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The spectacle of the century is in full swing. Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez arrived in Venice for their wedding this week to much fanfare, and by fanfare I mean staunch protests from locals. And while they flood the city with a flock of celebrity guests and their accompanying security teams, it’s hard not to fixate on what exactly Sánchez is wearing to these festivities. After many months of lacy bustiers and designer space suits, it seems like the bride has figured out how to look like a fashion insider.
During her seven years in the public-facing role of Jeff Bezos’ girlfriend, Sánchez has stuck largely to designers with now-controversial reputations: Oscar de la Renta, a favorite among the Trump clan, and the ever-problematic Dolce and Gabbana. She’s become known for her… avant-garde outfit choices: a plunging red sheer corset dress to then-president Biden’s White House dinner, a visible white bustier and blazer by Alexander McQueen for Trump’s inauguration (a look Mark Zuckerberg seems to have really enjoyed). In the past few months, though, it seems like there’s been a shift in Sánchez’s approach to dressing, and it’s no more apparent than on her wedding weekend. The silhouettes are bold in ways that highlight the construction of the garment. She’s wearing pieces the average technocrat’s wife might not know to look for.
For a pre-wedding dinner on Wednesday, Sánchez wore a vintage 2003 Alexander McQueen gown with mother-of-pearl stripes. She reportedly sourced the dress from Tab Vintage, a small but powerful appointment-only studio in Los Angeles that curates rare vintage designer goods like Caroyn Bessette Kennedy’s beloved Yohji Yamamoto skirt sets or Cher’s favorite Bob Mackie-designed dresses. For the welcome party later that evening, she wore a Schiaparelli spring summer 2025 Haute Couture gown featuring a gold corseted bodice and an off-the-shoulder neckline with hand-embroidered flowers.
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Then, on Friday, Sánchez was spotted in a classic white Dior skirt suit — surely a calculated coincidence on the day of Jonathan Anderson’s highly-anticipated debut for the French fashion house — with an Hermes silk scarf wrapped around her head.
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It’s no surprise that Sánchez went for such high-end looks for her wedding weekend: McQueen, Schiaparelli, Dior. What is a surprise is that she’s managed to select a collection of surprisingly insider-y pieces — the “if you know you know” outfits of the fashion world. Roseberry and McQueen have legacies of approaching fashion through an artistic lens, making them beloved by highbrow critics and fashion girls alike, while the Hermes scarf — an apparent homage to Audrey Hepburn — channeled one of fashion’s most widely revered muses.
To be clear, this doesn’t necessarily mean Sánchez has been accepted by the most coveted fashion brands as a muse or collaborator. But, through a lot of money and likely the help of some keen-eyed stylists, she’s managed to procure outfits that exude something close to discernment. Take the off-the-runway Schiaparelli dress, which gossip columns have speculated could cost around $100,000 — practically pocket change for the billionaire couple. Schiaparelli is the current it-brand for serious fashion fanatics with good taste, with shows that have become the hottest ticket during Paris Fashion Week. Or that McQueen dress from Tab, whose pieces are available for purchase only. Where fashion darlings like Dua Lipa or Greta Lee typically borrow vintage garments from specific fashion houses, Sánchez seems to have opted for buying them flat-out. Sure, she has some help — per Vogue, celebrity stylist Jamie Mizrahi weighed in on her pre-wedding outfits — but these are fashion power moves.
It’s doubtful that Sánchez is actively looking to distance herself from the MAGA crowd she’s spent so much time with lately — Ivanka Trump, who’s at the wedding with her husband and kids, and Usha Vance both wore custom gowns from Oscar de la Renta throughout inauguration week. According to her new Vogue cover, Sánchez will be walking down the aisle in Dolce & Gabbana, so she hasn’t strayed far. Rather, it seems like she wants to assert that her circumstances are different. The Trumps may have managed to win over some of the less risk-averse fashion houses in the years since his first administration, but Sánchez has accomplished what took them nearly a decade in half that time — and with far less friction. She didn’t need to persuade these brands to work with her. Sánchez simply bought her way in.
