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Tales of the gypsy dressmaker / Thelma Madine.

by Madine, Thelma.

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HarperCollins, 2012.

646.40092 M182t

Madine, Thelma.

Wedding costume.

Romanies -- Clothing.

Women dressmakers -- England -- Liverpool -- Biography.

Dressmakers -- England -- Liverpool -- Biography.

9780007456819 (hbk.)

0007456816 (hbk.)

xiv, 290 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Tales of the Gypsy Dressmaker is the much-anticipated memoir from Thelma Madine, the dressmaker and breakaway star from Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, the hottest show on TV right now. From 200 ft trains to 20 stone skirts, hundreds of LED lights to thousands of Swarovski crystals, gypsy girls spend their childhoods dreaming of fairytale dresses. Thelma is the woman who makes these dreams come true. Left with nothing, after a messy divorce, Thelma has come a long way from her humble dressmaking beginnings, making and selling dresses on a market stall in Liverpool. Back then she knew nothing of gypsies. Until one day she was asked by a traveller to make some dresses like the ones in 'Gone with the Wind' and before she knew it had dozens of other traveller women gathering around asking for similar ones. A few years later she was asked to make a wedding dress for a young traveller! then she was hit with the request for a 107 ft train and 18 elaborate bridesmaid dresses.... She will tell tales of her experiences of this extraordinary world and reveal the fascinating stories of some of the many travellers she has met.

Autobiographies.

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