Most extravagant wedding? Billionaire spends $2m on son's do

Armenian billionaire's son Sargis Karapetyan married his bride Salome Kintsurashvili in one of the most extravagant wedding ever.

Sargis Karapetyan is the son of Samvel Karapetyan, who sits at number 28 on the Forbes Russian Rich List.

The wedding is estimated to have cost more than $2 million where the bride was seen wearing three different couture dresses, including a $35,000 Elie Saab gown and jewelry worth $200,000.

The wedding of 23-year-old Sargis Karapetyan and his Georgian bride, 25-year-old Salome Kintsurashvili was attended by the President of Armenia, Serzh Sargisyanu.

The celebration was held at the famous Safisa and Maroon 5 were the wedding band.

It's been estimated that they were paid around $500,000-800,000 to play the gig. The bride joined the lead singer Adam Levine on stage to sing along.

Russian television personality Andrey Malakhov, Ukranian pop singer Vera Brezhneva, singers Alla Pugacheva, Philip Kirkorov, Valery Meladzem, Grigory Leps, Sofia Rotaru, Nikolay Baskov, Timati and Dima Bilan were also there to entertain the guests.

The bride opted for three different gowns, the first of which was a glittering Elle Saab gown with long sleeves and a train.

Although the cost of the dress has not been revealed, the starting price of a couture wedding dress by the Lebanese designer is $35,000.

She changed into a lace gown by Alessandra Rich and also a more traditional wedding gown.

Her accessories included the Tiffany Savoy headpiece, which was worn by Carey Mulligan in the film The Great Gatsby.

The headpiece of diamonds and freshwater cultured pearls in platinum with a detachable spray of feathers brooch costs in excess of $200,000.

The bride changed into a lace, off the shoulder Alessandra Rich dress for the official photos, and then into a floor length dress and head piece for the official Armenian wedding dance.

Folk dancers from Armenia and Georgia performed to reflect both the bride and groom's heritage.

The spectacular venue featured thousands of flowers and fairy lights nothing short of a fairytale wedding.

As guests entered the reception, they walked through what looked like an incredible forest, complete with fake trees and real flowers.

In the main reception room, where the 500 guests were seated, a huge chandelier and fairy lights made it feel magical.

There were also thousands more flowers, including a flower wall, which the new Mrs Karapetyan posed in front of for photos.

The nine-tier cake was covered in flowers and at least two metres tall, standing on a large table in the centre of the room.

To complete it all, the room was bathed in purple light, giving everything a incredible storybook glow.

Many of the guests shared incredible photos and video of the night on social media under the hashtag #sarkissalome, causing widespread interest in the nuptials.

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