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- A female named Fran went viral connected TikTok aft revealing nan bridesmaid "dress" she designed herself for her friend's wedding
- Fran's outfit consisted of a skirt, apical and cropped cover-up and was reddish successful design
- Amid nan Internet's antagonistic guidance to her outfit, Fran reveals to PEOPLE really nan bride really felt astir nan situation
Would you opportunity "yes" to this wedding look?
A 34-year-old female named Fran went viral connected TikTok for making her ain bridesmaid look for her adjacent friend Rachel's wedding successful nan United Kingdom's Norfolk area. Although she gushed complete nan "special" moment, her DIY ensemble quickly divided nan Internet.
Why? Because of her bold colour choice.
In a station that has since garnered complete 2 cardinal views, Fran showed herself moving connected a vintage-inspired, reddish three-piece look that she was prepping for her girlfriend's ceremony.
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Although galore of nan comments were affirmative and complimented Fran's craftsmanship and oculus for style, location were a fewer stunned reactions criticizing nan non-traditional design.
However, Fran tells PEOPLE that Rachel "loved" nan last consequence and moreover recovered it "hilarious" that strangers connected nan Internet would person truthful overmuch to opportunity astir her outfit, which really followed each of nan bride's requirements.
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"There wasn't overmuch of a speech [around nan bridesmaids' dress code]. Rachel provided myself and nan others pinch nan colour palette and we each naturally gravitated towards a color," Fran tells PEOPLE. "[The bride's] stipulations were that we prime a colour from the palette and that it wasn't level length. I suggested I would make my dress and she was really excited astir it."
In fact, reddish was incorporated into Rachel's ain bridal looks and nan ceremony.
"She made some of her veils. They were truthful gorgeous and nan evening 1 was red," Fran shares. In a follow-up TikTok video, she besides revealed that nan colour of her outfit matched nan bride's shoes and bouquet.
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All successful all, Fran loved creating a look of her ain for her friend's typical day. Although she didn't expect her video to scope specified a ample audience, she's "really grateful to each of nan group who were affirmative astir nan process."
"It was an important point for maine to do and I'm just pleased group enjoyed it arsenic overmuch arsenic I did," she says, adding, "I would promote those who haven't sewage thing bully to say, to see keeping it to themselves."