Serena Williams got the star-studded wedding she always dreamed of.

Serena Williams' stunning wedding dress has finally been revealed in a series of photos taken during and after her Thursday-night ceremony with Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian.

Photos of the event taken exclusively by Vogue magazine show Williams looking radiant in the flowing, lacy white Alexander McQueen dress, which was crafted by head designer Sarah Burton. 

Vogue magazine released the beautiful wedding photos which are a joy to behold! The images show Serena and Alexis exchanging their vows in front of guests including Serena’s sister, Venus Williams, Oracene Price, pictured holding her infant granddaughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr, and friends Ciara Wilson, Kelly Rowland, Prince Harry‘s girlfriend, actress Meghan Markle, Boris and Nicole, and more.

“I loved the idea of doing a really spectacular ball gown, and it has turned out to be such an incredibly special piece,” she gushed.
Sarah Burton also designed the wedding gown for Prince Williams‘s bride Kate Middleton.

Williams then swapped that for a shorter, though no less beautiful, Versace number for the first dance, which saw the newlywed couple dancing to 'Tale As Old As Time' - a tune in line with the wedding's theme, Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

And on Friday, the tennis star showcased the stamina that's made her a 23-time Grand Slam Champ, partying for a second day straight.

Serena's wedding to Ohanian took place at the Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans, with the pair surrounded by a bevy of friends, families and A-listers for the Beauty and the Beast-themed bash.

'Alexis really wanted to do New Orleans' Serena told Vogue in an exclusive interview. 'It's his favorite city besides Brooklyn. It's got a heavy European influence; it's fun and has amazing food. He just loves the vibe.'

She added that the decision to hold it at the Arts Center was 'a decision we both made. Painting and art is something I'm really passionate about, so it just felt natural and different to do it at a contemporary art museum.'  

As well as the couple's two-month-old daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr, and Venus Williams - who wore a custom Galia Lahav bridesmaid's dress - was a who's who of the biggest names in American pop culture.

The Williams's older sister, Isha Price, was also spotted in a gorgeous green number.

The bridesmaids looked almost as beautiful as the bride in Galia Lahav dresses. Val Vogt, Serena's best friend, explained: '[Serena] talked to all of us and just kind of let us have creative control as to what dress fit our personality. And then she approved it, of course!'

Vogt ultimately carried Serena's Yorkshire terrier, Chip, down the aisle. He was appropriately fitted out in his own top-hat-and-tux combo.

As Serena walked the final dress - a princess gown with Disney-appropriate cape, with $3.5 million of diamond jewelry to accompany it - down the aisle, she was watched by a celebrity-packed audience. 

Kim Kardashian, Ciara, Beyoncé - and Jay-Z, who flew in to pay his respects but then had to immediately fly out to North Carolina for a concert - and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour were all spotted sitting on sofas facing the aisle.

'I wanted the whole thing to be as nontraditional as possible,' Serena told Vogue. 'We did sofas instead of chairs, with everything facing the aisle instead of the altar.'

Each of the guests was gifted one of Williams' unique golden-trophy party favors; each table at the event had been named after one of 12 of Williams' grand slam titles, and her favors were recreations of the trophies she received for each corresponding title. 

Wiliams, 36, told People she hopes to launch her own wedding dress collection one day. “My dream is to do evening wear and wedding dresses,” Williams said in 2016. She and her sister, Venus, 37, attended the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, and they continue to help each other with designs.
“She is always looking at my sketches and is like, ‘I like that so much!’ and actually, I’m always at her office hanging out,” Serena said.
For the reception, Serena changed into a beautiful off-white, strapless Versace dress with lace and feathers which she accessorized with glittery sneakers to dance with her new husband.
“They worked nonstop to make sure the tiniest details were perfectly taken care of, for a a total of 1,500 hours,” designer Donatella Versace told Vogue.

The couple wrote their own vows for the ceremony, with Alexis calling Serena his queen and promising to spend his life taking care of her and their 'princess', two-month-old Alexis Ohanian Jr.

''You are the greatest of all time, not just in sport,' he said. 'I'm talking about as a mother and as a wife. I am so excited to write so many more chapters of our fairy tale together. 

'And my whole life I didn't even realize it, but I was waiting for this moment. And everything that I have done, everything that I am so proud of in my career, and in my life, for the last 34 years, pales in comparison to what we're doing today. 

'And I am so grateful, and I am so in love.'  

    























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