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The 20 most expensive celebrity weddings
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| Mariah and Tommy Mottola
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The celebrity wedding is the Super Bowl of event planning. Since budgets are typically
a non-issue, superstar nuptials are beyond lavish. But it's the access enjoyed by
celebrities that truly differentiates their receptions from those of even the very
wealthy. Renowned designers personally oversee made-to-order gowns; celebrity chefs are
wrangled to handle catering; and even venues typically off-limits or prohibitively
expensive to the general public are fair game for the famous.
In Forbes' first-ever search for the 20 most expensive celebrity weddings, we surveyed
A-list nuptials during the past 20 years. (Our estimates are not adjusted for inflation.)
We factored in estimates for all the major components of a wedding and reception - the
venue, flowers, catering, entertainment and gown. (Honeymoons were not included.) Forbes
only considered weddings where information was available.
18. Mariah Carey & Tommy Mottola
Estimated cost of the wedding: $500,000
Songbird Mariah Carey wed former Sony Music president Thomas Mottola in June 1993 at the
St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Manhattan's tony Fifth Avenue. Carey wore an
off-the-shoulder Vera Wang pale ivory dress with a 27-foot-long train and a Princess
Diana-style tiara trailed by an English tulle veil sprinkled with rhinestones. Fifty
flower girls flanked the bride. The wedding party and 300 guests then headed for a lavish
reception at the Metropolitan Club. Guests included Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand
and Robert De Niro. (The couple divorced in 1998.)
(excerpt from Forbes)
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