Mum To Be Raffaella Fico Wears Wedding Dress For Catwalk Fashion Label Vanitas

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Who? Raffaella Fico

What? Mario Balotelli's pregnant girlfriend Raffaella Fico modelled a wedding dress on the catwalk for fashion label 'Vanitas' yesterday. She wore the embellished white gown with silver stilettos and long wavy locks - almost enough to distract from her beautiful baby bump.

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Where? Napoli, Italy.

Verdict? Bridal wear for a beaming mum to be is brave look to model, but we think Raffaella was glowing in this classic dress. What do you think? Will it have done the trick for Mario?

If you have a few Winter weddings to attend this season, then fear not because we've put together a gallery of fabulous items to help you find your wedding guest attire:

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  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Pewter sequin cowl back maxi dress by kelly Brook, <a href="http://www.newlook.com/shop/womens/dresses/kelly-brook-pewter-sequin-cowl-back-maxi-dress_266564995"><strong>New Look, £69.99.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Black jet bead spike embellished collar necklace, <a href="http://www.newlook.com/shop/womens/jewellery-and-hair-accessories/black-jet-bead-spike-embellished-collar-necklace_267099101"><strong>New Look, £12.99.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Shoulder wrap dress, <a href="http://www.warehouse.co.uk/jewel-shoulder-wrap-dress./dresses/warehouse/fcp-product/5563084005"><strong>Warehouse, £75.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Embellished bodice maxi dress, <a href="http://www.warehouse.co.uk/embellished-bodice-maxi-dress./dresses/warehouse/fcp-product/6213092001"><strong>Warehouse, £95.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Winter slinky clutch, <a href="http://www.frenchconnection.com/product/Woman+Collections+Accessories/SBCT8/Winter+Slinky+Clutch.htm"><strong>French Connection, £60.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Sequin pencil skirt, <a href="http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=21&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=33057&storeId=12556&productId=7311151&langId=-1&sort_field=Relevance&categoryId=208530&parent_categoryId=203984&pageSize=20"><strong>Topshop, £65.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Lily skirt by Jones and Jones, <a href="http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=121&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=33057&storeId=12556&productId=6466225&langId=-1&sort_field=Relevance&categoryId=208530&parent_categoryId=203984&pageSize=20"><strong>Topshop, £45.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Earth granite print dress, <a href="http://www.matchesfashion.com/product/139428?qxjkl=tsid:30065|cat:0RpXOIXA500"><strong>Matches, £385.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Blouse, <a href="http://www.hm.com/gb/product/05900?article=05900-A"><strong>H&M, £19.99.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Jacket, <a href="http://www.hm.com/gb/product/02143?article=02143-A"><strong>H&M, £29.99.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Beige feather detail fascinator by Ted Baker, <a href="http://www.psyche.co.uk/womens-c12/accessories-c25/ted-baker-womens-beige-feather-detail-fascinator-p11778"><strong>Psyche, £19.50.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Jewelled headband by Kaliko, <a href="http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/Kaliko+Jewelled+Headband/176610523,default,pd.html?cm_mmc=ShopStyle-_-Accessories-_-Hats+&+Hair+Accessories-_-Jewelled+Headband"><strong>House Of Fraser, £25.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Invitation Maisy Hat, <a href="http://www.hobbs.co.uk/product/display?productID=0112-1894-040000&productvarid=0112-1894-040000-BLACK%20IVORY-1SIZE&refpage=outlet/accessories/scarves-hats&utm_source=shopstyle&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopstyle"><strong>Hobbs, £35.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Green brocade dress from Kenzo, <a href="http://www.farfetch.com/shopping/women/kenzo-brocade-sleeveless-dress-item-10261429.aspx"><strong>Farfetch, £497.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Black dress with long sleeves with grey, white and blue panel print by Stella McCartney, <a href="http://www.farfetch.com/shopping/women/stella-mccartney-long-sleeved-dress-item-10281778.aspx"><strong>Farfetch, £2053.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Sylvieta 120 color-block leather sandals by Christian Louboutin, <a href="http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/192365"><strong>Net-a-Porter, £645.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Lace-covered suede sandals by Burberry, <a href="http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/320449"><strong>Net-a-Porter, £395.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Antique red billy interlock dress by Marc Jacobs, <a href="http://www.stylebop.com/gb/product_details.php?id=386091&partner=shopstyle&campaign=Kooperation/shopstyle/gbp&utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=shopstyle&utm_campaign=productfeed&ia-pmtrack=56971310&campaign=affiliate/linkshare/uk/&utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=linkshare&utm_campaign=adsuk&siteID=0RpXOIXA500-yqfHA_0B_KJ.hjMl.4Q.NA"><strong>StyleBop, £250.</strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Skater jacquard dress, <a href="http://www.tedbaker.com/women%27s/women%27s_clothing/dresses/99102-skater_jacquard_dress/detail.aspx"><strong>Ted Baker, £149. </strong></a>

