Don’t you just hate it when you can’t find any decent photos of celebrities in their wedding dresses? They’re among the very few who can afford to wear designer wedding dresses beyond the catwalk, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who’d like to see their favorite stars all dressed in white. Then again, weddings are private, personal affairs and I’m sure anyone would hate to have paparazzi flashing bulbs all throughout the ceremony.

Last weekend, actress Salma Hayek tied the knot with her French billionaire husband François-Henri Pinault for the second time – the first one being a civil ceremony in Paris on Valentine’s Day. The second ceremony was a 150-guest, star-studded affair held at Venice, Italy. Among the guests were Penelope Cruz, Gael Garcia Bernal, Ziyi Zhang, Edward Norton, and former French President Jacques Chirac. Everyone wore black and gold masks as they arrived for the wedding, and the bride herself walked down the aisle in a Balenciaga wedding gown by Nicholas Ghesquiere. Salma’s hair was done in an elaborate up-do and adorned with a long veil, and she carried a bouquet of stephanotis and orchids with crystals to the aisle. This was the best photo I could find of Salma Hayek’s wedding dress, and it looks like the bodice has some elaborate beadwork. Such a shame you can’t really see much of the details on the dress!

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