If not for the incremental updates on their wedding progress offered by the celebrity glossies, we probably would have forgotten that indefinitely engaged partners Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes had any concrete plans to supplement the 2004 signing of her billion-year personal services contract with a more formal commitment ceremony. Luckily, we have outlets like Us to provide crucial details of the supposedly imminent nuptials, such as which designer has been awarded the honor of designing Cruise's Scientology war bride's dress:

"I can confirm that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have asked Giorgio Armani to design their official wedding attire for their upcoming marriage," Rod Manley, Director of Public Relations and Media Planning for Armani, tells Us. [...]

"You feel really beautiful in [Armani's clothes]," Holmes has said. "Since he knows everything that flattters a woman's body, you can't help looking tasteful and sophisticated in them."

She has also said that she was looking for "something sheer and floaty" to wear for her nuptials

Armani faces a formidable task in taking on this very high-profile assignment, as the custom-made loss-prevention girdle that will instantly crush Holmes ribcage in the event of a mid-ceremony escape attempt is quite bulky, and adequately disguising it in "something sheer and floaty" is a design challenge best not undertaken by the faint of heart.

• Armani to Design Katie's Wedding Dress [Us Weekly]
• Previously: Cruise-Holmes Wedding Happening Pretty Soon, Probably [Defamer]

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