MILAN - Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz, the recently-divorced second wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, will marry her lover in New York later this month, the Italian fashion house Versace said Wednesday.

"Versace is delighted to announce that Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz and Richard Attias have chosen to be dressed by Versace for the happy occasion of their wedding, which will take place in New York later this month," a statement said.

Cecilia and Sarkozy, since re-married to Carla Bruni, divorced in October. She had already left the then-presidential hopeful in May 2005 to live with Moroccan-born events organiser Attias, before returning to Sarkozy's side in the run-up to the French vote in May of last year.

According to French weekly magazine Point de Vue, out Wednesday, the marriage will take place on March 22.