
Serena Williams' beauteous bells dress has assuredly been appear in a alternation of photos taken during and afterwards her Thursday-night commemoration with Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian.
Photos of the accident taken alone by Vogue magazine appearance Williams attractive beaming in the flowing, delicate white Alexander McQueen dress, which was crafted by arch artist Sarah Burton.
Williams again swapped that for a shorter, admitting no beneath beautiful, Versace cardinal for the aboriginal dance, which saw the newlywed brace dancing to 'Tale As Old As Time' - a tune in bandage with the wedding's theme, Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
And on Friday, the tennis brilliant showcased the backbone that's fabricated her a 23-time Admirable Bang Champ, partying for a additional day straight.
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Beautiful: Serena Williams looks attractive these photos from Vogue. Actuality she's assuming off her Alexander McQueen angel gown, forth with new bedmate Alexis Ohanian, their daughter, ancestors - and top-hat-wearing dog
Belles of the ball: Serena and Ohanian were about outshone at the bells by their daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. The bells had a Beauty and the Beast theme, featuring music from the Disney classic
Star-studded audience: Kim Kardashian (far left), Kelly Rowland and Beyoncé (center), LaLa Anthony (second from right) and Ciara were all in appearance at the wedding
Serena's bells to Ohanian took abode at the Abreast Arts Centermost of New Orleans, with the brace amidst by a assembly of friends, families and A-listers for the Beauty and the Beast-themed bash.
'Alexis actually capital to do New Orleans' Serena told Vogue in an absolute interview. 'It's his admired burghal besides Brooklyn. It's got a abundant European influence; it's fun and has amazing food. He aloof loves the vibe.'
She added that the accommodation to authority it at the Arts Centermost was 'a accommodation we both made. Painting and art is article I'm actually amorous about, so it aloof acquainted accustomed and altered to do it at a abreast art museum.'
As able-bodied as the couple's two-month-old daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr, and Venus Williams - who wore a custom Galia Lahav bridesmaid's dress - was a who's who of the better names in American pop culture.
The Williams's earlier sister, Isha Price, was additionally spotted in a attractive blooming number.
Sadly, one ancestors affiliate who was there alone in spirit was Ohanian's mother, who anesthetized abroad nine years ago. The brace accustomed her by captivation the accident on November 16 - her birthday.
'It is her birthday, and we capital her to be represented at the wedding,' Serena said. 'Obviously, we ambition that she could be actuality for this, but allotment her altogether as our bells date was a nice way of authoritative abiding she's still complex and fabricated us feel added affiliated to her on our day.'
The angle - which came 18 months afterwards the brace met by adventitious at a bistro in Rome - was aloof as carefully organized.
'I came home one day to acquisition my accoutrements already arranged for me, and I had actually no abstraction breadth I was activity until I got on the flight,' Serena told Vogue.
'Alexis flew me out to Rome, aback to the exact table breadth we'd met. We were both actually afraid but additionally aflame to booty this huge step. It was such a admirable moment.'
Of course, a absolute bells needs a absolute dress - so Serena went to Alexander McQueen, alive she wouldn't be let down.
Newlyweds: Williams and Ohanian allotment a kiss at the altar. The bells was captivated at the Abreast Arts Centermost of New Orleans on the altogether of Ohanian's mother, who anesthetized abroad nine years ago
Happy together: The brace - who met aloof 18 months ago by adventitious in Rome - attending captivated in this photograph acquaint on Ohanian's Instagram page
'I flew to London to accommodated with [head artist Sarah Burton] and concluded up falling in adulation with the brawl clothes silhouette, which is absolutely the adverse of what I anytime anticipation I would accept for myself,' she said.
'I admired the abstraction of accomplishing a actually amazing brawl gown, and it has angry out to be such an abundantly appropriate piece.'
The bridesmaids looked about as admirable as the helpmate in Galia Lahav dresses. Val Vogt, Serena's best friend, explained: '[Serena] talked to all of us and aloof affectionate of let us accept artistic ascendancy as to what dress fit our personality. And again she accustomed it, of course!'
Vogt ultimately agitated Serena's Yorkshire terrier, Chip, bottomward the aisle. He was appropriately adapted out in his own top-hat-and-tux combo.
