George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin set wedding date

According to WWD, Clooney is set to wed his human rights lawyer fiancee Amal Alamuddin in Venice during a weekend of festivities in late September.

That means Italy will play host to two of the most high-profile weddings of the year, the first being the ostentatious nuptials of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian in Florence back in May.

Clooney has reportedly rented ''an entire island'' for the ''small affair'', a source told WWD. No word yet if he will follow West’s lead and also present a 20-minute toast, bring in gold-plated toilets and a marble table which will be engraved with the names of every guest.

While details of Alamuddin’s wedding gown are being tightly guarded, the fashion industry publication suggested the 37-year-old barrister ''is believed to be considering designers, including Oscar de la Renta''.

Meanwhile, Clooney has been a little more overt in his wardrobe choice for the big day. An entire team from Giorgio Armani recently flew from the designer’s Milan base to the former ER star’s home on Lake Como to fit him and his groomsmen with suits for the wedding.

The couple, according to website Dlisted, have registered for their marriage licence after a successful application was lodged in London, Alamuddin’s adopted home town.

A photo of an announcement of the couple’s intention to marry was posted outside the Chelsea Town Hall on Wednesday. By law the intention to marry must be publicly displayed for 16 days before a couple is allowed to wed. The banns states Clooney and Ms Alamuddin will marry in Italy.

The couple announced their engagement in April. They first met at a charity function where Alamuddin refused to take Clooney's number. The actor then reportedly sent her an email suggesting ''the hottest man in the world should meet with the hottest human rights lawyer in the world''. She replied a few days later.