Millie Bobby Brown Marries Jake Bongiovi for a Second Time in Four Designer Wedding Dresses

Millie Bobby Brown in her wedding dress in Italy

(Image credit: Sandra von Riekhoff)

published 2 October 2024

Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi tied the knot for the second time in Italy, following an intimate wedding ceremony with their families in May. On Wednesday, the Stranger Things star shared a photo dump from the Tuscan celebration on Instagram.

"Forever and always, your wife," the Florence by Mills founder captioned the post, which gave followers a window into their fairytale nuptials.

Taken by photographer Sandra von Riekhoff, the photos also showcased a series of designer wedding gowns Brown wore throughout the weekend. The day before the ceremony, the 20-year-old kicked things off with a Fall 1993 Valentino gown styled by Ryan Young and procured from Happy Isles bridal salon, which specializes in vintage designer sourcing. Bongiovi, meanwhile, wore a classic black tuxedo and white dress shirt from Tom Ford.

Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi at their wedding — Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi pose for pictures the day before their wedding, wearing Valentino and Tom Ford respectively.

For her big day, the actress wore a custom Galia Lahav gown with a basque waist, boned bodice, and dramatic train.

"Designing her custom gown was such an exciting journey, fun & creative journey and we couldn’t have done it without the incredible @cryoungin," the designer wrote on Instagram in a tribute to Brown and her stylist.

Millie Bobby Brown in her wedding dress — Millie Bobby Brown wearing her custom Galia Lahav lace corset bridal gown with a long train.

Millie Bobby Brown third wedding dress — Millie Bobby Brown pairs her bespoke wedding dress with a custom veil from Monvieve.

She accessorized the bespoke lace corset gown with a custom Monvieve veil, a diamond bracelet, and an elegant updo that left a couple strands loose around her face. The groom also wore white to the ceremony, combining an ivory jacket with black pants and a black bowtie.

Millie Bobby Brown stands at the altar at her wedding to Jake Bongiovi in Italy — Millie Bobby Brown marries Jake Bongiovi in a ceremony held at Centinale in Tuscany.

Millie Bobby Brown in her wedding dress walking down the aisle — Millie Bobby Brown walks hand-in-hand with her husband, who also wore white to the ceremony.

At the reception, Brown let her hair down and changed into an Oscar de la Renta ivory floral lace slip gown.

Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi cutting their wedding cake — Millie Bobby Brown cuts her wedding cake in a lace Oscar de la Renta slip.

Later, she closed out the reception with another costume change, this time opting for a very Vivienne Westwood-esque off-the-shoulder bustier mini dress worn with her husband's discarded bowtie as a choker. It would be crazy for two Brits to get married without a little bit of Westwood in the mix, no?

Millie Bobby Brown wedding reception dress — Millie Bobby Brown parties in a bustier mini dress and her husband's black bowtie.

Brown's choices speak to a broader trend toward that emphasizes a complete wedding wardrobe featuring three or more looks in lieu of a singular wedding dress and an optional reception costume change. Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper, for instance, wore seven stunning dresses over the course of her wedding weekend in Riviera Maya, Mexico. Although Brown seemingly fell short of that record, it's impossible to say exactly how many bridal gowns she wore this year between her secret ceremony in May and her second wedding in October. But wouldn't it be delightfully fitting if the total turned out to be eleven?

Hanna Lustig is a staff writer at Marie Claire, where she gets to gab every day about the topics she holds most dear: fashion, beauty, and celebrity. Hanna’s editorial journey began with formative internships at Elle and InStyle, where she was lucky enough to work for some of the smartest women in media while she was still in college at the University of Tennessee. Hanna then accepted a digital culture reporting fellowship at Insider, where she helped carve out a new beat dedicated to covering influencers. Those experiences later served her well as a staff writer at Glamour, where she developed a knack for spinning quick turnaround celebrity news and trend reporting into juicy feature stories. Some of her greatest hits include an earnest ode to the no-pants trend, this meticulously reported feature exploring the rise of endoscopic facelifts, this snappy take on the Chanel-designed fantasy of Sofia Richie’s wedding, this tribute to WAGs past and present, and this timeline of Katie Holmes’s life and career as told through her denim collection.

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