Dream Wedding
Life&style EXCLUSIVE
From pork chops on the menu to roses everywhere, Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay’s already planned her fairy-tale nuptials.
Rachel Lindsay is ready for her Bachelorette season to be over. While she had a strong connection with each of her final three men, Bryan Abasolo, 37, Eric Bigger, 29, and Peter Kraus, 31, there’s just one guy on her mind these days. “I want to tell everyone who he is,” she said recently of her as-yet-un- named winner. “I want to be with him, I want to do little things with him. I just want to be out.”
Not being able to go public hasn’t slowed down their relationship, though. Rachel, 32, has been spending time with the winning man, and an insider exclusively tells Life & Style that she already has her fairy-tale wedding planned! She’ll host 300plus guests at an all-night blowout in her home state of Texas next fall or winter. And she’d love fans of the ABC show to witness her vows, too. “Rachel would be down to have her love story continue on TV,” says the insider. “She’s aware people think Bachelor engagements don’t last, so she wants to say, ‘It did work for me!’” For Rachel and her Prince Charming, money will be no object. Even if ABC didn’t cover the cost, the lawyer would happily drop a robust five figures, the insider says. “She’s frugal but wants her wedding to be the biggest day ever,” e x pl a ins the insider. “Rachel has had her wedding planned since childhood. She used to play pretend and go shopping for dresses and everything.”
ELEGANCE AT EVERY TURN
This time, it’s for real — and only the best gown will do. Rachel wants an off-the-shoulder, form- fitting number with a long train, says the insider, noting that she “used to watch Project Runwa y and gush about how she wanted [contestant] Michael Costello to design her dress.” The blooms, however, will be courtesy of The Bachelorette… sorta. In an homage to the show where she found Mr. Right, Rachel wants “lots of roses,” the insider says, which will mesh beautifully with the color scheme: red with hints of gold, black or brown.
A WARM RECEPTION
The feast for the eyes will be followed by, well, an actual feast. The menu at the reception will no doubt include pork chops (the bride’s fave dish!), along with fish and chips, chicken and vegetarian options, says the insider, plus a huge selection of desserts. “Rachel would want a vanilla cake for sure,” says the insider. “She’s not a big chocolate lover, but she does love brownies and is obsessed with cookie bouquets!”
A cameo by a famous singer is also on her wish list. “She’d love an R& B
star to serenade her and her husband,” the insider says. “Rachel’s dream would be to have John Legend or Bruno Mars perform. She’s big on everyone getting up and dancing.”
She certainly will be. Rachel can’t wait to “boogie the night away to Dj-spun tunes,” says the insider. But don’t expect her to save any dances for her Bachelorette exes. “I can’t see her inviting any of the guys she’s sent home,” notes the i nsider. “That would be too awkward!”
The bride and groom will be cutting into a classic vanilla cake. Newly engaged Rachel Lindsay can’t wait to say “I do” in style!