As Serena absolved the final dress - a angel clothes with Disney-appropriate cape, with $3.5 actor of design adornment to accompany it - bottomward the aisle, she was watched by a celebrity-packed audience.
Kim Kardashian, Ciara, Beyoncé - and Jay-Z, who flew in to pay his respects but again had to anon fly out to North Carolina for a concert - and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour were all spotted sitting on sofas adverse the aisle.
'I capital the accomplished activity to be as nontraditional as possible,' Serena told Vogue. 'We did sofas instead of chairs, with aggregate adverse the alley instead of the altar.'
Each of the guests was able one of Williams' altered golden-trophy activity favors; anniversary table at the accident had been alleged afterwards one of 12 of Williams' admirable bang titles, and her favors were recreations of the trophies she accustomed for anniversary agnate title.
Grooming the groom: Ohanian gets a atom of advice with his clothes from one of his groomsmen on his big day
Stunning: Serena Williams acquaint this photograph of her beauteous bells dress on Instagram Friday night, afterwards dancing the day abroad with accompany and ancestors at a post-nupitals brunch
The brace wrote their own vows for the ceremony, with Alexis calling Serena his queen and able to absorb his activity demography affliction of her and their 'princess', two-month-old Alexis Ohanian Jr.
''You are the greatest of all time, not aloof in sport,' he said. 'I'm talking about as a mother and as a wife. I am so aflame to address so abounding added capacity of our bogie account together.
'And my accomplished activity I didn't alike apprehend it, but I was cat-and-mouse for this moment. And aggregate that I accept done, aggregate that I am so appreciative of in my career, and in my life, for the aftermost 34 years, pales in allegory to what we're accomplishing today.
'And I am so grateful, and I am so in love.'
The bandage again played 'Be Our Guest' from Beauty and the Beast as the guests were led into the dining area.
'Serena capital a ball, but she capital a avant-garde ball, not annihilation that was too stuffy,' Preston Bailey, the man abaft the decor, told Vogue.
'For the flowers and all-embracing aesthetic, she capital article that was actual altered and unique.' Chandeliers encased in gold birdcages, trophy-style abode cards, and the 'black lamé' table linens accomplished this goal.
'I've accepted Serena for so continued and am so blessed she's begin her prince,' Kardashian said.'From the moment she told me she met Alexis in Rome, it was like... she's been so blessed and has this ablaze about her that is so appropriate to see.

'You aloof apperceive it is so real. He makes her so blessed and that aloof makes her accompany happy.'
Men at play: Ohanian and his groomsmen booty a little time out to relac afterwards the accident in the art center
Brunch bunch: Serena (left) and Ohanian busy out several floors of New Orleans' fashionable Ace Hotel on Friday for a brunch activity that ran from noon-6pm. Her sister, Venus Williams (right), was apparent chatting afterwards
Celebration: Williams and Ohanian are apparent actuality at the agglomeration anniversary chatting with a guest. The affectionate activity was alone for ancestors and abutting friends, and the brace sneaked abroad out of a rear avenue afterwards it was over
Before the guests ate, Serena afflicted into a additional dress - this one accepting been fabricated by Versace over the advance of 1,500 hours - and afterwards she and Ohanian danced to Account As Old As Time.
For their post-party bash, the new brace - alleged 'Alexena' by their pals - busy several floors of New Orleans' upscale, bazaar Ace Hotel for a brunch back-bite with accompany and ancestors on Friday afternoon.
The brawl was advised to run from apex to 4pm, but the brace were apparent dancing berserk until about 6pm, with Serena cutting a tight, abbreviate white dress as she acclimatized abutting to her sister, Venus.
After the accident assuredly died down, Serena acquaint up as photograph of herself on Instagram in her beauteous bells dress.
The activity included a buffet, Gatorade and a archetypal video bold arcade with machines including Pac-Man and Super Mario Bros.
Ohanian, meanwhile, was spotted alfresco the brawl chatting with Williams' ancestors members.
As the activity anguish down, the brace again their catlike bells departure, bottomward out of the aback doors and into a auto that aerated them abroad to their airport.
Fond farewells: Ohanian - who fabricated a affluence as the architect of massive online appointment Reddit - is apparent actuality adage goodbye to guests afterwards their shindig





