Lara Worthington puts wedding dress mystery to rest
<p>When Lara Worthington - née Bingle - married actor Sam Worthington in 2014, it was a very private affair. </p>
<p>The ceremony was held in Melbourne, and no more than 10 guests witnessed the exchanging of vows - which, apparently, they wrote themselves. The couple didn’t even hire an external caterer for their reception, with Lara’s mum overseeing the food instead. </p>
<p>As the model explained to <em>Marie Claire</em>, “my mum instilled in me that it’s important to maintain a little bit of mystery. I think it’s hard in this day and age to achieve.”</p>
<p>“We tend to try to keep our lives as normal as we can,” she made a point to add. “I don’t think about that stuff [the tabloids] ever. I don’t make it my reality.”</p>
<p>And while many respect the couple’s desire to keep their private life to themselves, one detail about the day has eluded fans of the couple for almost a decade, begging the question “Lara, where the bloody hell’s your dress?” </p>
<p>With no photographers at the event, and no magazine spread typical of a celebrity wedding, speculation is all anyone has had to work with. That, and a post from right after the event, when Lara uploaded a picture of herself in a charging room wearing a white Louis Vuitton gown. </p>
<p>In the years since, Lara had kept tight-lipped, until <em>Marie Claire</em> finally got the answer out of her - the infamous dress seen on the then-7-months-pregnant Lara was, in fact, her wedding gown. </p>
<p>“I bought it in London a couple of days before we were about to get married,” she explained. “It was lucky they had something to fit me because I was seven months pregnant with Rocket at the time. I don’t recommend being pregnant and getting married. </p>
<p>“I still have the dress and would never part with it.”</p>
<p>Lara - who has since moved to New York with her family, husband Sam and their three beloved children - is rumoured to have been able to secure the dress through certain connections forged as “Australia’s fashion darling”. </p>
<p>And while fashion is something that Lara clearly holds close to her heart - having explained in her interview that “fashion is something that, without saying anything, you can show your personality through” - her new life in America seems every bit as special. </p>
<p>“I love the culture of living in New York with the boys,” she confessed. “We don’t have a car, so they ride their scooters home from school, which is a nice change from the LA bubble. </p>
<p>“We often stop at museums or an art gallery on the way home from school, which I love because I didn’t get to experience that when I was growing up. The boys love the Museum of Natural History, although they’re also like, ‘we’ve been there five times now, can we not?’”</p>
<p><em>Images: Instagram</em></p>
