Jeff Bezos’ fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, was seen enjoying dinner with her longtime pal, Eva Longoria, in Beverly Hills after her star-studded guest list was revealed.
On Tuesday, the journalist, 55, took some time off from wedding planning to meet up with Longoria, who she has known for more than two decades, at E Baldi.
For the occasion, Sanchez rocked a structured white coat over a matching tank top and a pair of light-wash blue jeans.
She completed her effortlessly chic ensemble with a pair of black high heels.
Meanwhile, Longoria, 50, looked nothing short of sensational in a white suit and semi-sheer bodysuit.
After exiting the restaurant, the pair shared a lively conversation and appeared in high spirits as Sanchez inches closer to tying the knot with Bezos, 61, this summer.
Jeff Bezos ‘ fiancée, Lauren Sanchez , was seen enjoying dinner with her longtime pal, Eva Longoria, in Beverly Hills after her star-studded guest list was revealed
In 2023, the second-richest man proposed to Sanchez with a $2.5 million diamond ring, which she memorably described as so enormous, she ‘kind of blacked out’ for a moment.
Now that a pre-nuptial agreement is in place, they are ready to tie the knot in a style to knock the world’s socks off.
The bride has revealed that she’s already chosen her dress, thought to be from Oscar de la Renta, and with input from no less a style arbiter than Vogue boss Anna Wintour.
Wintour took Sanchez under her wing before the Met Gala Ball last year, and for that occasion guided her into a de la Renta dress that was slightly subtler than Lauren’s usual style.
Expected guests who are friends of the groom include President Trump, film star Leonardo DiCaprio, fellow mogul Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey.
Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg and her husband, billionaire media mogul Barry Diller, are also likely invitees.
Friends of the bride expected at the do include Kim Kardashian and her mother Kris Jenner, singer Barbra Streisand, Queen Rania of Jordan and, of course, La Wintour.
It will be a celebration on a scale that will make George Clooney’s lavish nuptials in the Italian city back in 2014 – featuring Cindy Crawford, Matt Damon and Emily Blunt – look like a church hall gathering over sausage rolls.
On Tuesday, the journalist, 55, took some time off from wedding planning to meet up with Longoria, who she has known for more than two decades, at E Baldi
For the occasion, Sanchez rocked a structured white coat over a matching tank top and a pair of light-wash blue jeans
She completed her effortlessly chic ensemble with a pair of black high heels
Meanwhile, Longoria looked nothing short of sensational in a white suit and semi-sheer bodysuit
As they waited for their cars, the women appeared to have a lively conversation
Word from Italy suggests that Bezos’s $500million yacht Koru may be the venue for the nuptials.
Although it sleeps a relatively modest 18 people in nine cabins, it’s still the largest masted yacht ever built, at 127m long.
It’s where Bezos proposed to Sanchez, and its name means ‘loop’ or ‘coil’ in Maori, signifying ‘new beginnings’.
One local report yesterday said: ‘The event… will take place aboard their $500million mega yacht Koru, anchored in the Venetian Lagoon.’
However, other sources hear that the yacht is only ‘involved’ in the celebrations, perhaps taking guests out for excursions during festivities. One perfectly placed friend said last night: ‘I promise you the wedding is not on the boat.’
Because of regulations designed to protect the city, a yacht of that size would have to anchor out around the Arsenale area, which is not the most beautiful part of the city.
‘All the money in the world cannot change those regulations,’ said one observer. ‘There’s no way that you want to wake up in Venice and not be looking out on to the Grand Canal.’
In 2023, the second-richest man proposed to Sanchez with a $2.5 million diamond ring, which she memorably described as so enormous, she ‘kind of blacked out’ for a moment (seen this month)
So where then? It is surely significant that two of the city’s best hotels, the Gritti Palace and the seven-star Aman are both booked out completely from June 26 to June 29.
The Aman, a luxurious boutique 16th century palazzo, is where Clooney and his lawyer wife Amal exchanged vows in a ‘private, symbolic’ ceremony, before heading out the following day to sign the necessary paperwork in a civil ceremony conducted by the mayor at the 14th century Ca’ Farsetti town hall.
Nobody from either hotel was willing to answer questions on the topic yesterday, but we do know rooms start at £2,500 a night at both and can cost up to almost ten times that, depending on the size of the suite and the season.
A local news site said yesterday: ‘In preparation for the event, Venice is bracing for the arrival of VIPs. The city’s top luxury hotels have already been booked, and reports say the entire fleet of water taxis will be made available to shuttle guests across the canals. The logistics point to a highly exclusive, tightly co-ordinated celebration.’
It went on: ‘Choosing Venice is more than a romantic gesture —it’s a nod to the couple’s shared history with the city, which they’ve frequently visited during their relationship… the wedding is poised to be a defining social event of 2025, not only for the couple but for Venice itself.’
Expected guests who are friends of the groom include President Trump, film star Leonardo DiCaprio, fellow mogul Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey; pictured in May 2024
Last year, reports circulated that there was to be a ‘winter-wonderland wedding’ in Aspen, Colorado, on December 28 – but the date came and went with no nuptials.
In May, Sanchez will take a space flight on her fiance’s rocket, surely the perfect prelude to marrying a billionaire. She will blast off on the New Shepard — leading an all-female crew of six, including TV anchor Gayle King and pop star Katy Perry — for an 11-minute sub-orbital flight.
Upon her return to Earth, she will embrace convention and take Bezos’s surname upon marriage. ‘Uh, yes, 100 per cent. I am looking forward to being Mrs Bezos,’ she confirmed in 2023.
In another interview, she gushed about her fiance: ‘He’s so happy, he inspires me every day. He makes me a better person every day. He’s the most loving human I know.’
Meanwhile Bezos told CNN: ‘Lauren is the most generous, most big-hearted person that you would ever meet… She never misses a birthday. The network of people that she gives birthday presents to is gigantic. And that’s just a small example.
‘We’re really great teammates, and we also have a lot of fun together. And we love each other.’
