Why Ashley Greene Loves Her ‘Breaking Dawn’ Bridesmaid Dress

While all eyes may be on bride Bella Swan when she walks down the aisle in the fourth installment of the Twilight film franchise, Breaking Dawn Part 1, costar Ashley Greene says the bridesmaid dresses will be worth a glance as well.
“I’m really excited for everyone to see my dress, too,” the actress, who plays Alice Cullen, tells InStyle.com. in fact, the starlet even had a say in what she wore for the big day. “It was a collaboration for the Herve Leger,” she explains. “we wanted to have all the bridesmaids fit together and also have their own identity. So, we took a little bit of Alice’s past and put it into her dress.”
And just like finally finding the perfect wig for her character, Greene says the final choice for the dress was also a perfect fit — well, almost. “I didn’t love the corset,” she admits. “there were corsets in them and we took them out by the end of the movie. we were just like, ‘we don’t care!’ There’s dancing and stuff like that so that was the only part that I didn’t like because that was uncomfortable, but once the corset came out I loved it.”
MELISSA BLOCK, host: It's time now for your email. Last week, we reported on the wedding dress industry, and the fact that many brides-to-be are still willing to pay top dollar despite the bad economy.
Well, that reminded Paula Eisenberg, of Underhill, Vermont, of when she went shopping for her special day. She writes this: I fell in love with the first dress I tried on at the April Cornell store here in Burlington, Vermont. It was elegant, off-white, and lacey and 50 percent off. Imagine, even in a $50 dress, it was still the best day of my life.
MICHELE NORRIS, host: We also took listeners on a journey to Mansfield, Ohio, where nearly all of the 1994 prison drama "The Shawshank Redemption" was filmed. The city has become a mecca for the movie's many devoted fans, particularly a massive oak tree that played a key role in the film.