Who would have thought that two 16 year old who met on the street of Liverpool, went on their first date to an Austin Powers film, and got engaged on a petrol station forecourt, would 6 years later be getting married in the most talked-about and glamorous wedding of the year?!

However both Wayne and Coleen have come a long way, he is a Manchester United and England Super star Striker, and she has turned herself into a style icon and Television presenter.

Early on the morning of the 12th June, the couple (both 22) made their way separately to the secluded Villa Durazzo, a stately home where civil ceremonies are conducted. According to Italien law, all couples must take part in a civil ceremony as well as a religious one. So the couple met at 10am for the first part of their big day.

Coleen wore a cream strapless organza dress with embroided bodice and a cascade skirt by Marchesa, and a pair of white Christian Louboutin shoes with crystal-encrusted heels, while Wayne opted for an open necked striped shirt and beige suit from Flannels.

Coleen’s bridal gown has been the talking point since day one, after all she has made a name for herself as the ultimate style icon. Coleen confessed in an interview: ‘I left my dress until the last minute really. But i’m glad i left it so late because i go off things quite quickly!’. After searching for weeks to find the perfect dress, she finally found it with the hyelp of A-list designer Georgina Chapman at Marchesa in New York. Marchesa’s stunning creation featured a silk organza bodice, and in cotrast, a huge Cinderella-style skirt made of pleated silk organza fans. The silhouette had influences from Marchesa’s autumn/winter collection, but was a one-of-a-kind gown made specifically for Coleen. Coleen said: ‘I thought about Marchesa because their stuff is just beautiful - it’s classic with a twist. They came back saying yes and i was so chuffed because they were my first choice and they had never made a wedding dress for anyone before. We talked about what styles i liked - different shapes and styles - and then she sent over some sketches to me.’

Coleen and Wayne also hired Westlife for a reported £400,000 to perform at the wedding party afterwards.

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When Coleen McLoughlin went for a wedding dress fitting, she took a staggering 11 hours to make sure everything was perfect.

A stream of friends and family came and went during the all-day fitting of her £100,000 Marchesa creation at a five-star hotel suite in London this week.

Miss McLoughlin, her mother, sister, friends, the New York based dressmaker Georgina Chapman who made the gown, and copious drivers and security guards, filled a suite at the Baglioni Hotel in Kensington from dawn until after dark on Tuesday.

Champagne was supped, tea was taken and top secret plans for the £3 million summer wedding were discussed by the gaggle before Miss McLoughlin flew to Paris yesterday morning to watch her fiance play for England.

Coleen McLoughlin has been voted Britain’s most influential fashion role model.

 The 21-year-old Liverpudlian, who is engaged to footballer Wayne Rooney, came in ahead of supermodel Kate Moss in second place and actress Sienna Miller in third.  Coming just five years after Miss McLoughlin came to Britain’s attention as a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl in an outsized jacket, this represents a spectacular climb up the ranks in the nation’s consciousness.

The survey, carried out for women’s magazine Look, placed David Beckham’s wife Victoria fourth and his England team-mate Ashley Cole’s wife Cheryl fifth.  The magazine’s editor, Ali Hall, said: “Coleen has transformed herself from Puffa-jacket schoolgirl to style icon in just a few years.

“Women relate to her as she’s more shapely than your average Wag.  “She doesn’t mind splashing out on a designer ‘it’ item but mixes it with the great stuff available on the high street.  “She’s not afraid to try out the latest trends but will hold her hands up and admit she gets it wrong sometimes.  “Now all she needs to do is give Wayne a makeover.”

The survey asked 1,200 British women between the ages of fifteen and forty-five to name their favourite female style icon.

In perhaps a more worrying result of the survey, British women claimed that they spent almost three times as much per month on their appearance (£228.41) as they did on groceries (£83.25).  They also considered clothes to be their most prized possession, ahead of their boyfriends - who may be surprised to find themselves listed as “possessions” anyway.

