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Lauren Sanchez late Friday posted a photo on Instagram — under a new name, @laurensanchezbezos — showing her in a long flowing white dress and Jeff Bezos in black tie.
Bezos and Sanchez, a former news anchor and entertainment reporter, celebrated their nuptials with guests (Instagram)
Amazon founder and business tycoon Jeff Bezos got married to journalist and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez on Friday at a sumptuous ceremony with the rich and famous on an island in Venice’s lagoon.
“This city seems impossible! It can’t exist and yet, here it is!” an enchanted Bezos told a La Repubblica journalist Thursday who got close to the magnate as he whizzed around the canals by boat.
Serenaded
Sanchez late Friday posted a photo on Instagram — under a new name, @laurensanchezbezos — showing her in a long flowing white dress and him in black tie, though it did not provide any indication where it was taken.
Bezos and Sanchez, a former news anchor and entertainment reporter, celebrated their nuptials with guests including Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Oprah Winfrey and Orlando Bloom.
The tech magnate, 61, and Sanchez, 55, stayed at the Aman hotel, a luxury 16th-century palazzo on the Grand Canal with a view of the Rialto bridge.
The couple exchanged vows at a black-tie ceremony on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore Friday afternoon, according to Italian media reports.
The wedding is thought to have taken place in a vast open-air amphitheatre on the island, which sits across from Venice’s iconic St Mark’s Square.
The newlyweds were to be serenaded by Matteo Bocelli, son of the famed opera singer Andrea Bocelli, reports said.
Michelin-starred chef Fabrizio Mellino prepared the wedding dinner, while the cake has been made by French pastry chef Cedric Grolet, the Corriere della Sera said.
Sanchez is alleged to have prepared 27 outfits to wear during the festivities.
The Costume
The bride was corseted and cosseted in her high-necked, hand-appliquéd Italian lace wedding dress on the grounds of an 18th-century brick villa outside of Milan. The Milanese lace-wedding dress had 180 chiffon-covered buttons and took over 900 hours to make.
Featuring on the Vogue cover, Laura Sanchez is now officially Laura Sanchez Bezos. Her tulle-and-lace veil, inspired by the one Sophia Loren wore in the 1958 film “Houseboat.” “It is a departure from what people expect…but it’s very much me,” said the bride ahead of her wedding.
Jeff Bezos’ ensemble was a traditional black tuxedo with a vest and a bow tie. He paired his wedding look with $650 sunglasses from Louis Vuitton.
The Guest List
Music legends Sir Elton John and Lady Gaga lit up the affair for the couple and the star-studded guest list. From Bill Gates to Oprah Winfrey, the Bezos-Sanchez wedding had 200 of the most elite. Khloe Kardashian and Sidney Sweeney showed up in pink, while florals shone bright with Oprah Winfrey and Kendall Jenner spotted ahead of the wedding festivities.
Wedding guests snapped by paparazzi as they hopped into boats included Jordan’s Queen Rania, French luxury goods executive Francois-Henri Pinault, American football player Tom Brady, US fashion designer Spencer Antle, the singer Usher, and Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner.
The guests reportedly lunched Thursday in the gardens of Villa Baslini, on the islet of San Giovanni Evangelista.
The celebrations are set to end Saturday with a party likely at the Arsenale, a vast shipyard complex dating back to when the city was a naval powerhouse.
(With inputs from agencies)
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben…Read More
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben… Read More
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