Dua Lipa’s Sicilian wedding, held in June 2026, featured a custom Chanel haute couture gown designed by Matthieu Blazy, marking the first time the designer created a wedding dress for a celebrity. The event, which included a civil ceremony in London and a lavish Sicilian celebration, drew attention for its opulence and local tensions. The wedding’s total cost was reported to be around $1.73M, according to Vanity Fair.
The Chanel Gown: A First for Matthieu Blazy
The centerpiece of Lipa’s wedding was a feather and crystal-embellished Chanel haute couture gown, designed by Matthieu Blazy. The dress featured an intricate low back, a sweeping feather-dappled train, and a long embroidered veil. According to Vogue, the gown was the first Chanel haute couture wedding dress created by Blazy for a friend of the house. The design included 480,000 beads and jewels, with 25,000 feathers provided by Lemarié. The gown’s two-meter train was handcrafted at Chanel’s Paris headquarters, taking 1,155 hours to embroider, as reported by Marie Claire.
The Lavish Sicilian Celebration
The main ceremony took place at Villa Valguarnera, a historic 18th-century palace in Palermo, which overlooks the Gulf of Palermo. The venue, commissioned in 1712, hosted the couple’s Sicilian wedding, which included a welcome party at a palazzo featuring guests like Mark Ronson and Donatella Versace. <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/story/dua-lipa-callum-turner-wedding
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