fergie wedding photos

Photo: Stephen Shore

Whether you believe in the power of the unconscious to will your fate ever closer, or, like most of us, you simply long for a good fairy tale and a storybook ending, you can't deny the kismet connection of this dreamboat and his dream girl, who lived through some starker realities before finding each other in 2004. They got hitched January 10 in Malibu, and much was traditional: The ceremony was Catholic; the bride, groom, and wedding party wore Dolce & Gabbana (she donned the label twice: first, her gown, and then a shorter version for the reception, and accessorized with a diamond teardrop necklace and a diamond lizard cuff, both by H. Stern, who also designed the engagement ring and the couple's wedding bands); the groomsmen were Duhamel's high school friends from North Dakota. And much, as could be expected, wasn't...

CHECK OUT THE MARCH ISSUE OF ELLE FOR THE FULL STORY ON FERGIE AND JOSH DUHAMEL'S WEDDING