By KBC Associate :max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(972x531:974x533)/lauren-sanchez-051525-1b6a9aa43322400983c605a6e6dc3647.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,0&ssl=1 "Lauren Sánchez’s Bachelorette Party Kicks Off with Katy Perry and Kim Kardashian (Exclusive)")
NEED TO KNOW
- Lauren Sánchez is getting ready for her upcoming nuptials
- The fiancée of Jeff Bezos celebrated her bachelorette party in Paris on Thursday, May 15
- A source exclusively tells PEOPLE that the celebration was “very relaxed and very Parisian”
Lauren Sánchez is ready to walk down the aisle!
The former news anchor, 55, celebrated ahead of her wedding to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, 61, with a bachelorette party at Lafayette’s in Paris on Thursday, May 15.
“The atmosphere was very relaxed and very Parisian,” a source exclusively tells PEOPLE of the event.
“It was a pre-wedding all-girl party for 13,” the source says, with a guest list that included Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Katy Perry and Eva Longoria.
At the restaurant, the women drank “espresso martinis and everybody got up and danced when Lauren asked for ‘Earth, Wind and Fire,’ ” the insider says. Their meal concluded with a surprise vanilla meringue cake for Sánchez.
The source tells PEOPLE that Sánchez wore a white double-breasted coat with gold buttons. Kardashian, 44, donned a bronze lace corset and leggings, while Perry, 40, sported a pink Empire-style dress with a corset top.
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The children’s book author posted photos on Instagram alongside her friends, celebrating the occasion. She included several black and white snaps of the group of women on a scenic rooftop, as well as a couple of photos inside the dinner. The post ended with a photo of her, Perry, Kardashian and Jenner, 69, posing together.
“Forever starts with friendship, surrounded by the women who’ve lifted me up, illuminated my path in dark times, and shaped my heart along the way. 🤍,” she captioned the Thursday, May 17 Instagram post.
After the festivities, she added to her Instagram Stories a picture of the menu they enjoyed during the celebration.
Lauren Sanchez/Instagram
PEOPLE previously confirmed that Bezos, 61, and Sánchez sent out their wedding invitations, and they’re planning to marry in Italy off the coast of Venice on their $500 million yacht named Koru in June. The highly anticipated nuptials are expected to have a star-studded guest list.
The couple went public with their relationship in 2019, and Bezos proposed to Sánchez in May 2023, PEOPLE confirmed at the time. They were vacationing in the South of France when the billionaire popped the question, and Sánchez was photographed rocking her engagement ring as she spent time with her fiancé on the yacht soon after.
A source told PEOPLE that Bezos and Sánchez were “on cloud nine — so happy and madly in love” after their engagement news.
“Her engagement ring is beyond stunning. And huge! She keeps playing with it and looking at it,” the insider added. “You can tell she loves it.”
Sánchez’s upcoming nuptials cap a busy few months. In addition to the upcoming wedding, she recently led a star-studded all-female expedition that included Perry and Gayle King into space. She also recently authored her first children’s book — The Fly Who Flew to Space — about a fly who is “bad at school and kind of wanders and gets stuck in a space capsule.”
Bezos shares four kids — three sons and one daughter — with ex-wife MacKenzie Scott, while Sánchez shares son Nikko with ex Tony Gonzalez and kids Evan and Ella with ex-husband Patrick Whitesell.