Wayne Rooney has apparently splashed out £140,000 on a birthday gift for Coleen.  Wayne snapped up a fabulous diamond necklace at the Manchester branch of top jewellers Boodle & Dunthorne last week.  He could have saved himself a bundle by going to a nearby John Lewis store and picking up a flash-looking necklace for just £199.  But millionaire Wayne opted for a dazzling string of pink stones, which he will give to his fiancee when she turns 22 on April 3.  An onlooker said: “It’s a really stunning and unique piece.

“For a girl who seems to have everything and loves to lead the way in fashion, this is a great choice. It is bound to make her smile - so well chosen, Wayne.”  Coleen’s gift cost Wayne, 22, a week and a half of his Man U salary. We’ve shown how she might look in it on the opposite page.A year ago Wayne spent £250,000 on a diamond ring for her 21st.  A source said: “Wayne still likes to shop for the presents himself.  “He doesn’t just want to send an assistant to buy them but puts a lot of thought into getting something he is sure Coleen will like.”

Britney Spears was given back her visitation rights yesterday which allows her to see her boys in a therapeutic setting.

Today, her boys came to visit their mommy at 9:00AM at Britney’s Beverly Hills house at the Summit. Britney was required to have her father Jamie, a psychologist and a court ordered monitor during her visits. This is the first time Britney has seen her boys since January 3.

This is definitely a positive step forward. Keep it up Britney!

Coleen Mcloughlin found the perfect way to while away her time as her football star fiancé Wayne Rooney threw himself into preparations for an international match.

As the England striker trained with his colleagues in chilly Britain, the shapely Liverpool lass jetted off to the Caribbean on a sunshine break with two pals.

The England team’s new boss, Fabio Capello, has reportedly put restrictions on players contacting their wives or girlfriends as part of a strategy to focus their minds ahead of games.

Coleen seemed unconcerned by the new ruling as she showed off her gorgeous figure in a daring leopard-print bikini.

Christina Aguilera and Nicole Richie became mothers within hours of each other after giving birth in the same LA hospital. And in an unusual celebratory move, Christina released unseen footage of her romantic wedding day. “He is a beautiful, healthy baby boy!”, said the couple’s spokesman The four-time Grammy award-winning singer added on her website that their son Max Liron’s arrival was “a very joyful and special day for Jordan and I”. On a message on the singer’s website announcing the birth of her son, Christina revealed she had put together a video for her loyal fans. She wrote: “In honor of our love for each other and our growing family, I have put together a special video for the song “Save Me From Myself” off my Back to Basics album. “This video is very dear to me as it includes actual footage from our personal wedding video! “Just a little something to say ‘thank you’ for your undying love and support. It is in no small part because of you that I live such a blessed and wonderful life!”

Both Christina and an “ecstatic” Nicole Richie, 27, and her rock-star boyfriend Joel Madden, became proud parents on the same day. Nicole to a baby girl - Harlow Winter Kate Madden, - just before Christina had gave birth to son Max Liron. Both tiny bundles of joy were born at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre on Friday. Speaking just after the birth Good Charlotte frontman Madden said: “We are very blessed she’s healthy and beautiful and so good already. We are very happy.”

BRITNEY Spears’ latest fashion faux pas was spotted by paparazzi who caught her wearing her old wedding dress while out with her new boyfriend Adnan Ghalib.

Reports in British newspapers report today that Spears’ new man has shacked up with the fallen pop princess and concocted a plan to marry the star in an attempt to secure her fortune and lucrative exclusive picture deals.

Spears is reportedly convinced a new marriage will help her win back her children who are in the custody of her ex Kevin Federline.

The fallen star was snapped while wearing the tiny, white lace wedding dress she wore for her second wedding with K-Fed.  Britney gave the dress its first outing at her wedding reception with father of her two sons.
After a whirlwind two-week romance with Ghalib, the pop star has apparently told friends she wants to marry the photographer and convert to Islam.   The two recently feld LA for a romantic getaway after she had a flat tyre on Sunset Boulevard.   Spears, 26, has been in hiding in Los Angeles with Ghalib since her public meltdown last week which saw her lose custody of her two sons to Federline.   Her latest public appearance also comes after Spears’ family criticised TV host Dr Phil McGraw for speaknig to the media about her fragile mental condition.
It was claimed that during a phone call to a relative, the photographer said he had deep feelings for the star, insisting they had discussed marriage.   Britney also apparently chipped during the phone call and said: “We’re taking care of each other. He’s the only one who understands me. It’s serious.”   The mixed-up pop princess then extended an invitation to her lover’s family to visit them in the US when she has got over her problems.   The biggest of which is probably tomorrow’s custody hearing which will decide whether she will be able to see children Sean Preston, two, and one-year-old Jayden James.
Reports in the Daily Mail and TMZ.com state the court hearing Last night a source close to Britney said: “Monday’s court hearing is D-Day for her and the kids.”   “While she’s been swanning around with Adnan, Kevin’s been preparing for the court showdown to end them all.   “He has no confidence in her ability to look after either herself or the children.”

