Birthday girl Khloe Kardashian stuns as she and leopard print clad mum Kris Jenner join Sydney Sweeney and Vittoria Ceretti shopping before Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's $20M Venice wedding
Khloe Kardashian looked as stylish as ever while hitting the shops with her leopard print clad mother Kris Jenner and other A-list celebrities in Venice on Friday.
The duo, alongside other family members Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner and Kendall Jenner recently arrived in the Italian city for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez 's $20million wedding extravaganza.
And during a break from the festivities amid the star-studded three-day celebration, Khloe enjoyed some downtime with her mother, 69, as she marked her 41st birthday.
The birthday girl slipped her gym-honed figure into a simple black summer dress for the outing, which she teamed with oversized dark shades and chic Chanel flip-flops.
Khloe was also seen appearing to have a chat with a young fan as they mingled outside designer store Moncler in the sunshine.
Meanwhile, Kris dressed to impress in an animal print ensemble by Dolce & Gabbana, complete with shades and statement earrings, as the mother and daughter duo enjoyed some retail therapy together.
Sydney Sweeney, 27, put on a very leggy display in a black mini dress with a plunging neckline, which she styled with a pair of pointed, buckled shoes.
The Euphoria star toted her essentials in a small black handbag and shielded her eyes with a pair of oversized rectangular shades.
Meanwhile, Vittoria Ceretti - the girlfriend of Leonardo DiCaprio - looked effortlessly stylish in a red floral midi dress.
The Italian model, 27, completed her look with a pair of white platforms and appeared to be in good spirits as she avidly chatted away on the phone.
Vittoria appeared to have had a successful shopping trip as she carried a huge white shopping bag with her.
She has joined her boyfriend Leonardo, 50, in Venice for the wedding ceremony, but he was not with her during her sunny shopping trip.
Coincidentally, fashion designer Domenico Dolce was also seen out and about in Venice with pals, presumably in town for the nuptials.
Meanwhile, pals Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King dressed down in sportswear as they breakfasted together at the Gritti Hotel in Venice.
They strolled past high-end designer shops including Saint Laurent as they made the most of their free time
The pair were seen popping in and out of luxury store amid their shopping trip
Kris was seen perusing the goods while Khloe tried something on
The group have joined a whole host of A-list guests who have travelled to the Italian city for the $20million nuptials, set to take place on Friday, June 27.
And they kicked off the weekend-long celebrations with a welcome dinner at the Campo Della Madonna dell'Orto, with some very notable names in attendance including Orlando Bloom, Ivanka Trump, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Brady.
However, the celebrations got off to an interesting start as they were hit by a freak thunderstorm.
Guests sought cover under the vaulted cloisters as lightening bolts flashed across the sky and thunder rumbled overhead at the end of what was a torridly humid day with temperatures nudging 96.8° Fahrenheit.
Torrential downpours and a strong wind left guests soaked as they then dashed for water taxis which had been scrambled a good 45 minutes ahead of the midnight finish time.
In a set of pictures described as heartbreaking for Katy Perry, Orlando was spotted leaving the dinner with a mystery woman.
The British actor and Dasha Zhukova boarded a Venetian water taxi as they jumped in to shelter from torrential rain last night.
Orlando was then photographed embracing a younger brunette friend in the back. Her identity is not clear.
The Euphoria star toted her essentials in a small black handbag and shielded her eyes with a pair of oversized rectangular shades
Sydney styled her golden tresses in loose waves over her shoulders as she made sure to capture attention
Meanwhile, Vittoria - the girlfriend of Leonardo DiCaprio - looked effortlessly stylish in a red floral midi dress
The Italian model, 27, completed her look with a pair of white platforms and appeared to be in good spirits as she avidly chatted away on the phone
She has joined her boyfriend Leonardo, 50, in Venice for the wedding ceremony, but he was not with her during her sunny shopping trip
Ahead of the dinner, Kim turned heads as she shared a slew of racy snaps of her getting ready with Khloe and Kris for the big night out.
Giving an insight into the glitzy night, Kim shared a number of photos in her hotel room with her glam squad and famous family.
She flaunted her tiny waist in a figure-hugging Versace snakeskin dress that clung to her frame and featured small cutouts on the front.
Meanwhile, Khloe put on an equally stylish display in a fitted dress with small cutouts on the material and a low-cut neckline.
Their matriarch Kris looked effortlessly chic in a long black gown adorned with tulle balloon sleeves as they got glammed-up for the big night out.
She captioned the snaps: 'Italian Summers.'
During the night, Kim was seen spending time on a boat with her momager and sibling.
Fresh off his shock split from Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom let loose at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's lavish pre-wedding party Italy on Thursday night
Orlando was all smiles as left Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's lavish pre-wedding celebration with Dasha Zhukova, ex-wife of Roman Abramovich
Bloom was caught wrapping his arm around a mystery brunette in a water taxi last night
Khloe and Kris are in town along with family members Kim Kardashian [left] , Kylie Jenner and Kendall Jenner for the big wedding
Ahead of the dinner, Kim turned heads as she shared a slew of racy snaps of her getting ready with Khloe and Kris for the big night out
Kim later struck a few poses on a boat as Khloe snapped some photos - but a hilarious detail quickly emerged to reveal that the Good American founder had been taking selfies of herself rather than of Kim
Though Jeff and Lauren are yet to walk down the aisle in Venice, it was revealed on Thursday that the couple are already legally married
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Katy Perry supported by Lauren Sanchez after ex Orlando Bloom cosied up to another woman
She struck a few poses as the sun set in the distance and Khloe snapped some photos - but a hilarious detail quickly emerged to reveal that the Good American founder had been taking selfies of herself rather than of Kim.