  • Wedding Guest Glitz & Glam

    Glitz disc earrings, <a href="http://www.fossil.co.uk/en_GB/shop/women/jewellery/earrings.html?parent_category_rn=331152&departmentCategoryId=331097"><strong>Fossil, £45.</strong></a>


See more gorgeous gowns in the wedding dress gallery below:

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  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Yoko Ono and John Lennon</strong> Though she was dressed all in white, Yoko's bridal getup for her 1969 nuptials to the Beatle was hardly conventional and consisted of a mini-dress, knee-highs, trainers and a wide-brimmed hat.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer</strong> Hepburn wore a tea-length, full-skirted Balmain dress for her 1954 wedding to actor Mel Ferrer near Lake Lucerne, Switzerland.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Audrey Hepburn and Dr. Andrea Dotti</strong> For wedding number two to Andrea Dotti in 1969, Hepburn was the epitome of Sixties chic in this pink mini-dress with matching scarf, designed by Hubert de Givenchy.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra</strong> The screen star and Ol' Blue Eyes were married in a private ceremony in Philadelphia in 1951, and Ava flaunted her figure in a sexy, fitted halter dress.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Bianca Pérez-Mora Macias and Mick Jagger</strong> Bianca is (Le) smoking hot in this white wedding suit with wide-brimmed hat and veil, designed by Yves Saint Laurent, at her 1971 wedding to the Rolling Stone.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Cilla Black and Bobby Willis</strong> Cilla showed off her mile-long pins in this short and sweet red velvet dress by Sixties designer John Bates for her 1969 nuptials.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew, Duke of York</strong> Designer Lindka Cierach created this ivory duchesse satin gown which commemorated Fergie's love for her new husband on their wedding day in 1986. The gown had little personal touches like an "A" embroidered into the train and anchors and waves to symbolise Andrew's naval achievements.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier</strong> Academy Award-winning MGM designer Helen Rose created this silk lace, faille, tulle and pearl "fairy princess" dress for Kelly's 1956 wedding to Prince Rainier in Monaco. It took 36 seamstresses to make the iconic - and much-imitated - bridal gown.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale</strong> The custom-made Galliano gown that Gwen wore for her 2002 nuptials is a unique and modern reworking of 18th and 19th century vintage elements - the corset top, the elaborate ball skirt - with a punky twist thanks to the pink hem. No wonder this work of art lives in the V&A these days.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Jacqueline Bouvier and John F. Kennedy</strong> African-American designer Ann Lowe created the ivory silk-taffeta wedding dress Jackie wore when she married JFK in Newport, Rhode Island in 1953. Allegedly, Jackie would have preferred a simple silhouette, but the ballgown-skirted frock - which required 50 yards of fabric to make - spawned countless imitations.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Jacqueline Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis</strong> The fashion icon wore a lace-trimmed, knee-length Valentino dress for her 1968 wedding to Ari Onassis. Greece 1968

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Catherine Middleton and Prince William</strong> For the wedding of the century in April 2011, the Duchess of Cambridge chose a gown by Alexander McQueen, designed by Sarah Burton. Looks familiar? The dress is a tribute to Princess Grace's iconic Helen Rose design.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Leah Wood and Jack MacDonald</strong> Ronnie Wood's daughter chose a pre-Raphaelite inspired gown with pleated bodice and six-foot train for her 2008 nuptials.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Lily Allen and Sam Cooper</strong> Lily chose this vintage-inspired lace number, complete with Jane Austen-style bonnet, by Delphine Manivet for her 2011 nuptials which hid a special surprise: her baby bump!

