Wedding
Arnault married on Saturday, September 24, 2005, in the Roman Catholic Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Bazas in Gironde, classified by Unesco as a world heritage building. She married the 37 year-old Alessandro Vallarino Gancia, heir to Gancia, an Italian dynasty of wines. Her wedding became the main happening in 2005 for the French upper class. Her dress was designed by John Galliano for Dior. After the ceremony, the reception took place in the Château d'Yquem, in Bordeaux.
The guests included personalities of the business world, politics and fashion. Among them, were John Galliano, who designed her haute couture dress for the wedding and the one for the reception, Bernadette Chirac, former French first lady, the designer Karl Lagerfeld, Glenda Bailey manager of the magazine Harper's Bazaar, the ministers Thierry Breton, Jean-François Copé and Renaud Dutreil. The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy joined them for dinner in the castle of Yquem. Some photos were published in an issue of European Hello! magazine. One press release commented, "The world's hottest billionaire is finally off the market."
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