TOMMY HILFIGER - HILFIGER TO WED

HILFIGER TO WED

Fashion designer TOMMY HILFIGER is to marry for the second time, after proposing to his ex-model girlfriend. The 56-year-old proposed to partner of one year Dee Ocleppo at New York's St. Regis Hotel at the weekend (2-3Feb08). A friend tells the New York Post that Ocleppo "joyously accepted" with a diamond ring. The newly-engaged couple will step out on Thursday (07Feb08) at Hilfiger's New York Fashion Week show. Hilfiger's first marriage, to Susie Hilfiger, ended in 2005. Ocleppo has never married.