Overview
- The weekend began with an intimate rehearsal dinner June 13 at groom’s mother Susan Weber Soros’s waterfront estate on Shelter Island, where Hillary and Bill Clinton mingled with guests.
- On June 14, the couple exchanged vows at the Southampton estate in a small Nikah ceremony followed by a larger celebration honoring their Muslim and Jewish traditions.
- Abedin wore two custom gowns—a Givenchy ivory satin design by Sarah Burton and an Erdem creation by Erdem Moralıoğlu—that included hidden embroidery paying tribute to her late father.
- Guests from politics and society included Chelsea Clinton, Nicky Hilton and James Rothschild alongside the Clintons at both rehearsal and wedding events.
- The union brings together Alex Soros, chairman of Open Society Foundations and son of George Soros, with Huma Abedin, a former Hillary Clinton aide and mother to her 13-year-old son.