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FIRST LOOK: Natalie Portman’s Ethereal White Wedding Dress

08/06/2012 at 04:30 PM ET

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When Natalie Portman needed a wedding dress appropriate for a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony in California’s chilly Big Sur, the actress called on her friends. Her fashion friends, that is.

A source tells PEOPLE that Portman tied the knot in a dress by Rodarte, the label run by Portman’s longtime pals, sisters Laura and Kate Mulleavy. The frothy white A-line frock, left, was tea length, and featured a sheer overlay that covered the star’s chest and arms. She accessorized the simple gown with nude shoes, a veil and what appeared to be a floral crown.

The actress has been a fan of the young line for several years, wearing Rodarte creations on press tours for The Other Boleyn Girl, Black Swan and for the 2011 Oscars, where she nabbed the best actress statuette.

Portman and dancer Benjamin Millepied wed Saturday night in a moonlit ceremony attended by family (including their 14-month-old son, Aleph) and friends, such as Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner and Macaulay Culkin.

The pair met when Portman was filming Black Swan in the fall of 2009 (coincidentally, Rodarte designed her iconic tutu for that film) and announced their engagement and pregnancy in December 2010. Tell us: What do you think of Portman’s wedding dress? 

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Gina on August 7th, 2012

This wedding dress is a refreshing change from the monotonous strapless wedding gowns that have predominated the past decade and been flattering on maybe .01 per cent of the brides who have worn them.

CRH216 on August 7th, 2012

Wow I am surprised. It wouldn’t be so bad if it actually fit. Didn’t they do a fitting? Also the hair and headpiece doesn’t look right with the dress. Only way you get away wearing that is wearing something actually ethereal to go with it. maybe a something that draped or a dress with an empire waist and cap sleaves or something. It’s her wedding though and as long as she’s happy with it that’s all that matters.

Valani on August 7th, 2012

Hate d dress!!

Amattie on August 7th, 2012

Wow…what a dress… (gag)

Courtney on August 7th, 2012

that looks more like a tacky 80′s prom dress than a wedding dress. Natalie deffinately appears to be expecting again her face is chubbier than normal

Kristin on August 7th, 2012

wow, she could have done so much better. but she looks happy, and that is what’s most important!!

Erin on August 7th, 2012

would have looked better without the sleeves, I think.

Leslee on August 7th, 2012

This is a good example how proper fit can make all the difference. She has a great figure and this dress makes her look several sizes bigger. Anything that makes her smile like that is the perfect dress though.

Booka on August 7th, 2012

The sleeves look ill fitting and the garland around her forehead looks pretty bad, but she looks happy and that’s what really counts. A wedding dress is only one day; a marriage is (hopefully) forever.

Logan on August 7th, 2012

You mean “coincidentally,” not “ironically.” It drives me crazy that so few get that right.

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