When you think about a luxury wedding invitation, you’re probably not picturing plain white paper with randomly placed butterflies, shooting stars, feathers, and a basic serif font. Well, you might be surprised to know that the invite for the “wedding of the century” looks exactly like that. Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s lavish multi-million dollar wedding seems to be as high end as it could be … except the invitations are jokingly bad.
Jeff Bezos & Lauren Sanchez’s wedding invite unveiled by ABC News:
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) June 24, 2025
“Please, no gifts” pic.twitter.com/Gwaaqyd4f0
After reportedly spending around $50 million on this wedding, some people wondered why the invitations looked homemade.
One Redditor wrote, “Was the art inspired by a 15-year old girl’s dream lower back tattoo idea that she designed all by herself?”
The consensus among commenters is that the invitation looked juvenile, like it was created by a child or teenager. One person said, “You’ve got all the money in the world and you do an invite that looks like it was designed by a 10-year-old on MS Paint.”
“Money can’t buy taste or class!” someone else remarked.
On X, people weren’t any kinder.
………. did jeff bezos use clip art on his wedding invitation https://t.co/XZJ9EKo6FZ
— alexandra scaggs (@alexandrascaggs) June 25, 2025
To be honest, there’s no way a graphic designer was involved in the creation of this invitation. Some people were so astounded by the appearance of the invitation that they didn’t believe it could actually be real.
There is simply no way that is a real wedding invitation.
— TheHunterTweet ☦️ 🇺🇸🇷🇺 (@TheHunterTweet) June 25, 2025
Some of the criticism was rooted in more serious issues, though, like the preservation of Venice. One person on Reddit wrote: “You know what would be really [beneficial] to Venice tho ? Not bringing [yachts] and private planes around there.”
The commenter has a point — The Guardian reported that more than 90 private jets flew guests to Venice’s Marco Polo airport for the wedding. At least five hotels are entirely booked, and US Marines are allegedly being hired for security.
It’s been clear for weeks that the Bezos-Sánchez wedding is suffering from “rich people problems,” like difficulties finding places for mega-yachts to drop anchor. There are only nine “yacht ports” in Venice, and — unsurprisingly — all of them have been booked for the wedding.
Protests have broken out around Venice, with critics slamming Bezos for treating Venice like his own personal playground. “He’s sending the message that all the city is a background for a party of billionaires, Tommaso Cacciari, from a group calling itself No Space for Bezos, told the BBC.
The criticism doesn’t seem to be affecting guests, though, since celebrities and royals from all over the world have flocked to Venice for the celebratory weekend.
