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After a year and a half of anticipation, on October 20, friends and family of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise finally got what they have been waiting for: a wedding invitation. We have learned that guests were notified late in the day to be free the weekend of November 16-19. The couple’s rep, Arnold Robinson, confirms the wedding will take place November 18 in Italy–”All those details are correct,” he says–and says “proper security measures are being taken” to keep the vows private. 

The invites are just the latest detail scratched off the couple’s “I do” to-do list. Italian designer Giorgio Armani has confirmed that he will create Holmes’ wedding dress. “When I am asked by a friend to make a wedding wardrobe, it goes straight to my heart,” Armani, who will also whip up Cruise’s wedding wear, tells Us. “It really is an honor to play a small role in that milestone moment.”

It’s a moment that’s been a long time coming–Holmes, 27, and Cruise, 44, have been engaged since June 2005. And for months, Cruise’s stock answer to wedding-date questions was, “Summer,” then, as summer passed, “Soon!” But now that everything is falling into place, a source says, “They are so excited!”