Kardashians, Orlando Bloom and other celebs arrive for Bezos wedding
Celebrities, including Ivanka Trump and Oprah Winfrey, arrived in Venice for the wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sánchez.
Lauren Sánchez is making changes already after tying the knot with Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos.
The couple officially wed at their lavish, star-studded ceremony in Venice, Italy, on Friday, June 27. The bride wore a Dolce & Gabbana silhouette dress for the occasion.
The philanthropist made the marriage official in the modern way: on social media. Sánchez shifted her display name to “Lauren Sánchez Bezos” and Instagram handle to @laurensanchezbezos hours after she was spotted making her way to the wedding ceremony.
Eagle-eyed wedding onlookers noticed that the former guest cohost of ABC talk show “The View” also made another subtle change: Only three photos remain on her Instagram feed as of June 27.
Sanchez, 55, and Bezos, 61, had fans watching and waiting for them to tie the knot in an extraordinarily luxurious Venice wedding, after multiple days of A-list nuptial events. Cameras captured the couple departing for the ceremony: Two hours after his fiancée boarded the boat, Bezos was snapped waving to the crowd during the spectacle.
Sánchez, who was pictured boarding a sleek motorboat from the luxe Aman hotel to head to her wedding ceremony, donned her designer dress away from the paparazzi cameras, choosing a wedding gown with a high-neck, adorned with 180 silk chiffon-covered priest buttons. She paired it with a tulle-and-lace veil, inspired by a similar veil that iconic Italian actress Sophia Loren wore in the 1958 film “Houseboat,” according to a Vogue magazine exclusive.
A-list guests from the couple’s orbit were spotted by photographers on the way to the ceremony including sisters Kim and Khloe Kardashian, their youngest sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner and family matriarch Kris Jenner; R&B superstar Usher; Oprah Winfrey; model Brooks Nader; Leonardo DiCaprio and his model girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti; and Bezos’ fellow billionaire Bill Gates.
The couple’s controversial luxury Venetian wedding will have no legal status under Italian law, suggesting the couple may have already legally wed in the United States, avoiding the bureaucracy associated with an Italian marriage.
Bezos’ multimillion-dollar affair has drawn ire online and in person, as protests erupt in the region calling for the Blue Origin owner to pay more in taxes amid global frustrations about class and wealth divides.
Contributing: Taijuan Moorman, Brendan Morrow, Anna Kaufman, Anika Reed, USA TODAY; Reuters
