A star-studded guest list flocked to one of the world’s most beautiful cities as billionaire Jeff Bezos married Lauren Sanchez on Friday.
Sanchez posted to Instagram a photo of herself beaming in a white gown as she stood alongside a tuxedo-clad Bezos, the world’s fourth-richest man.
The Kardashian family, Mick Jagger, Orlando Bloom, Bill Gates and Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner were among the A-list stars who descended on the Italian city of Venice for the nuptials.
Ivanka Trump (centre) and her husband Jared Kushner. (Picture: Andrea Carrubba/Getty Images) Bill Gates. (Picture: Andrea Carrubba/Getty Images) Jeff Bezos, the groom. (Picture: Ernesto Rescio/GC Images) Kim Kardashian (right) and her sister Khloe. (Picture: Luigi Iorio/GC Images) Sydney Sweeney. (Picture: Luigi Iorio/GC Images) Orlando Bloom. (Picture: Luigi Iorio/GC Images) Ellie Goulding. (Picture: Luigi Iorio/GC Images) Oprah Winfrey. (Picture: Luigi Iorio/GC Images) Usher. (Picture: Luigi Iorio/GC Images)It was the second day of events spread across the city, which added complexity to what was already a massive logistical undertaking.
Dozens of private jets had flocked to Venice’s airport, and yachts pulled into the city’s famed waterways.
Athletes, celebrities, influencers and business leaders converged to revel in extravagance that was as much a testament to the couple’s love as to their extraordinary wealth.
The bride wore a classic mermaid-line gown, featuring Dolce & Gabbana’s signature Italian lace. A traditional tulle-and-lace veil completed her look.
“Not just a gown, a piece of poetry,” she wrote on Instagram, where her name now appears as Lauren Sánchez Bezos.
On Friday afternoon, Sánchez emerged from her hotel wearing a silk scarf on her head and blew a kiss to journalists before stepping into her water taxi.
It carried her through Venice’s famed canals to San Giorgio island, where the couple held their wedding ceremony on Friday night. Bezos followed two hours later.
Bride-to-be Lauren Sanchez blows a kiss to reporters on her way to her wedding to billionaire Jeff Bezos. (Picture: Antonio Colonni/AP)Then, in a string of water taxis, came their illustrious guests, who also included Oprah Winfrey, American football star Tom Brady, Queen Rania of Jordan and Leonardo DiCaprio. Paparazzi trailed on their own boats, trying to capture them all on camera.
Vogue magazine, to which the couple granted exclusive access, reported that the Dolce & Gabbana-designed wedding gown took 900 hours to complete.
Inspired by Sophia Loren’s wedding dress in the 1958 film Houseboat, it featured high-necked, hand-appliqued lace and 180 silk chiffon-covered priest buttons.
But there are some who say these two shouldn’t have been wed in Venice.
Greenpeace unfurled a banner denouncing Bezos for paying insufficient taxes, while activists floated a bald-headed Bezos-inspired mannequin down Venice’s Grand Canal atop an Amazon delivery box, its hands clenching fake cash.
Local media have reported a reception will be held on Saturday in the Arsenale, a former navy base best known as a primary venue for the Venice Biennale.
With AP
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