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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Arwa Mahdawi

Gates, Zuck, Trump: the Ambani pre-wedding proves conspicuous consumption is back, baby!

trump in center with jewels on forehead, next to kushner at right and another man at left with arms folded
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner at the pre-wedding party for Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant on Saturday in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. Photograph: AP

They say money can’t buy you love, but it can certainly buy you one hell of a pre-wedding. The world’s one percenters are currently nursing their hangovers after three ostentatious days in India spent celebrating the upcoming nuptials of Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Asia’s richest man.

The event, which reportedly cost $120m, was an ode to excess: there was a nine-page dress code, a private concert by Rihanna, and a feast which even Nero might have thought a little over the top.

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