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| Susan Bridges (center), wife of actor Jeff Bridges, and other bridesmaids at the Bel Air wedding of her sister Cindy, 1979. (Ron Galella/WireImage/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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| Typically, she plays second fiddle to the bride -- but these days, a bridesmaid is a pretty popular woman. At the end of April, Pippa Middleton got people buzzing as the maid of honor at her sister Kate's wedding to Prince William, then nabbed the cover of People magazine, which dubbed her "the knockout sibling who stole the show." And on May 13, Kristin Wiig (above left) stars in the glowingly reviewed comedy Bridesmaids, playing an Everywoman coping with the upcoming nuptials of her best friend (Maya Rudolph, above right). Here, a tribute to bridesmaids through history -- plus the reasons we love them so. (Michael Buckner/Getty Images/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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| At Kate Middleton and Prince William's wedding, Pippa Middleton, wearing a form-fitting and much-lauded dress by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, keeps hold of her little charges Grace Van Cutsem and Eliza Lopes. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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| Maria Shriver and other bridesmaids (including a sour-looking one at left) attend the wedding of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, July 19, 1986. (Michael Grecco/Getty Images/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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| Hours before her $1 million wedding to Charlie Shanian in 2004, Tori Spelling, cradling her pet pug, gathers her bridesmaids at the Bel Air Hotel. By the end of the following year, Spelling and Shanian were separated, after she had an affair with her TV-movie costar Dean McDermott. (Jonathan Alcorn/WireImage/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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| At Nicole Kidman's 2006 wedding to Keith Urban, her sister Antonia (right), Antonia's daughter (center), and Nicole's daughter Isabella Cruise (left) look positively giddy. (Don Arnold/WireImage/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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| A bridesmaid dares to wear lingerie at the vow-renewal ceremony of Twisted Sister rocker Dee Snider and his wife in Las Vegas, 2006. (Denise Truscello/WireImage/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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| Susan Bridges (center), wife of actor Jeff Bridges, and other bridesmaids at the Bel Air wedding of her sister Cindy, 1979. (Ron Galella/WireImage/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. |
| Actresses playing bridesmaids stick close to Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson at the premiere of the 2005 comedy Wedding Crashers. (Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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