Gay couple invite 10 brides to wedding for white dresses

Gay couple invite 10 brides to wedding for white dresses

A GAY couple invited ten brides to their wedding so that their big day wasn't missing a white dress.

Grooms Deri Rogers, 28, and partner Ben Wood, 25, had their ten bridesmaids all dressed up in big white gowns - to look great in their wedding picture album.

The happy couple have so many girly friends that they couldn't limit their bridesmaids to just two or three.

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So they had the girls each pick their favourite wedding dress to wear to their ceremony.

Happy husband Deri said: "We had lots of ideas for the wedding from the girls - but I wanted something outrageous.

"Being a gay wedding we weren't going to have an amazing gown reveal like at other big weddings.

"I figured every wedding needs a wedding dress - so why not ten.

"The girls all have huge personalities and so there was terrible competition, dress disasters and fall outs but on the day they all looked fab.

"You could say the girls stole the lime light but we wouldn't have had it any other way."

Each bridesmaid sourced a unique dress from eBay or online boutiques for the ceremony at the Cwrt Bleddyn Hotel, near Usk.

Deri and Ben's best "man" Sadie spent £500 on a strapless diamante encrusted bridal gown to be belle of the ball.

It was Sadie who first introduced the couple in 2013.

Deri, of Cwmbran, South Wales, said: "We went on a first date but nothing really came of it.

"It was only months later that we got back in touch and then in January this year Ben proposed."

The couple - who both work togethe managing a country pub - also hired an LED dancefloor, a chocolate fountain, a candy floss card, three photographers and bought a £400 cake for their nuptials.

Deri said: "Ben is more sensible than me and he likes to stick to the budget

but in the end we both got swept along with it.

"We only got engaged in January so it took some planning to have the wedding organised by August.

"It was the quickest £18,000 I think I'll ever spend."

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