Celebrity Weddings - Flowers, Favors, Details
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Before their front page split, Liza Minnelli sported a teardrop-shaped 3.5 carat diamond ring from David Gest. They followed with a wedding where even the bridal party, which included Michael Jackson and Liz Taylor, were fodder for the paparazzi. The guest list was full of a-list and b-list celebs â?? although Liza's own sister, Lorna Luft, had "a previous engagement." My inside scoop is that David Gest missed the rehearsal dinner!
No wonder the wedding didn't last long.
While this is Lizaâ??s fourth wedding - and many brides donâ??t even register for their second wedding - Liza and David registered for 389 gifts from Tiffany & Co., including 12 silver platters and new flatware and crystal. But the couple did give back to their guests. Along with a lavish wedding dinner and the pleasure of hearing Natalie Cole sing, guests got personalized favors. At the rehearsal dinner, guests received heart-shaped cookies with the coupleâ??s names written on top. The theme was repeated with the wedding favors of satin candy boxes that read "Liza and David 4 Ever."
But wedding favors can be more than a typical burned CD or a scented candle. When the couple takes the time to inject their own personality into their favors (be they hopeless romantics or jokesters), there is nothing cookie-cutter about them. As seen in In Style Weddings, John Stamos and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos created kitschy air-fresheners printed with a '70s style photo of themselves and the words "our love will last forever" -- then had the valets hang them in guests' cars.
Something as simple as flowers can set the tone for the entire wedding. In Style reported that in her wedding to Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston chose a fresh and simple bouquet of vendella roses and green hydrangea tied with a white satin ribbon. When marrying Charlie Sheen, Denise Richards chose to carry a classic bouquet of white and ivory polo roses. Debra Messing, on the other hand, opted for something minimal and stately -- a bouquet of tall calla lilies. True to her sweet, girlish nature, LeAnn Rimes opted to carry a bouquet of roses, sweet peas, hydrangea, and freesia.
When celebs choose to have a wedding at home, they often add luxurious touches. When Barbra Streisand married James Brolin, the swimming pool was decorated with hundreds of floating candles and pink water lilies. According to Britainâ??s Daily Mirror, Emma Thompson and Greg Wise had their wedding at home this summer â?? their holiday home on Loch Eck in Argyll, Scotland. The newlyweds generously gave champagne to the local villagers who came to wish them well. You might call model Mia Tyler and rocker David Buckner's wedding low-key and sort of an at home wedding - the pair wed in a surprise move onstage at dad Steven Tyler's Aerosmith concert.
Yet most celebs spare no expense, spending enough money in one day to buy the average couple 2 or 3 new homes. Aniston and Pitt's fairy tale wedding cost over $1 million, as did Beatle Paul McCartney's and Heather Mills's wedding. Purportedly, Zeta-Jones and Douglas spent between £1.2 and £1.5 million on their lavish feast â?? catering alone cost £500 pounds per wedding guest and her dress supposedly cost £100,000 pounds. And the short-lived Minnelli-Gest wedding cost $3.4 million.
But surprisingly, what's supposedly the most expensive wedding ever wasn't a celebrity one. Multimillionaire Peter Shalson and wife Pauline spent £2 million to have Elton John perform at their wedding, plus another £6 million on opulent touches such as live parrots and the finest champagne and caviar for their 300 guests!
Before their front page split, Liza Minnelli sported a teardrop-shaped 3.5 carat diamond ring from David Gest. They followed with a wedding where even the bridal party, which included Michael Jackson and Liz Taylor, were fodder for the paparazzi. The guest list was full of a-list and b-list celebs â?? although Liza's own sister, Lorna Luft, had "a previous engagement." My inside scoop is that David Gest missed the rehearsal dinner!
No wonder the wedding didn't last long.
While this is Lizaâ??s fourth wedding - and many brides donâ??t even register for their second wedding - Liza and David registered for 389 gifts from Tiffany & Co., including 12 silver platters and new flatware and crystal. But the couple did give back to their guests. Along with a lavish wedding dinner and the pleasure of hearing Natalie Cole sing, guests got personalized favors. At the rehearsal dinner, guests received heart-shaped cookies with the coupleâ??s names written on top. The theme was repeated with the wedding favors of satin candy boxes that read "Liza and David 4 Ever."
But wedding favors can be more than a typical burned CD or a scented candle. When the couple takes the time to inject their own personality into their favors (be they hopeless romantics or jokesters), there is nothing cookie-cutter about them. As seen in In Style Weddings, John Stamos and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos created kitschy air-fresheners printed with a '70s style photo of themselves and the words "our love will last forever" -- then had the valets hang them in guests' cars.
Something as simple as flowers can set the tone for the entire wedding. In Style reported that in her wedding to Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston chose a fresh and simple bouquet of vendella roses and green hydrangea tied with a white satin ribbon. When marrying Charlie Sheen, Denise Richards chose to carry a classic bouquet of white and ivory polo roses. Debra Messing, on the other hand, opted for something minimal and stately -- a bouquet of tall calla lilies. True to her sweet, girlish nature, LeAnn Rimes opted to carry a bouquet of roses, sweet peas, hydrangea, and freesia.
When celebs choose to have a wedding at home, they often add luxurious touches. When Barbra Streisand married James Brolin, the swimming pool was decorated with hundreds of floating candles and pink water lilies. According to Britainâ??s Daily Mirror, Emma Thompson and Greg Wise had their wedding at home this summer â?? their holiday home on Loch Eck in Argyll, Scotland. The newlyweds generously gave champagne to the local villagers who came to wish them well. You might call model Mia Tyler and rocker David Buckner's wedding low-key and sort of an at home wedding - the pair wed in a surprise move onstage at dad Steven Tyler's Aerosmith concert.
Yet most celebs spare no expense, spending enough money in one day to buy the average couple 2 or 3 new homes. Aniston and Pitt's fairy tale wedding cost over $1 million, as did Beatle Paul McCartney's and Heather Mills's wedding. Purportedly, Zeta-Jones and Douglas spent between £1.2 and £1.5 million on their lavish feast â?? catering alone cost £500 pounds per wedding guest and her dress supposedly cost £100,000 pounds. And the short-lived Minnelli-Gest wedding cost $3.4 million.
But surprisingly, what's supposedly the most expensive wedding ever wasn't a celebrity one. Multimillionaire Peter Shalson and wife Pauline spent £2 million to have Elton John perform at their wedding, plus another £6 million on opulent touches such as live parrots and the finest champagne and caviar for their 300 guests!
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