
Christina Aguilera and producer Jordan Bratman at their wedding in 2005
On 19th November 2005, Christina Aguilera married her boyfriend, music executive Jordan Bratman, in northern California’s Napa Valley on Saturday.
The nuptials took place at sunset under a mountainside tent at the Staglin Family Vineyards in Rutherford, Calif. The singer walked down the aisle in a Christian Lacroix gown; her bridesmaids wore dresses by Stevie Wonder’s wife, designer Kai Milla.
Bride and groom exchanged wedding bands by London-based jeweller Stephen Webster, who also created Aguilera’s five-carat, diamond-and-platinum engagement ring.
The wedding festivities began Thursday and included a lavish Friday-night rehearsal dinner at the Auberge du Soleil resort. Aguilera and Bratman had asked guests to make donations to Hurricane Katrina and Rita relief efforts. On Sunday, a day after the nuptials, the newly-weds were spotted shopping and smooching in nearby St. Helena, Calif.
Bratman, 28, and Aguilera, 24, became engaged on 11 February, while on vacation in Carmel, Calif. Bratman proposed in a hotel room filled with rose petals, red and pink balloons and gift boxes, each containing a present and a self-penned poem.
The couple met in 2002, when Bratman worked for her management company, AzoffMusic Management. This is the first marriage for both.