Lauren Sánchez: A film star served as a model for her wedding dress

When Lauren Sánchez poses on a red carpet, she often presents clothes in the same style: shoulder -free, deeply died and figurative. It was therefore eagerly awaited which look she chooses for her wedding with Amazon boss Jeff Bezos. The answer: surprisingly conservative. The 55-year-old published several photos of the wedding dress on her Instagram account.

Sánchez wore a high -necked top robe with a small collar and long sleeves. The dress with corset and mermaid silhouette comes from the Italian luxury label Dolce & Gabbana and was made in 900 hours of manual work. The special features are in detail: the dress adorns 180 handmade buttons covered with silk chiffon. There are also a meter -long train and a veil of tulle and lace.

She feels like a princess, said Sánchez of the US magazine “Vogue”. A reporter from the magazine had hit the 55-year-old in Milan in early June. The final rehearsals took place there. In conversation with the magazine, Sánchez revealed how her wedding look was created. “In the beginning I wanted a simple, sexy, modern dress and then something that conjures up for a moment and shows where I am now. I am a different person than five years ago”she said. A wedding dress finally served as inspiration, the film star Sophia Loren in 1958 in the strip “Houseboat” wore. When she saw photos of Loren, she knew: “That’s it. That is the dress.”

In the past year and a half, Sánchez planned her wedding outfit together with designer Domenico Dolce. It was also he who proposed Venice as a location, said Sánchez. Jeff Bezos and they had considered different places for their wedding: Hawaii because the couple has a property there, the island of Capri or Taormina in Sicily. But Dolce had convinced Sánchez and Bezos that Venice was the most romantic city in the world. In addition, US designer Diana von Fürstenberg offered to align a reception in her Venetian Palazzo. In order to prevent the criticism of their festival of superlatives, Bezos and Sánchez donated a lot of money to various charity organizations – they could not prevent individual protests on site.

Lauren Sánchez emphasized in an interview with the “Vogue”it is a “very intimate” Finally, of the 200 invited guests, 70 people alone are family members. Bezos and Sánchez were previously married. Together they bring seven children into their marriage.

After the strictly shielded wedding ceremony in the garden of a former Benedictine monastery on the lagoon island of San Giorgio Maggiore, the celebrations should continue at the weekend. According to rumors, a masked ball is planned for Saturday evening in the Arsenal, a former military site, in which Lady Gaga and Elton John are supposed to perform. On Sunday there is a meal on the secluded island of Torcello.