Keira Knightley has revealed how a friend ruined the Chanel dress she wore on her wedding day by spilling red wine all over it.
“It’s now got red wine stains down the front because the last time I wore it my friend went like this (juts out her elbows) and now it’s everywhere,” the actress recently said in an interview with the UK’s Daily Telegraph.
“I didn’t quite realise the extent of it until I got home. It’s quite impressively splattered. But, hey, a good night is a good night and when a dress has had its time, maybe it’s had its time.
Keira, who has appeared as a face of Chanel for years, recycled a white strapless, knee-length dress from her closet to marry musician, James Righton of the indie band The Klaxons.
“I’d worn the dress lots. It was my something old. And I like not making a big deal about it. I just wanted to be in something I had had a great time in, something I would have a great time in again.”
While some might expect an A-lister to be precious about her wedding dress, Keira seems to be refreshingly relaxed about the spillage.
“I’m pretty sure I can get it out but, if I can’t, I’m happy with the memory of a good night and the story of how the dress got destroyed.”
Keira and James, who got married last year, joined a list of celebrities, like Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel, Beyoncé and Jay-Z and Natalie Portman who have managed to avoid the paparazzi’s prying eyes and get married in secret.
Keira has worn her vintage Chanel wedding dress dozens of times, including to a party in 2008 (left) and an event in December 2013 (right).
Keira Knightley and James Righton married in secret in May 2013, wearing the same suit and dress they later wore to several red carpet occasions.
Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake married in secret in 2012.
Jay-Z and Beyonce married in 2008 without anyone in the media being any the wiser.
Sandra Bullock and Jesse James wed in 2005 without telling anyone but a handful of close friends and family members.
Alicia Keys married Swizz Beatz in a secret ceremony in France in 2013.
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony had a whirlwind top-secret wedding in 2004 after just six months of dating.
Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell rekindled their romance five years after breaking up “for good” and married in private in October 2012.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.
Carey Mulligan married musician Marcus Mumford in April 2012 in an intimate and highly-secret ceremony.
Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green married in June 2010 in a private ceremony in Maui.
Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig wed in secret in New York in June 2011 with only four guests in attendance.
The media only realised Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied were married when they showed up to the 2012 Oscars wearing matching rings.
Danny Moder and Julia Roberts married in private on her New Mexico ranch in July 2002.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin married in December 2003 in a secret ceremony at a hotel in California.
Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton married in a low-key ceremony in December 1997.
Jessica Alba and Cash Warren married in May 2008.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner married in an intimate secret ceremony in Turks and Caicos in June 2005.
Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen married in 2009.