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Liv Tyler and Royston Langdon</strong> Liv went for an Edwardian-style Empire-waist dress by Alexander McQueen when she wed rocker Langdon in 2003.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Elizabeth Taylor and Conrad Hilton, Jr.</strong> For Liz's first wedding - there were eight in total - to hotelier Conrad "Nicky" Hilton, Jr. in 1950 in Beverly Hills, the actress opted for a classic and stunned in a traditional satin dress with sheer neckline created by MGM designer Helen Rose.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding</strong> For Liz's 1952 wedding, a civil ceremony to actor Michael Wilding in London, the actress went for a demure tea-length dress with ¾ length sleeves.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher</strong> For wedding number four, to singer Eddie Fisher in a Las Vegas synagogue in 1959, Liz abandoned tradition in favour of this hooded sheer green chiffon dress.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Lorna Luft and Jake Hooker</strong> The actress (whose mum was Judy Garland) chose an unusual - yet typically Seventies - wedding ensemble for her 1977 nuptials to musician Jake Hooker: an off-the-shoulder striped silk top over flared trousers.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton</strong> Elizabeth's wreathed hair and yellow babydoll dress, designed by Cleopatra costumier Irene Sharaff for her 1964 wedding to Richard Burton, was perfectly in tune with hippie-inspired Sixties style. The couple split after 10 years together and remarried for a second time in 1975 before divorcing nine months later.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, Lord Snowdon</strong> Princess Margaret opted for a minimalist yet striking creation from Norman Hartnell for her 1960 wedding - the first royal nuptials to be broadcast on TV.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Marilyn Miller and Jack Pickford</strong> Broadway star Marilyn Miller married actor Jack Pickford in 1922 in a beautifully romantic Twenties-Era diaphanous lace dress. Jack's sister, film star Mary Pickford, and Charlie Chaplin were in attendance.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Mia Farrow and Frank Sinatra</strong> A 21-year-old Mia worked a stylish 60s cropped jacket and dress with her adorable pixie cut when she married 50-year-old Sinatra in Las Vegas in 1966.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Deborah Mitford and Duke of Devonshire, Lord Andrew Cavendish</strong> The youngest of the famed Mitford sisters, Deborah wore this white tulle gown, made by Victor Stiebel, for her wedding to Lord Andrew Cavendish in 1941. In her memoirs, Deborah wrote of the dress: "I never thought I should own such a thing and, had we been married six weeks later, I could not have done. Clothes rationing came in and my dress would have taken several years' worth of coupons."

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Kate Moss and Jamie Hince</strong> The retro queen shimmered in a sequin-and-bead detailed, sheer-panelled, vintage-inspired frock by pal John Galliano for her 2011 country nuptials to rocker Hince.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Patsy Kensit and Jim Kerr</strong> Even though it was a 90s rock-'n-roll wedding, Patsy's floral wreath and antique lace dress has a lovely vintage feel.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips</strong> The dramatic bell-sleeved gown Princess Anne wore for her 1973 nuptials at Westminster Abbey had a Tudor feel thanks to the high collar and statement sleeves, and was designed by Maureen Baker, a favourite of the young royal's.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Diana Spencer and Charles, Prince of Wales</strong> David and Elizabeth Emanuel created the dramatic silk taffeta confection Princess Diana wore on her wedding day in 1981. The bouffant dress may not be to everyone's tastes, but it was the 80s, after all.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Priscilla Ann Beaulieu and Elvis Presley</strong> Priscilla reportedly designed the lace-sleeved, pearl-trimmed gown she wore for her 1967 Vegas wedding to the King.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh</strong> Queen Elizabeth II married her paramour in 1947 wearing a floral embroidered silk gown by designer Norman Hartnell. Princess Elizabeth had saved up her clothing rations to pay for the dress fabric - and women around England had (illegally) sent their ration cards to the princess to help.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    <strong>Wallis Simpson and the Duke of Windsor, Edward VIII</strong> One of fashion plate Simpson's favourite designers, Mainbocher, designed this exquisite wedding gown for the 1937 ceremony in a special blue colour, said to match the Duchess' eyes.

  • Vintage Wedding Dress Inspiration

    Kate Winslet and Jim Threapleton The actress chose an Edwardian-style beaded dress by Alexander McQueen for her 1998 nuptials.

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03:56 AM on 11/13/2012
o dear ...
05:24 PM on 11/12/2012
She is far more better looking and in better shape than Victoria Beckham or Kate and Pippa Middleton, who have no actual body figures that can be that people can appreciate. All of them look as if they have been on a year long hunger strike.
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12:07 PM on 11/12/2012
desperate for money and fame !!! nuff said.
10:44 AM on 11/12/2012
As does typing and not wearing specs!! Oops pregnancy!
10:42 AM on 11/12/2012
Dont think pregnanacy and white wedding dresses work!
11:49 AM on 11/12/2012
but they are not uncommon cinders :) Lets face it the vast majority of brides have no right according to the church to wear white, so why should a pregnant woman wear it.
10:14 AM on 11/12/2012
So he can score sometimes?
07:34 AM on 11/12/2012
At least she's covered up, thankfully.
07:24 AM on 11/12/2012
Looks, gross!
11:50 AM on 11/12/2012
she is a beautiful lady, whatever she is wearing and is far from gross

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