Kevin-Prince Boateng and Valentina Fradegrada’s wedding album

This article is published in issue 26/27 of Vanity Fair on newsstands until July 5, 2022

He enters on the notes of Billie Jean from Michael Jackson performed by a string trio, she on those ofAve Maria by Schubert sung by the soprano Chiara Manese. He is in forest green, with a suit of Alessandro Martoranashe sports the first of three outfits, all signed The Spouses of Giò; to the right of her the father, bow tie and sunglasses, to the left of her the mother, a blue dress and caresses for her daughter. We were at the wedding of Kevin-Prince Boateng – “Just Prince, please” – and say Valentina Fradegrada. The Hertha Berlin footballer and the five-time Italian martial arts champion entrepreneur they got married on Saturday 11 June at the Tesoro farmsecret place in the Tuscan village of Radicondoli, unearthed by Enzo Micciothe wedding designer architect of every detail of this wedding.

The location is so secret that the couple have never seen it before the big day, and the coaches of the guests got lost, the navigators went haywire. To pass the wait, Prince allows himself a swim in the poolValentina reviews the promises: «I have been a tornado since 1991, sucking everything and everyone into my vortex. You entered my gravity. You made me think again about marriage and “love in our own way” ». Those of him: “You are the answer to the darkness that I have gone through, thanks to you I have found the peace I have always wanted”, conclude with a surprise: Prince sings (well) My Valentine. Tears, applause, the blessing of the Apaches of America by Valentina’s stepfather, who officiated the civil ceremony, and the conferral of the virtual honorary citizenship by the mayor to “this stellar couple”.

And it is immediately evening, and aperitif: the guests move from the sumptuous arbor to the buffet islands. There are about a hundred guests, not the islands: men in easy chic suits, women long between discreet necklines and bare backs. The most elegant? Ancilla, the bride’s grandmother, in a lilac suit. At the passage of Prince is a chorus of: “Back to Milan,” Boa “!”but no selfie: smartphones have been withdrawn at the entrance in exchange for a disposable camera that the guests will return at the end, the bride and groom will develop the shots and send them to the architects. Nice idea. Let’s toast. With wine glasses Fradegrada, the label of the “Boa” spouseswhich also accompanies the Apulia Food dinner: Carnaroli rice with shellfish; croaker darna with dried tomato tapenade, burrata foam and asparagus in extra virgin olive oil; raspberry juice with vanilla whipped cream and hazelnut crumble. The placeholders are made in real time by calligrapher Laura Mazzetti. It is late, yet the scenes from a wedding are not finished yet: there is the cutting of the cake pastry chef Roberto Rinaldinithe fireworks, the dances, the Maxtris confetti … The night is young, like this love.

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