Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are preparing for their wedding day. The couple has been enjoying a lengthy engagement, releasing an album together and enjoying every moment they can together. Recent reports claim that the couple will be getting married within weeks, in an intimate event that will also befit the glamour of two of the world's leading stars. According to new reports, the wedding will be hosted in Montecito and is scheduled to last two days, hosting guests for different celebrations.
Weekend-long weddings are nothing new in the celebrity world, especially when these are hosted in a special location. Earlier in the summer, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez had one of the most luxurious weddings in recent memory, inviting their guests for an almost week-long celebration in Venice, Italy. In years past, couples like Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello celebrated their union on a weekend in Florida, while Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel opted for a wedding in Italy. Below are seven iconic celebrity weddings that could provide some hints as to what Gomez and Blanco are up to in the near future:
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez married in Venice, Italy
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez had the most discussed wedding of the year so far, inviting all manner of celebrities, tech billionaires, and royals to the affair. Sanchez reportedly had a wardrobe made up of 28 different looks for the occasion, which included multiple parties, dinners, and celebrations, capping it all off with the wedding itself. Sanchez wore a Dolce & Gabbana gown that she'd been dreaming of for a year, drawing inspiration from Italian icons like Sophia Loren.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West got married in 2014, in a wedding celebration hosted in two European countries. According to PEOPLE, West was meticulous with the planning, overseeing every detail and hiring private jets to transport their 200 guests from the Palace of Versailles in France, where the rehearsal dinner was hosted, to the wedding venue in Italy. Performances included John Legend, Andrea Bocelli, and Lana del Rey. Kardashian wore a custom Givenchy dress.
George and Amal Clooney married in Venice in 2014. The couple hosted their closest friends and family in the Italian city, with paparazzi capturing their arrivals via water taxis to attend bachelor and bachelorette parties. Over the course of the weekend, the couple hosted different dinners and celebrations, culminating with their wedding. The couple opted for Italy since it was the place where they initially met.
Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake got married in 2012
Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake
Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake married in 2012, in Puglia, Italy. The couple invited around 100 guests to spend the week with them in the European city, with the union hosted at the Borgo Egnazia resort, which was closed for the event and allowed the guests and the couple to enjoy themselves without the pressure of the paparazzi. Biel got married in a pink Giambattista Valli Haute Couture gown, foregoing tradition and doing her own thing.
Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello married in 2015, about a year after they moved in together. The pair married in Palm Beach, Florida, in an event attended by 400 guests, including some of Vergara's "Modern Family" co-stars. The ceremony was hosted on a Sunday, after the couple entertained guests in various dinners and parties throughout the weekend. Vergara wore a custom Zuhair Murad Couture dress.
Behati Prinsloo and Adam Levine got married in 2014
Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo
Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo got married in 2014, in Los Cabos, Mexico. The couple hosted their closest friends and family, including Jonah Hill, who officiated the wedding, Levine's Maroon 5 bandmates, who played music as Prinsloo walked down the aisle, and models like Coco Rocha and Candice Swanepoel. Entertainment included a performance by Levine himself, joined by Stevie Knicks as they sang "Leather and Lace."
Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas hosted a stunning wedding in Provence, France in 2019. The event was shrouded in secrecy, taking place shortly after the conclusion of "Game of Thrones," the series Turner had starred in for most of her career. Turner shared details of the party on their second wedding anniversary, revealing that she wore a custom Louis Vuitton dress and that the wedding was hosted at the Chateau de Tourreau.
