Gypsy Brides US, Series 1

Through unprecedented access TLC will take you inside the mysterious world of American gypsies. For the first time cameras are allowed to witness one of America’s most secret communities. From baptisms to birthdays, to the wildest weddings across the USA we meet gypsies who are clinging to ancient traditions and connected by unbreakable family bonds. In Virginia we meet 17 year old Shyanne who has met her fiancée just twice. She has never kissed a man before and like most gypsy girls does not believe in sex before marriage. On her wedding day she has to decide whether she will kiss her groom in her supersized dress. She has diapers strapped to her side to stop the dress cutting in to her flesh. In Atlanta, proud gypsy father Pat Baby, is holding a party to find a husband for his 14 year old daughter Priscilla. He’s determined she will be the belle of the ball in her spectacular pink dress which weighs as much as she does! In West Virginia, 22 year gypsy Mellie is rebelling against gypsy life. We follow her on the dating scene; a first date for a gypsy usually ends with a proposal. Any thoughts Mellie had of settling down end after she’s involved in a vicious fight with a rival gypsy bride who is marrying her nephew. Over eight action packed episodes we’ll see eight different gypsy brides walk down the aisle in some of the biggest and most outlandish dresses America has ever seen. As Sondra Celli, America’s leading gypsy dressmaker says: Gypsies live for bling, bling, bling.