Venice has been swept up in Gatsby-level glamour as Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez have kicked off their opulent three-day wedding celebration.
With an estimated cost of $36 million (€40 million), the festivities began with a lavish welcome party at the cloister of Madonna dell’Orto, where approximately 200 A‑listers glided in by boat.
A host of famous faces have already been spotted in the iconic city for the star-studded affair, including most of the Kardashian-Jenner clan.
Kim and Khloé Kardashian were seen arriving at the welcome party via taxi boat on Thursday night, alongside their mother Kris Jenner and sisters Kylie and Kendall Jenner.
Other a-listers who have arrived in Venice for the wedding include Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, Tom Brady, Leonardo DiCaprio and his model girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Bill Gates, Diane von Fürstenberg, Karlie Kloss, and Queen Rania of Jordan.
Newly-single Orlando Bloom, who’s split from Katy Perry was confirmed this week, was also spotted at the welcome party, where he was seen chatting to Kim and Khloe Kardashian.
The wedding ceremony is rumoured to be taking place at the Scuola Grande della Misericordia, with costs estimated at $22,000 to $55,000 per day.
Celebrity guests are said to be staying at Aman Venice or the Gritti Palace, where rooms start at $3,200 a night, totalling about $1,920,000 for 200 guests over three nights.
The couple have also booked all 250 of Venice’s water taxis, costing $594,000 per day for 12 hours of service, multiplied by the three days.
Lauren is set to dazzle in 27 outfits over the three-day celebration, including a wedding dress rumoured to be designed by Oscar de la Renta, priced at over $250k.
It’s safe to say the Bezos wedding is going to be one of the most extravagant weddings we’ve ever seen, and we can’t wait to watch it all unfold…