However, a source close to Birmingham-born photographer painted a different picture and revealed how Ghalib has boasted to friends about their wild relationship and drug-fuelled romps.  “He said he’d ’struck gold’ in all ways and was going to keep hold of her for as long as he could.” One of his relatives has also stepped in and commented on the relationship. “All he wanted to do was get close enough for some special pictures. “But now he daren’t lift a camera when he’s with her or she’ll rumble him and kick him out.   “So instead he’s cleverly changed tack, says he’s planning a long-term relationship with Britney and that they have discussed marriage.   “He is still wed so he knows he can’t do anything until there’s a divorce from his wife. He’s probably working on that already.”

A close friend of Spears has also revealed how fragile the star is at the moment.   “She’s been discussing all these wacky plans to reinvent her life and convince the courts she is a good mother.   “She has discussed in depth a fake death, moving abroad and even plastic surgery.   “It is scary to hear her romanticise about these insane plans. “She believes she could spend six months away and make a comeback as Britney the world’s best mother.”   It has been claimed that Ghalib is planning to make a fortune out his relationship with Britney and that he has been plotting to steal the singer’s heart since 2006.

A woman who Ghalib tried to pursue in the past, Jennifer Dwyer has come out and publicly warned Spears to stay away from the paparazzo, saying: “It is no exaggeration to say he is the most dangerous, evil man I have ever met. He makes women fall in love with him and when they are no longer any use to him he tosses them aside.”   Dwyer fell for Ghalib when he approached her in her home town New Orleans in November 2006.   Things came to an end when she realised just how obesessed Ghalib had become with Spears when she went to see him in LA   “I flew all that way to visit but did not see him once in two weeks. He said he was working too hard following Britney and that she was the person who was going to make him millions so had to come before me.   “He kept saying, ‘Oh my God she is so hot, she has an amazing a*** and she is going to make me rich. I wanted to die. I couldn’t believe the man I’d fallen for could be so cruel.  “I could just about stomach the fact he had a wife, but when there became four of us in our relationship I had to dump him.”
Dwyer warned: “Britney is welcome to him. If I could say one thing to her it would be, ‘Get out now.’”
Adnan, 35, grew up in Small Heath, Birmingham, where his mum Saghar and dad Hussain are strict Muslims who attend their local mosque daily. Now family friends of Adnan reckon his family would only accept Britney if she changed religion.
A friend said: “Adnan’s mother and father are very religious and go to the mosque every day.   “They are strict when it comes to their religion and would never accept a non-Muslim into the family, let alone a white girl.   “If Britney and Adnan were serious about each other, then she would have to change her religion, and even then they may have difficulty accepting her.   “Some Muslims do not insist on conversion, but I know Adnan’s family well and they would want Britney to change.”   He added: “The Ghalibs are very good people and well respected in the area. I don’t think they would be very happy about this relationship.   “They lead a very quiet and respectable lifestyle. They have two daughters in this country and they have both had arranged marriages to fellow Muslims.”

Reports on Friday suggested that the pop star may even be looking to move to Birmingham with her boyfriend to escape the “madness” in Los Angeles. It is not known if Adnan has another home in Birmingham, or if the celebrity couple would live with his parents.   Mr and Mrs Ghalib are believed to have fled to a secret address in London to escape the media frenzy after news of the relationship first broke.   “Britney is on the edge and it’s ironic that the only person she feels she can turn to is a paparazzo,” one US source said.