Among the many glamorous shots in Elvis of Baz Luhrmannone moment stands out: their Las Vegas wedding with this quick glimpse ofOlivia DeJonge in a pearl-encrusted wedding dress as she weds the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. “The wedding dress of Priscilla was made in-house by my team, who looked at hundreds of photos and recreated it exquisitely,” the costume designer said. Catherine Martin to Vogue before the film’s release. “It’s divine.”
Even before the arrival ofElvis On screen, Las Vegas’s big-screen wedding ceremonies have enjoyed something of a post-pandemic renaissance. This year, many long-postponed weddings are (finally) happening, and the allure of a Sin City ceremony has never been stronger. Case in point, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s impromptu wedding at the Little White Wedding Chapel in the summer of 2022.
Las Vegas, a popular destination for celebrity weddings since 1932
Long before the colonel Tom Parker does not orchestrate the “I want it” of PresleyLas Vegas had gained a reputation as a hot destination for impulsive weddings after its wedding laws were relaxed in 1931. It was part of a broader effort to boost tourism in the sparsely populated state, including by making gambling legal.
Carla Bowconsidered one of Hollywood’s first “It girls,” married her acting partner Rex Bell in Sin City in 1932. It was the first celebrity wedding on the Strip. The Little Church Of The West opened a decade later and still stands today. It was the scene of the wedding of Cindy Crawford et Richard Gere in 1988 and that ofAngelina Jolie et Billy Bob Thornton in 2000.
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Demi Moore et Bruce Willis
It is well known that Bruce Willis et Demi Moore had a lavish wedding with Little Richard officiating the ceremony, but what is less well known is that the couple had previously married at the Golden Nugget hotel in Las Vegas. “We went to a boxing match in Vegas,” Demi Moore later told the Vanity Fair. “We joked about marriage the whole trip. Finally, he said, ‘What do you think?’ I panicked and then I just said, ‘Okay.’ But first I went upstairs and fixed my hair.”
