The stars have come out to celebrate the union of former journalist Lauren Sanchez and billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos who celebrated their marriage on Friday on the Venetian island of San Giorgio Maggiore in front of some 200 high-profile guests.
Throughout the three-day event which will conclude on Saturday, there’s been no shortage of glamour as celebrities including Kim Kardashian, Oprah Winfrey and Leonardo DiCaprio have hopped on and off water taxis, turning the city’s canals into a floating red carpet.
Sanchez Bezos, as she is now known, has treated onlookers to glimpses of several pre-wedding ensembles, including a brocade corset dress from Schiaparelli's most recent couture show and a vintage gown by Alexander McQueen. On Friday, she was seen arriving at the wedding ceremony in an elegant Dior cream skirt suit, styled with an Hepburn-inspired silk headscarf and sunglasses.
The bride later walked down the aisle in a custom bridal gown by Italian luxury label Dolce & Gabanna. A year and half in the making, the high-necked design featuring 180 silk chiffon-covered priest buttons and featured tulle-and-lace veil, inspired by the one Sophia Loren wore in the 1958 film “Houseboat.”Details of the wedding and its surrounding celebrations have remained top secret, even as they have unfolded, largely in an effort to avoid disruptive protests. The extravaganza’s finale is set to happen Saturday night within Venice’s former medieval shipyard, the Arsenale — which has been modernized with cultural spaces and hosts the annual Venice Biennale.
