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The First Stop of Dua Lipa’s Wedding Weekend Was a Guest List and a Very Good Dress
The couple arrived in the Sicilian capital on June 5 for a welcome party marking the start of a wedding weekend spread across multiple events. The celebrations follow their private civil ceremony at London’s Old Marylebone Town Hall on May 31, where they became husband and wife.
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For the first evening of festivities, Lipa wore a custom Bottega Veneta halterneck gown. The white leather design featured the fashion house’s signature Intrecciato weave, an open back and a mermaid-style skirt finished with white ostrich feathers. She completed the look with a matching feathered clutch and gold Bulgari jewellery, including pieces from the Serpenti collection. Her brunette hair was worn loose, and her manicure was a sheer pink shade.
Turner wore a beige linen Jacquemus suit paired with a white shirt and black sunglasses.
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Photographs from the event showed the couple arriving together and greeting guests as celebrations began. The guest list included Charli XCX and her husband George Daniel, Troye Sivan, Joe Alwyn, Mark Ronson and Grace Gummer.
The welcome party included book-themed décor and shelves of books displayed throughout the venue. Turner has previously shared that he and Lipa discovered they were reading the same book when they first got to know one another.
The Sicilian wedding weekend follows the couple’s London ceremony, where Lipa wore a custom Schiaparelli Haute Couture skirt suit.
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The couple spent time in Sicily in 2025 before selecting the island as the location for their wedding celebrations. Events connected to the wedding weekend are taking place across locations in and around Palermo.
wedding celebrations in Sicily bring together friends and family for a multi-day series of events.
The couple were first linked publicly in early 2024 and announced their engagement in 2025.