My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding Dresses - The bigger the better apparently!

She won't reveal their cost, but the designer behind the dresses, Thelma Madine, chats to Ryan about her career, the brides and the competition to have the biggest dress. Watch the full interview here: www.rte.ie/play...

[@GoddessLuna23]

People can feel however they want about gypsies but I have to give it to the dress maker. She's amazing and quite brilliant to pull these dresses and weddings off! I mean can you imagine!

[@bellydancerloretta]

i am a qulaified dressmaker and am going to try and make a gypsy dress with gems this summer. love all this x

[@Dredworld]

Dear Thelma, You are so talented, I love the beautiful gowns. I would like to know if you have a video from start to finish on your gown...I love to sew but would have no idea of how to tailor like you!! Thanks for sharing your God given talent with the world.

[@eamogoreilly]

and then the man walks down the isle in a sleeveless umbro vest smelling of horse fairs and dutch gold .its so romantic

[@Aishiya1]

I love the pink dress! It looks like a Cinderella dress!

[@jnb4566]

thats lady deserves a medal !!! although I can appreciate the work she does on these I still think the girls look like Toilet Roll Dolls when they're wearing them..remember those things granny had back in the day LOL

[@nessagirl1911]

Love how she says she's sorry for the grooms because they have to "unwrap" the brides...

[@anne123480]

omg the pink dress is my dream dress i love to wear that also id have a Hello Kitty in diamonds on the waist these dresses are stunning but i love the pink dress the bride Sam who wore it was so lucky and she was stunning in it

[@yunmileebeauty]

Most gypsy girls have a second dress that they wear at the reception for dancing.

[@SkiRacerMinnesota]

Mid price is $18,000.

[@Neithie]

What worries me isn't their choice in dress... it's their clear immaturity. It's not just the dress. Their fantasy wedding is based off a children's universe, Disney everything, fairy tales, all this innocent stuff and most girls who marry are only 16.... THAT'S what bothers me. If they were grown women with a mature mind and with a natural sense of their own self-worth they can wear whatever they want.

[@muchadoaboume1982]

I had issues going to the bathroom in my prom dress. I can't IMAGINE the hell they go through! Also, I'm going to invent a vacuum bag for Traveler's wedding dresses. I'll make a FORTUNE, but I won't tell you how much. ;)

[@OfficialIMVUMusicVid]

are you joking? news channels say it costs 150k

[@ladyhawkca1]

wow, the size of these dresses. i would sure hate to be wearing one and had to go pee. LOL

[@GraceStylesxxx]

Loving the pink dress

[@starbolt34]

I grew up wanting and dreaming about that poofy dress for my wedding day then one day my mother placed a fashion magazine in front of me and I never looked back.

[@jediniAleks]

LED wedding dress - now that is fun! Coming to America- Eddie Murphy dress! you make the Western-material girls blush!

[@Gilari]

@maryakasamantha I'VE BEEN WONDERING THAT. They live in such small spaces, where in the world do they store these massive dresses? They only wear them once, after all.

[@gottamatch]

I think in one of the episodes, Thelma said the girls wore nappies (diapers)! I don't think they could fit in to a toilet stall in a public restroom with those dresses.

[@love4mj789]

Even though I'm no gypsy I want a dress as big as the ones she makes and I want a gypsy wedding but not as young as they get married.

[@MarieTherese821]

I like that she has a sense of humor about how fucking insane these dresses are. What good is a wedding dress if you can't get up the aisle or dance with your new husband??

[@MissKarma666]

@xSeemelaterax I'm not a gypsy but i LOVE!!!!! the dresses they wear and i want my future dress to be just as big as the gypsy ones!

[@IwillKillYourCereal]

I'm surprised people in the UK have seen Coming to America XD That movie was mostly about ghetto NYC in the late 80's

[@nessagirl1911]

@maryakasamantha I think they do, but I always wonder how they get into the caravan first...towards the end the designer even says that the pink dress was kept under the brides bed.

