{"id":34067,"date":"2013-06-04T08:27:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T22:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/articles\/sean-parkers-10m-fairytal-nuptials\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T02:58:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T15:58:42","slug":"sean-parkers-10m-fairytal-nuptials","status":"publish","type":"au-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/sean-parkers-10m-fairytal-nuptials\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Parker's $10m fairytale nuptials"},"content":{"rendered":" Reminiscent of a scene from Game of Thrones,<\/em> the first official photo from tech billionaire Sean Parker’s $10 million wedding to singer-songwriter Alexandra Lenas is stunning\n

American technology billionaire Sean Parker has married singer-songwriter Alexander Lenas in a $10 million fantasy-themed wedding celebration over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Parker, who invented Napster and co-founded Facebook, released the photo above giving the world its first official glimpse of his Game of Thrones-<\/em>esque nuptials.<\/p>\n

The photo shows the newlyweds about to kiss in one of the storybook woodlands surrounding Ventana Inn and Spa, the boutique venue he hired out for his big day.<\/p>\n

Much of Parker’s $10 million wedding budget went towards turning the hotel, in California’s swanky Big Sur, into an opulent and magical fantasy wonderland, complete with ruins, a waterfall and long medieval feast-style tables .<\/p>\n

Of course, we know no cost was spared on clothing for the day. Not only was Elie Saab hired to design Alex’s dress, Parker hired Ngila Dickson, the Academy Award-winning costume designer for The Lord of the Rings<\/em> movies, to design his outfit, as well as the outfits of guests, each of whom was provided with a themed costume.<\/p>\n

Wow!<\/p>\n

Parker, who was protrayed by Justin Timberlake in the movie The Social Network,<\/em> also hired a landscaping company to turn the hotel’s grounds into a fantasy wonderland, complete with ponds and bridges. The entire affair was co-ordinated by celebrity stylist Preston Bailey and the invitations are said to have been in the shape of wizard scrolls.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Parker, 33, didn’t apply for the appropriate planning permits to make the changes and was promptly fined a whopping $2.5 million by the California Coastal Commission.<\/p>\n

“We’re pretty used to celebrities being in Big Sur. But for this one, they’ve basically built a movie set to have their wedding,’ Stan Russell, head of the city’s chamber of commerce, told The San Jose Mercury<\/em>.<\/p>\n

About 300 of the couple’s closest friends and family attended the glamourous nuptials, including Sting, Emma Watson and Sean Lennon.<\/p>\n

Parker’s friend, essayist and a founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation John Perry Barlow, tweeted “The attire being provided guests for the Parker\/Lenas nuptials is at the top but not actually over it. #pleasantlysurprised, ” from the wedding.<\/div>\n

He later added another tweet: “On the other hand, nothing exceeds like excess.”<\/p>\n

Another guest, Jacqueline Laurita, from The Real Housewives of New Jersey<\/em>, shared several pictures on Twitter and gushed, “Words can not even describe how beautiful the wedding I went to yesterday was\/<\/p>\n

“Nothing like I’ve ever seen. I felt like I was in a fairy [tale].”<\/p>\n

Parker proposed to Alex, 24, in February 2011. They have a daughter together, Winter Victoria Parker.<\/p>\n

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