The mother-of-four made light of the incident and jokingly shared the moment to her Instagram stories and wrote, 'when u always think it's about u @khloekardashian.'
Elsewhere during the busy night, both Kendall and Kylie Jenner were also seen leaving a Venice hotel.
Though Jeff and Lauren are yet to walk down the aisle in Venice, it was revealed on Thursday that the couple are already legally married.
A source told DailyMail.com: 'They have been married for at least a month, more than a month. The marriage is fully legal and took place in America under American law.'
'When they were planning the wedding, they were clear about the fact that they were already secretly married,' they added.
'There is no application for a wedding license from the couple because it was not required.
'Whatever happens at the wedding on Friday, it will not be a wedding. Under Italian law, it will not be a wedding celebration, any vows said or rings exchanged will have no legal meaning,' the insider continued.
It was also claimed that the billionaire confirmed both he and Lauren are legally married and that they have signed a prenuptial agreement as well.
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I was never intimidated by anything. I think after Page 3, if any negativity came my way, I just thought, well, that's your view, but I can't control what other people think of me. I'm never going to please everyone. So if I can please my mum or Nat or the people that answer the phone every day and really know me, then that feels nice to me.' The couple live quite a nomadic lifestyle – with a superyacht and homes in London, Wiltshire, Los Angeles and Klosters. They are currently spending most of their time at another home, in Italy. Estimates of Nat's wealth range between £1 billion and £40 billion following his father's death. Yet Loretta insists that she remains rooted 'in the principles that my mum really nailed into me', adding: 'There's two things in life I cannot stand. One of them is snobbery about anything, and the other is intentional cruelty towards others. Cruelty and snobbery are just non-starters for me.' 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When I look at that – I achieved that and I want to carry on achieving things.' Despite being 'appalling at school', and later being diagnosed with dyslexia, she developed a passion for literature. 'School was tough,' she admits of her all-girls, private secondary education, saying she preferred the mixed state primary school she attended when she was younger. She adds: 'The teachers would all say: 'She's in her own world', which was absolutely correct. 'I left school, went to college for a bit and did a year at Manchester Metropolitan but, on reflection, I should never have gone to university. I was always walking around with characters in my head, making up stories – I didn't realise that other people didn't do that.' When the Covid lockdown happened, Rothschild began 'devouring everything I could find about writing novels'. She cites Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, William Boyd's Any Human Heart, Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty and Max Porter's Grief is the Thing with Feathers as inspirations, alongside writers including Saki and Somerset Maugham. 'I started to learn why some novels work and why some don't. And then Honor [the book's main character] kind of came into my head. She was this very vocal voice and I couldn't do anything without her voicing an opinion. It was like she was suddenly there.' The book, she admits, is essentially a series of love stories. 'It's a love story, but it's also about paternal love, platonic love, unexpected love, past loves, and how they are intertwined.' She's a romantic, then? 'I think I am. I think that falling in love, that freefall of infatuation is so quick and so rarely experienced that it's the most dangerous. At that moment, you're at your most vulnerable.' I wonder if she worried about the book being branded 'chick lit' when actually the 'first chapter cliffhanger' Picoult referenced makes it more in the vein of Gone Girl or The Girl on a Train. 'I like the fact that I've written a love story. I've written something that is considered a romance. So chick lit, for me… if I am in any way in that kind of window or associated with those authors, I would be thrilled. Those books are so fantastic – they're popular and have a fan base that will queue around the block for them.' She adds, 'It's strange that that is something that isn't celebrated in the right way, or dismissed when those authors are writing about really important subjects. It's just snobbery.' She did every online writing masterclass she could find during lockdown and then attended a creative writing course in LA for a year. 'I'm quite methodical. I've got a lot of ideas but I needed some structure. I needed to find a style that suited me.' Finding a publishing deal was, she admits, 'terrifying'. Acknowledging that most people will assume she only got the book published because of her husband, she says: 'I never really said to people, I'm going to do this thing. I said, hey, I've done this thing – it already exists, here it is. Because I remember, back in my 20s, mentioning to one person that I want to write – and they sort of gave me this face. So I thought, 'I'm not going to do that.' Don't tell people what you're planning to do – just tell them what you've done. 'I had quite a lot of naivety about it in the sense that I was so excited I finished this thing. But my first thought was: will it even get read? In the few weeks before we sent it out, I reread the first few chapters and thought, this is terrible, why am I doing this?' Just 72 hours after the draft was sent out to UK and US publishers, St Martin's Press, based in New York, replied. 'I remember it exactly,' smiles Rothschild. 'I opened my email and they came back and said, 'We want it, and we want the next one as well', so it ended up being a two-book deal. But in England, there were a lot of rejections. It certainly didn't happen because of my surname. That doesn't really happen, unless you're a Tolstoy! Actually writing a book and getting it published is bloody hard.' Admitting she did 'drive my husband a bit mad' with the whole process, she says: 'He was extremely supportive, to be fair, bringing me endless cups of tea. He was always up for it.' Rothschild would get up at the crack of dawn and write before anyone else had woken up. 'I felt like that time was so precious, when the whole house was quiet. I'd get three hours of writing in.' There is now rarely a day that goes by when she doesn't write something, and she is already halfway through her second book. Naturally, her mother Sue remains her biggest fan. 'My mum is so proud of every breath I take. Before she'd even read anything, I was already one of the Brontë sisters to her.' Reader, she may have married him – but when it comes to this Page 3 girl turned published author – it's probably best not to judge the book by its cover.