[@gypsygel8133]

ilove the first one! its propa cushty! xxxx

[@mistressofthewicket]

they dont have the underskirts which hold the skirts out so the dress is a little flatter. still requires a load of shoving into a plastic bag and then stuffing in cupboards

[@viennaallen4937]

My sister wore the royal gypsy weddings dress and people critisised her for her style country people will never understand this is why gypsys always kept too their selves country people will never EVER understand us and we will never understand country people dont know why we all excpeted to go on telly!!

[@nfelisshia]

The first dress has my name on it

[@byan85]

Love that scouse.

[@Lifeoflove360]

The dresses are HUGE but nowhere near hideous unless you like plain jane no frills no muss no fuss kind of wedding dresses which is fine. I want someone to answer me this riddle: WHERE DO THEY GET THE MONEY TO HAVE THESE ELABORATE WEDDINGS AND DRESSES?!?! They have to make it somewhere some way. And is the wedding the last celebration the bride has?

[@jewelsthomas]

The dresses look like fun to me.

[@bikkies78]

The girls that wear these dresses are all about the princess look, and don't even consider the logistics of wearing something so enormous! And it's not just the struggle to get them to sit at the bridal table, they couldn't even walk properly! To me it defeats the purpose of wearing something that you consider to be the epitome of beauty, if you're walking like you're trying to kick a dog poo off the toe end of your shoe.

[@caseydoherty3179]

hi im a irish travler girl and dis dress is nice but its needs to be bigger and more dimoend

[@nessagirl1911]

How do these dresses fit under a bed inside a caravan? I'm amazed at traveller packaging skills.

[@glamack2]

@bikkies78 well it's tradition for gypsy's to have such huge dress's

[@daijahbanks1725]

omg!!!! i really want a dress like that!!! dose she do quinces??? :)

[@crazypianolady]

It's well made, but looks silly! The bottom bit looks like a meringue!

[@luvlipstickkisses]

What do these dresses cost? Plenty I imagine.

[@Painoflove27]

i want those dresses sooooo bad they were sooooooooooooooooO pretty OMGOSH mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm gives me shills

[@mukwah1111]

@eamogoreilly HAHAHAHH too funny!!! It's just something else isnt it ???? Sheesh !

[@msbutterflywings12]

OMG! I WANT ONE!

[@jekorb]

@ms198919 Easy! They straddle the porcelain, sit down and you'd never know what they're doing under there! The problem is----how to they, well, clean themselves afterwards???? : O

[@Nadia2015]

Am I the only one that finds these dresses to be ugly? She's a cool person, nothing against her.

[@astralsheepu7379]

You'd get married with a hello kitty design? O.e

[@Synch9256]

Lights? Engadget these dresses are awful... But I like the dressmaker. She seems nice.

[@rawrberrys]

I just want to know how the hell they pay for this HOW??? PLEASE TELL ME HOW !!!!

[@misswilliamsj]

Very lovely wedding , very lovely people , nice strong morals , strong community xo I think they should all pack up and come to America xo BTW they live in caravans because ...are you sitting down... THEY WANT TO , ok ? They like it . Sorry to shock your closed sheltered reality .

[@TheTwinklestar99]

What happens when the brides need to spend a penny?

[@Shikamarugirl7]

Same thing most other people do I guess, nothing.

[@Em_of_Brien]

@jewelsthomas yeah i know! and then u wear one...

[@MissLupsta]

@Waffews You wouldn't hurt yourself... you would bounce back up!

[@24isobel]

Ay sii, sería divino para unos 15's!! =D

[@Wowee2012]

Thelma Madine! I love her lol

[@pinkyxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

@ColdFishAndChips Thats not tru wer like every 1 else we have to pay taxes and other things.

[@alim3611]

How do they afford such lavish costumes .lol u cant even call them dresses

[@TheRedheadkitten]

spacebags

[@xXTechnomickyXx]

I think the dresses are to much ... all to much over the top!

[@RainyDayWolf]

sure... they live in the dresses ;)

[@ms198919]

How do they go to the toilet then lol x

[@kanatapaw]

yes till you get devorced and marry someone else, its tradishion :3 im never getting marryed its all down hill after that! parents dont make a great example

[@nyc87799]

These dresses are hideous!!!! They look like they're worth $1.

[@AaronG1169]

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