Bride-to-be-Holly Carpenter has said a great big yes to the very first wedding dress she tried on.
Speaking to the Irish Mail on Sunday this weekend, Holly, who is set to marry wine connoisseur fiancé Jamie Hunt in France, in
September said it was dress love at first sight.
‘I went dress shopping in October,’ she said. ‘And while I never thought this was an actual real thing, the first dress I tried on I
loved. So I bought it.’
Holly, who is accustomed to getting dolled up for red carpets and glitzy bashes, said that when it comes to her ‘aisle style,’ expect the unexpected.
‘I think maybe it won’t be what people will expect,’ teased Holly. ‘I think, a big priority for me was that, because it’s an outdoor
French thing in the sun, I wanted to be comfortable. I’ve gone to so many awards nights and things where I’ve been in really tight
dresses where I feel like I can’t breathe. I have to pose certain ways. And that’s the last way I want to feel on my wedding day.
‘In this dress I can dance, I can jump, I can eat whatever I want. I can twirl around. It’s really comfy. And it can be altered a little bit with the different bits. I don’t need a second one for later on.’
Holly, who got engaged last- year, is planning a Riviera wedding, not far from Toulouse, in September ‘It’s lovely where we’re getting married,’ she said.
‘It’s always sunny, it’s in a little town called Auch.’ Dublin model Holly’s wedding is set to be an emotional affair as her father, Karl, was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer, myelodysplastic syndrome in February 2020.
But a perennially positive Holly – who has embarked on a fundraising cancer campaign – told the Irish Mail on Sunday her
adored dad, who taught her how to model walk, will be walking her down the aisle. ‘Dad’s been quite up and down,’ she said. ‘He
ended up in the hospital again yesterday.
He was in for six weeks over Christmas. We’re doing our legal ceremony in July. So we are going to do a really cool thing in
town in a little dress and my dad will be there so it will be a really special day.’
