design practice: KIM KARDASHIAN WEDDING

Kim K's wedding to Kris Humphries last year had alot of media attention due to her celebrity. I thought I'd try and find out abit more about it and just how extravagant it was, would be good to look into really expensive extravagant weddings.

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Kris presented Kim with a 20.5 carat Lorraine Schwartz diamond ring
Married on August 20 2011, in front of 450 guests
Filed for divorce 72 days later
It was also televised
Kim wore a strapless ivory Vera Wang gown which had hand-placed Chantilly lace applique on the bodice and an 'epic' train
Each wedding gown cost around $20,000, Kim wore 3
$60,000 the cost of the three Vera Wang gowns Kardashian received FREE to wear for the ceremony
Wedding cake was six-foot creation, costing $15,000 to $20,000, about £9,000 to £12,000
The ceremony is said to have cost more than £3 million
$2 million - cost of the engagement ring given to Kim
5 million - the number of people that watched "Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event" on the E! Network
Kris Jenner, Kim's mother reportedly got a $50,000 facelift for the big day
$2 million - cost of flowers for the wedding
$50,000 - cost of Kims Bachelorette party at Tao Nightclub in Las Vegas
$10 million - cost of borrowed jewellery that Kim wore on wedding day
It has been said by her publicist that the marriage was merely a publicity stunt in order to get mroe rating for her show and to promote herself and ventures
$17.9 million - amount that the couple reportedly earned from the wedding through tv deals, photo shoots etc