Inside the making of Corrie's Gemma's spectacular wedding gown including drag queen designer
A drag queen has said they were "honoured" to design the jaw-dropping orange wedding dress that Coronation Street's Gemma Winter will wear for her wedding to Chesney Brown next week.The gown, which took more than 200 hours to make, was co-designed by drag queen and fashion designer Liquorice Black, whose designs have already featured on the likes of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Liquorice Black worked in conjunction with Coronation Street's Head of Costume, Alex Hatzar, and actress Dolly-Rose Campbell, who plays Gemma, to create the perfect dress.The 2-metre wide dress is complete with 125-metres of fairy lights, 10,000 stones and a 7-metre train was crafted at Liquorice Black’s studio in Manchester.