Wearing sneakers to his wedding, Rupert Murdoch draws fierce fashion scrutiny

This image provided by News Corp shows Rupert Murdoch and Elena Zhukova posing for a photo during their wedding ceremony at his vineyard estate. Photo: AP

As a rule of thumb, sneakers with suits are a terrible idea. Unless, perhaps, you are Rupert Murdoch, 93, a billionaire media mogul who – seeming to chase Elizabeth Taylor’s lifetime tally of eight marriages – married his fifth wife Saturday (June 1) in a ceremony at his Tuscan-style vineyard in the Bel Air neighbourhood of Los Angeles.

Murdoch’s new bride, Elena Zhukova, 67, is a retired molecular biologist who was previously married to Alexander Zhukov, a billionaire Russian energy investor.