But news that Armani will be dressing George Clooney for his upcoming nuptials is, well, possibly more exciting that rumours that Oscar de la Renta will be dressing the bride, human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin.
Be warned, though: other guests are quite likely to gatecrash the nuptials.
More than half of Americans now live in states where same-sex nuptials are allowed.
A cooling-off period of 28 days between signing and nuptials, plus full financial disclosure on both sides, have been required.
Last week the Massachusetts legislature defeated a move to place an amendment on next year's ballot that would have overturned the status of same-sex nuptials; it is the only American state where gays can legally get married.The White House announced that Rob Portman was stepping down as budget director for personal reasons.
See articleThe impact on federal law of the Supreme Court's recent decision on gay marriage was made clear with an announcement that green cards would be issued to foreign spouses in legally recognised same-sex nuptials.
If California decides that homosexual marriage is legal, says William Hohengarten, a Washington-based partner at Jenner & Block, any break-ups from the recent San Francisco nuptials will probably need to go to the divorce courts.Unless you are Britney Spears in Las Vegas (who rather conventionally married a man, albeit briefly) marriages do not usually break up right away.
Thousands of supporters turned out to celebrate the first nuptials.
The other, United States v Windsor, concerned the Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) of 1996, which barred the federal government from recognising gay nuptials.
But no one yet knows if this is the year the court will determine whether same-sex marriage is a constitutional right.As John Roberts begins his tenth year as Chief Justice, the court has no lack of opportunities to tackle the lightning-rod matter of gay nuptials.
The decision should ensure that political issues dear to western and southern states become more prominent in the crucial early stages of campaigning.In another blow to supporters of gay marriage, Washington state's Supreme Court ruled that a ban on same-sex nuptials was constitutional, overruling the decision of two lower courts, which said such a ban violated statutes on equal rights.
