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The Age
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
Bravo to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez. It was vulgar but they did their wedding right
The last thing I did before running out the door for my second wedding was stick on the veil from my first. From when I was half my age, 24, not 48. From when I was saying 'I do' in a country church instead of 'I'm all in, but fingers crossed' in a city town hall. Of course, I'd debated the appropriateness and chicness of a mum of three sporting a foofy tulle thing. And whether it was a bad look to front up to my new husband in something the first one had swept off my face at the altar. But my second husband was a wedding virgin, and I was hell-bent on giving him the Full McCoy experience – not some toned-down affair because his missus was a re-tread. It was captain's choice. Had he wanted roving troubadours and clog dancing, it would've been a hard yes. What he decided on was the bride in white (for renewal, in case you ask – a fabulous Carla Zampatti), and to dance to Powderfinger's Burn Your Name. Done! I only felt a tiny bit mutton dressed as lamb, and also figured this would be the last time I'd be a bride, so I could push the boat out. And at my age, it felt like one of the few remaining big life festivities I'd get – funeral aside. So why not rock it? Loading Which is why I've abstained this week from dissing Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos' ridiculous Venice wedding. Putting aside that he's one of the richest men in the world yet barely pays tax, why shouldn't someone throw an ultra-decadent party for their second marriage? Who says second weddings have to be quietly dignified affairs? The way people have carried on (Charlize Theron: 'They suck'), you'd think Bezos and Sanchez had cancelled Christmas. Yes, it was wildly extravagant: Dolce & Gabbana couture, boats, entire five-star hotels commandeered. Three days of celebrations, not including Sanchez's hen's do in Paris or the foam party held on Bezos's yacht moored off the coast of Croatia.
Sydney Morning Herald
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Bravo to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez. It was vulgar but they did their wedding right
The last thing I did before running out the door for my second wedding was stick on the veil from my first. From when I was half my age, 24, not 48. From when I was saying 'I do' in a country church instead of 'I'm all in, but fingers crossed' in a city town hall. Of course, I'd debated the appropriateness and chicness of a mum of three sporting a foofy tulle thing. And whether it was a bad look to front up to my new husband in something the first one had swept off my face at the altar. But my second husband was a wedding virgin, and I was hell-bent on giving him the Full McCoy experience – not some toned-down affair because his missus was a re-tread. It was captain's choice. Had he wanted roving troubadours and clog dancing, it would've been a hard yes. What he decided on was the bride in white (for renewal, in case you ask – a fabulous Carla Zampatti), and to dance to Powderfinger's Burn Your Name. Done! I only felt a tiny bit mutton dressed as lamb, and also figured this would be the last time I'd be a bride, so I could push the boat out. And at my age, it felt like one of the few remaining big life festivities I'd get – funeral aside. So why not rock it? Loading Which is why I've abstained this week from dissing Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos' ridiculous Venice wedding. Putting aside that he's one of the richest men in the world yet barely pays tax, why shouldn't someone throw an ultra-decadent party for their second marriage? Who says second weddings have to be quietly dignified affairs? The way people have carried on (Charlize Theron: 'They suck'), you'd think Bezos and Sanchez had cancelled Christmas. Yes, it was wildly extravagant: Dolce & Gabbana couture, boats, entire five-star hotels commandeered. Three days of celebrations, not including Sanchez's hen's do in Paris or the foam party held on Bezos's yacht moored off the coast of Croatia.
