Inside Sean Parker's (awesome) $10 million fantasy wedding

In June, journalist David Kirkpatrick covered Facebook co-founder Sean Parker’s amazing $10 million fantasy nuptials for Vanity Fair magazine. His exclusive story and the magazine’s pictures prove Parker’s big day truly was the fairytale he always intended it to be.

From the stunning, princess-like bride to the woodland wedding reception, Parker’s fantasy themed wedding included lush floral decorations dripping from ancient Redwoods, fur-pelt-strewn beds, feast-filled tents (complete with roasted suckling) and even a 2.7-metre tall (nine-foot) wedding cake.

Sean Parker and his bride Alexandra Lenas at their wedding

Image: Vanity Fair/Christian Oth and Mark Seliger

Every detail was personally overseen by the groom who also arranged for each of the 365 guests’ medieval outfits to be created by Lord of the Rings costume designer Ngila Dickson.

Words do not suffice. Well, one word does: Wow!

“The lavish ceremony and reception this past June—shown here, in detail, for the first time—took place not in a cavern, however, but in Big Sur, California, under towering 500-year-old redwoods. Yet treasures and wonders were much in evidence.” writes Kirkpatrick.

The couple’s six-tier, nine-foot-tall wedding cake. Image: Vanity Fair

“As the flaxen-haired bride, singer-songwriter Alexandra Lenas, floated down the aisle trailing acres of silk, Parker’s chum Sean Lennon eagerly recorded the scene, standing on his pew to get a bird’s-eye view. At dinner Jack Dorsey sat with Sting, trying unsuccessfully to persuade him to use Twitter, which Dorsey invented. Also on hand: actress Emma Watson, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, California power brokers Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris, MTV founder Bob Pittman, Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales, Zynga’s Mark Pincus, Charity Water’s Scott Harrison, Seagram’s scion Ben Bronfman, comedian Olivia Munn, and Facebook co-founders Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. (Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, though invited, sent regrets.)”

Images: Vanity Fair. Photography by Christian Oth and Mark Seliger.

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Here comes the bride. Alexandra Lenas is escorted down a flower-strewn aisle by her father, Constantine Lenas. Image: Vanity Fair.

The bride and groom, Alexandra Lenas and Sean Parker. Image: Vanity Fair/Christian Oth and Mark Seliger

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The mother of the bride (Erriette) and sister (Victoria in gold) ready for the big day, which took place in Big Sur, California. Image: Vanity Fair

Image: Vanity Fair/Christian Oth and Mark Seliger
The ornate ceremony was overseen by celebrity wedding planner Preston Bailey. Image: Vanity Fair

The bridal procession makes its way up the flower strewn aisle.Image: Vanity Fair

Image: Vanity Fair/Christian Oth and Mark Seliger
Metallica's Lars Ulrich with fiancee, model Jessica Miller. Image: Vanity Fair

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Girls' actress Allison Williams with her beau Ricky Van Veen. Image: Vanity Fair.

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The Newsroom's Olivia Munn with an unnamed bunny. Image: Vanity Fair.

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The bride's sister Victoria holds Sean and Alex's daughter, Winter Victoria Parker. Image: Vanity Fair.

364 guests, all dressed in medieval attire, watch as Sean and Alex wed. Image: Vanity Fair

Sean Parker and Alexandra Lenas on their $10 million wedding day. Image: Vanity Fair/Christian Oth and Mark Seliger

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey and Kate Greer. Image: Vanity Fair/Christian Oth and Mark Seliger

Alex Ebert, of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. Image: Vanity Fair

What's around the corner? Who knows? Just one of the many ornately decorated pathways decorated in keeping with the overall wedding theme. Image: Vanity Fair

Guests Daniel Kruglikov, Sean Lennon and Alexander Dexter-Jones. Image: Vanity Fair

The newlyweds, Mr and Mrs Parker. Image: Vanity Fair

Another of the couple's first shots as Mr and Mrs Parker. Image: Vanity Fair

The feast pavillion: A little suckling and mead, anyone? Image: Vanity Fair

Just a few of the pelt-strewn beds peppered throughout the lounge area. Image: Vanity Fair

The members of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros band with friends. Image: Vanity Fair/Christian Oth and Mark Seliger

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British socialite and model, Lady Mary Charteris, model Mila De Wit, and Jamie Burke. Image: Vanity Fair

Yet another picturesque scene that is in keeping with the overall fantasy theme of the wedding. Image: Vanity Fair

Zynga’s Mark Pincus with his wife, Alison. Image: Vanity Fair

Stunning. A walkway to take your breath away. Image: Vanity Fair

Kyle MacLachlan and wife, Desiree Gruber.Image: Vanity Fair

Guests dined outdoors at tables placed beneath ancient trees. Image: Vanity Fair.
Guests dined outdoors at tables placed beneath ancient trees. Image: Vanity Fair.