Liverpool based dress designer, Thelma Madine, who shot to fame as the wedding dress creator of choice of travellers on the Channel 4 documentary series, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, has succeeded in hitting the headlines once again with her jaw-dropping creations, this time with the unveiling of a pink wedding gown made entirely of human hair extensions.
The bright pink dress made its public debut over the weekend where it won the Alternative Miss Limo Pageant. The size 6 floor length gown uses 250 meters of hair made up of 10,000 individual hair wefts, decorated with 1,500 crystals and 12 individual underskirts. Weighing a massive 15 stone and costing a whopping £50,000, this is as far from your usual wedding dress as you’re likely to get.
The dress was created by eight designers at Thelma Madine’s Nico dress shop. The team of designers and seamstresses put 300 hours of work into the dress, spending a total of 12 days to make the dress from start to finish.
While the Nico studio has been responsible for dreaming up some incredibly flamboyant gowns in the past, the inspiration for this dress actually came from hair stylists at Liverpool salon, Voodau, who approached Thelma Madine with the idea for the one-off dress.
Speaking at the unveiling of the £50,000 hair gown, Nico owner Thelma described how she was pleased with how the dress had turned out, adding that thinks the quirky design would be perfect for someone like Lady Gaga who is famed for her outlandish choice of outfits.