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The Jeff Bezos-Lauren Sanchez Wedding Extravaganza Is the Ultimate Billionaire Flex by a Couple Flying Above Cost-Cutting Times
The Venice wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez featured celebrity guests and one showstopping Schiaparelli dress
Consider, for instance, the couple’s wedding invitation, a document sent to attendees that, the New York Times reported, were also to include “Mick Jagger, Jay-Z & Beyoncé, Eva Longoria, Gayle King and Jewel.” (Good for Jewel!) Bedecked with stars, feathers, birds, butterflies, and dragonflies — a possible homage to the insect protagonist of Sánchez’s unfortunately titled children’s book “The Fly Who Flew to Space” — the neon-colored card manages to make a wedding in the city that has inspired artists for centuries look like a meetup at the mall store Claire’s. Her revenge was to show up for a pre-wedding gathering of guests in couture Schiaparelli whose outrageously tight corset and elaborately embroidered bustline seemed intended to emphasize both old-school Euro craftsmanship and a certain disproportionate extremity in Sánchez’s own taste.
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