Armani Dresses Katie Holmes for Wedding

Bodyguards use umbrellas to protect U.S. actress Katie Holmes, second from left, cradling her daughter Suri, as she arrives with her mother Kathleen, second from right, at the 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in the lakeside town of Bracciano, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Rome, where she is expected to marry U.S. actor Tom Cruise, Saturday, Nov.18, 2006. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) (Andrew Medichini - AP)

-- Katie Holmes wore a fitted, off-the-shoulder ivory silk bridal gown with a train by popular Hollywood designer Giorgio Armani when she married Tom Cruise on Saturday in a medieval castle near Rome.

The dress was adorned in Valenciennes lace and Swarovski beaded crystal embroidery, featuring a delicate crinoline frill at the shoulders and a silk soleil border around the hem, the couple's publicists said in a statement. She wore an ivory tulle floor length veil and ivory silk shoes.

The bride carried a bouquet of flowers made by Armani, including calla lilies wrapped in leaves of galax and steelgrass.

For the wedding reception, Holmes changed into an asymmetric champagne Giorgio Armani Prive evening dress of silk organza decorated in Swarovski crystal beads.

The 72-year-old designer also dressed the groom, the wedding party and immediate family.

Cruise wore a single-breasted navy blue Armani handmade tuxedo, a matching four-button vest and an ivory silk French collar shirt made of the same fabric as the bride's gown.

The blue-eyed designer with white hair and a perennial tan gained popularity around the world after inventing the jacket with no lining in the 1970s.

His niece Roberta was the first guest to arrive for Saturday's wedding ceremony.

The wedding rings were made by Cartier and are white gold with diamonds.