Caragh McKayulla meets Thelma Madine, the woman who made her fortune designing very expensive dresses for Irish Travellers The first season of the television show 'My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding' won a ...

We've seen some crazy stuff on the TLC show "My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding" -- but nothing like this! This Sunday, the network will air "My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas," featuring some First Communion dresses ...

Fake tan, tiaras, and eight-year-olds in big white dresses can mean only one thing — First Holy Communion traveller style. St Mary's Catholic Church in Belfast city centre was an explosion of ...

IRISH parents are forking out up to €5,000 for famous dressmaker Thelma Madine to create their little girl's Communion Dress. But if you want the Big Fat Gypsy Wedding star to make your little girl's ...

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The first season of the television show Big Fat Gypsy Weddings won a Bafta nomination, millions of viewers – more than any other documentary series in Channel 4’s history – and a heap of controversy.

A children's boutique owner claims her shop has been hit by Big Fat Gypsy Wedding fever. Maria Cliffe’s young customers are shunning traditional holy communion and bridesmaid dresses in favour of the ...

A woman who purchased a €1300 Communion dress for her daughter’s big day has told how the day was “ruined” because the dress was too small. RTE’s Liveline today heard how one woman's daughter had ...

This episode looks at the milestones in a Gypsy girl's life leading to the biggest day of all - her wedding. From first Holy Communion (described as a 'dress rehearsal for her wedding day') to the ...

On Friday's episode of the TLC series, an eight-year-old Traveller and her family have a couple reasons to make sure she and her gown get through the day. By Jethro Nededog Despite the title, TLC’s My ...

Bigger. Fatter. Gypsier. Channel 4's Big Fat Gypsy Weddings returned with added palm trees and glow-in-the-dark cake. The serving of bling, beauty pageants and girls dressed as palm trees squeezing ...