The festivities leading up to the wedding of Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos in Venice have officially started. On Thursday, the former TV news correspondent and the founder of Amazon welcomed a bevy of high-profile guests to their three-day celebration event, with Sánchez wearing a design courtesy of Schiaparelli.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez wave to fans and photographers as they make their way to a celebration ahead of their wedding in Venice, Italy.

As a starry guest list of celebrities descend on Venice for the weekend wedding of of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez, activists have united under the banner “No Space for Bezos” to protest the nuptials.