$3.5 for Salma Hayek's wedding 12983 views

Currently, it seems like trying to outspend each other on wedding items is the hot new celeb trend, and Salma Hayek has joined the fray. Her and fiancé, Francois-Henri Pinault, are set to wed next spring in France. The couple have a nine-month old daughter, Valentina Paloma.

Now, I'm all for celebrating in style - but the huge sums of money and massive carbon footprints around celebrity weddings is out of hand. I don't want to tar all uber rich celebs with the same brush - many do amazing work for charities and are attempting to minimise their carbon footprints. My Hayek and her fiancé might usually be of that ilk, but I still must question their judgement here (and bear in mind this information is not confirmed, so could be way off mark).

The rumoured costs:

• $500,000 for a Nicolas Ghesquiere wedding gown

• $1,000,000 worth of food

• $100,000 for a seven tier wedding cake

• $50,000 for a handmade gown for little Valentina

The Carbon Footprint:

• 400 guests flown in on private jets from around the world

• Beluga caviar and fresh lobster flown in

• Kobe beef imported from Japan

Anybody fancy calculating how many new trees would be required to offset this five-day celebration?