Emmerdale spoilers, news and interviews sent straight to your inbox for free We have more newsletters Emmerdale spoilers, news and interviews sent straight to your inbox for free We have more newsletters Mandy Dingle is set to tie the knot to her one true love, Paddy Kirk , in Emmerdale , but disaster looms in the run up to the wedding day with Mandy's saucy side hustle set to be exposed. But when it comes to the day of the ceremony, Mandy is in her dress and ready to go and Lisa Riley reveals a few secrets about the fairytale gown. “The laugh we had with those crystal sequins, they were everywhere!” she exclaims.
“I literally brought them home in my bra, in my knickers, they were all over the house. And Al was going ‘where have all these sequins come from?’” “Everywhere I went, I sparkled, so, it’s incredible. I can’t thank Val [Emmerdale’s in-house dressmaker] enough, she’s a genius.
” Lisa continues to explain that everything was planned around the dress. “With the makeup, we wanted to move with the times, so we looked at TikTokers and we’ve emulated the sequins and iridescence with the look. Mandy has a beautiful crown and I’ve got more hair than any race horse.
“The best part for me was that when we started filming, I was in stilettos and they were killing me. But we realised that to keep the height, I just needed to wear Buffalo Spice Girl trainers. So I didn’t have to wear the stilettos at all! Even for the photoshoots, I’m in the tra.