Chantel’s Custom Couture Gown vs. Ashley’s Bejeweled Suit: Who Won the Wedding Style Battle?

Forget the guest list. Forget the cake. The real showdown at Chantel Everett’s wedding happened before anyone said a word — and it was fought in fabric, crystals, and one very bold pair of sneakers. On October 17, two brides walked down a grass aisle in Auburn, Alabama, wearing two completely different visions of wedding style. Now the fandom is doing what it does best: picking a side.

One bride chose classic bridal royalty. The other chose a bejeweled power suit. Here’s the full fashion breakdown of Chantel and Ashley’s big day — and the verdict vote the group can’t stop arguing about.

Chantel’s Custom Couture Moment

For her wedding day, Chantel Everett went full fairy tale: a heavily embellished gown custom-designed by TTON Couture, which she told PEOPLE “represents the happiness and love [she] feels stepping into this new chapter” with Ashley Bowen. The couple exchanged their handwritten vows in private so they could “focus entirely on each other” — and then walked an aisle of grass covered in white rose petals at Fountainview Mansion, surrounded by 60 guests who had traveled from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and California.

The setting matched the dress: a refined pastel palette of white, ivory, muted green, and light blue, united through soft florals, lush greenery, and romantic candlelight, styled by Auburn-based Savvy Events. A ceremony chair was left empty as a symbolic tribute to deceased loved ones. “Classic, elegant, and romantic” with “a fairy-tale feel” — that was the brief, and the gown delivered it.

Ashley’s Bejeweled Suit and Sparkling Sneakers

Ashley Bowen, the music artist and Navy veteran who won Chantel’s heart, went the other direction entirely — and honestly? She owned it. According to the PEOPLE exclusive, Ashley wore a bejeweled white suit from On-Time Fashions paired with sparkling sneakers. Not heels. Sneakers. And the fandom lost its mind over it.

It was the perfect look for a couple who describe themselves as “a nontraditional couple who loves timeless romance.” Rev. Rickisa Owens of Suite Love Chapel — who specializes in ceremonies that celebrate and uplift queer love — officiated, and the duo kept it “queer and vibey” with music from the lesbian band 76th Street. Days later, in a clip shared by TLC, the newlyweds made their debut with a brand-new couple name: “ChantAshley.”

Their Fashion History Says Everything

Here’s the thing: this style split didn’t start at the wedding. It was always the brand. Rewind to their engagement at Uhuburg, a Renaissance castle in Helen, Georgia, in December 2025 — Chantel in a black strapless gown, Ashley in black, castle backdrop behind them. Or the Tell All red carpet: Chantel in a magenta beaded strapless stunner, Ashley in a gold-patterned suit with black lapels, looking like she walked off an album cover.

Chantel has always been the glam girl — the red-carpet looks, the cutout swimwear moments, the head-to-toe polish. Ashley, a former Navy servicemember who served four years aboard the USS Carl Vinson and has published three workbooks on set life, has always dressed like an artist with nothing to prove. On October 17, those two aesthetics finally shared a stage. And they didn’t clash — they completed each other.

The Vote That’s Breaking the Group

Team Gown says the custom couture was the only correct choice — classic bridal, fairy-tale perfection, the kind of dress that belongs in the wedding photos PEOPLE is already calling iconic. Team Suit says the bejeweled white suit plus sparkling sneakers was braver, cooler, and more authentic — proof that wedding fashion doesn’t have to follow the rulebook to win the room.

So here’s the question that’s about to divide this group all over again: whose wedding-day look won — Chantel’s custom couture gown or Ashley’s bejeweled suit? Drop your vote in the comments — Team Gown or Team Suit?