Madonna is in the spotlight on the occasion of the broadcast this October 17, 2022 of the documentary In France with Madonna. A country that is at the heart of the star’s life, with whom she was able to forge powerful relationships, such as with the designer Jean Paul Gaultier. He created some legendary outfits for her, but there is one, which is not signed by the genius stylist and which nevertheless attracted a lot of attention: her dress during her marriage to a certain Sean Penn.
On August 16, 1985, her birthday, Madonna married actor Sean Penn. It was in 1985 on the set of the music video for material girl that the interpreter of Like a Virgin meets the gaze of the hero of Like a mad dog. The couple hold the ceremony outdoors at the lavish Malibu mansion of the actor’s family friend, Kurt Unger. The lovebirds must nevertheless deal with the presence of the paparazzi, anxious to capture moments of the marriage of the two terrible lovers. The legend even says that Sean Penn would have fired shots in their direction.
Nothing to scare the daring Madonna. To say yes to her first husband, she chose a beautiful wedding dress in ivory-colored tulle, a bustier and a matching veil. Marie Claire precise “that a metallic pink band in mesh crossed the bustier, giving an original touch to this bridal outfit“. An outfit that was then sold at auction, estimated between 40,000 and 60,000 dollars in 2014. In the end, it was acquired for the final price will have been 81,250 dollars, after 11 auctions.
After this ceremony, the idyll between the two stars will run out after four years of sawtooth. “Sickly jealous, he hits a Madonna musician in a club in Los Angeles. He was granted parole for a year. But he persists and assaults an extra on the set of the film colors in 1987. He spent 33 days in prison, while his wife was on a world tour for the Who’s That Girl Tour”, says Vanity Fair. Of their couple, we will then prefer to remember their film Shanghai Surprise.