He may be worth billions, but he is an ugly beast.



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Pictured: Lauren Sanchez marries Jeff Bezos in Dolce and Gabbana couture gown


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Lauren Sánchez wore a Dolce & Gabbana haute couture gown as she married Jeff Bezos on Friday in front of 200 guests including Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Leonardo DiCaprio, most of the Kardashians, a strong contingent of Trump-Kushners and Queen Rania of Jordan.

The figure-hugging lace creation was inspired by the one Sophia Loren wore in the 1958 film Houseboat. The bride told Vogue that she came across it while researching 1950s wedding gowns: “I saw Sophia Loren and her hands were like this [in a prayer position] and she was in high lace, up to the neck, and I said, ‘That’s it. That’s the dress.’”



Like many brides [Mondo Note: err, she ain't "like many brides ... her dress was probably in multiple 6 figures], working out how she wanted to look on the day was an evolution: “It went from ‘I want a simple, sexy modern dress’ to ‘I want something that evokes a moment,’ and where I am right now. It is a departure from what people expect…but it’s very much me.”

It seemed fitting that Dolce & Gabbana would have some part in this high-profile affair. It is the ultimate Italian “dolce vita” label, and this wedding is in Venice after all. The rumour mill was already in overdrive, but the biggest clue came when Domenico Dolce was spotted amongst the couple’s guests on Thursday evening.

The Italian duo are friends with Sanchez and Bezos, but they also have form when it comes to celebrity and society weddings: Lady Kitty Spencer’s in 2021 and Kourtney Kardashian’s in 2022 were practically Dolce & Gabbana-branded events. They do serious glamour, they do couture, they do tradition, they’re not precious about the celebrities they work with and they can meet the dress codes for the highest profile occasions – Melania Trump’s ensemble for the late Pope Francis’s funeral, complete with mantilla, is a case in point.



The new Mrs Bezos, it’s safe to say, has a strong personal aesthetic. After all, this is the woman who wore exposed white lace lingerie to the presidential inauguration in January. Understated isn’t in her vocabulary (or so we thought until earlier on Friday, when she travelled to the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, where the ceremony took place, in an ivory Dior skirt suit and silk head scarf).

And so the wedding dress itself, as you’d hope with an unlimited budget, ticked every box: the dramatic, body-conscious silhouette. The detailing in the lace and tulle veil. The 180 silk chiffon-covered priest buttons, an indication of the visibly intricate craft that comes with an haute couture creation.

The look was completed by her ‘something borrowed’: the Dolce & Gabbana Alta Gioielleria Miracolo earrings, which feature four diamonds cut from a single stone, inlaid in white gold.

She has heeded one tradition though: that of wearing white. For modern brides, this is less about one’s virginal status, and more about a visual indicator that one is the main attraction at a wedding – Sánchez Bezos has certainly achieved that.

This moment concludes weeks of feverish speculation about which label landed the commission of the bride’s “main” wedding dress – the one she wears for the marriage ceremony itself, and which features in the first pictures of the couple as husband and wife.

Sánchez Bezos has the privilege of being able to have whatever she wants. That includes one of the world’s most in-demand stylists, Jamie Mizrahi (who works with Adele, Jennifer Lawrence and reportedly the Duchess of Sussex) and has been a guiding hand through this process. Even designers who might otherwise turn away the commission have their price – and with the support of Anna Wintour (who announced on Thursday that she would be stepping down as editor-in-chief of American Vogue after 37 years) access is all but guaranteed. Securing this Vogue scoop is something of a parting triumph.

Also among the runners and riders to design this dress were Oscar de la Renta and Galia Lahav, as well as long shots Sarah Burton for Givenchy and Jonathan Anderson for Dior (who, incidentally, made his debut for the storied house in Paris while Bezos and Sánchez were saying their vows in Venice).



But the wedding day looks didn’t end there. When you’re marrying the world’s third richest man, you can have as many couture bridal outfits as you please. For the dinner she changed into a gown inspired by the Rita Hayworth film Gilda, and for the party afterwards, she wore an Oscar de la Renta cocktail dress crafted from hand-sewn chain and crystals. We can also expect her to wear a burgundy velvet Dolce & Gabbana dress “loosely inspired by the doges of Venice” this weekend, which also appeared in the Vogue shoot.

Evidently, Mrs B has been having fun assembling a “dolce vita” wardrobe for the three-day event, choosing an archive 2003 Alexander McQueen dress for dinner on Wednesday, and a gold corseted Schiaparelli couture dress for Thursday’s pre-wedding party.

According to Italian newspaper La Repubblica, she was overheard telling the Kardashians: “Girls, I’m living a fairytale. I’m on cloud nine in a wonderful city, with the man I love. I couldn’t be happier.”

As of Friday evening, the bride had wiped her Instagram feed of content, save for the first photo of she and Bezos as husband and wife - the start of a new era, made Instagram official.

The bride and groom’s beaming smiles on Friday spoke volumes. All the same, sustaining the limelight in such high-profile company is an art – and the new Mrs Bezos has proved herself to be a master.

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Mondo: "Master" ... YUP.