva, but don't we all like Heather Dubrow more anyway? To each their own!
Hailey Balwin turned Hailey Bieber after her 2018 wedding to Justin Bieber, but we can't help but remember her all-black maid-of-honor moment for her sister Alaia in 2017. Alaia really tried to stand out from the crown as the only one in white, but Hailey can't help being the internationally renowned supermodel of the bunch!
