India, June 28 -- Here comes the bride!

At 55 and a petite 5-foot-4-inches, Lauren Sanchez, lost a precise three-and-a-half pounds to look picture perfect as a custom Dolce & Gabbana bride. So what does 900 hours of atelier work and all the money in the world get you? The dress of your dreams. And planning it all began a year-and-a-half back over a dinner with the man himself, Domenico Dolce, at his NYC condo.

Now to say that Lauren's conservative lace-wrapped wedding dress was 'inspired' by Sophia Loren's wedding montage from 1958 film Houseboat, would be an understatement - the siren turning bride was the blueprint. That being said, Lauren didn't know she'd set her heart on the Houseboat still for inspiration. All she knew is that she...