'A wedding shop for male gay couples opens in Barcelona'

'A wedding shop for male gay couples opens in Barcelona'
06:05 Nov 21, 2021
'(31 May 2007) SHOTLIST Barcelona, May 29, 2007  1. Various of shops in gay neighbourhood  2. Various of homosexual couple entering \"By\" bridal store  3. Various of couple trying on suits 4. Coat hangers 5. Various of couple trying on suits 6. Set up shot of Antonio Alvarado, Fashion Designer  7. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Antonio Alvarado, fashion designer \"Even though this business is intended for gay weddings it doesn\'t exclude any other situation. Sometimes a man needs to buy a suit for a wedding or any other social event. At present there isn\'t in the market a men\'s bridal store where you can buy tailor made designer clothes  and where you can chose everything from the type of fabric to its colour.\" 6. Various shots of homosexual couple choosing fabrics and being measured for their bridal suits.\"  8. Various of couple looking at fabric samples 9. Various of man being measured for suit 10. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Santiago Porrero, owner of \"By\" bridal store \"Here we offer our customers everything from head to toe so they can look great on their wedding day. They can buy a suit, shirt, shoes, jewellery. Everything they need to look great on such a special day.\"  11. Various of couple looking at wedding rings  12. Various of couple at gay hair salon  13. Exterior of \"Axel\" gay hotel  14. Various of roof terrace  15. Set up of Samuel Cao and Juan Manuel Cuesta  16. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Samuel Cao, groom-to-be \"I came to Barcelona two years ago and I meet Jose one year after that. We fell in love and decided to get married as a sign of our love and also to be legally united like any other couple. It was a very important decision that we both made.\"  17. Couple sitting and drinking 18. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Juan Manuel Cuesta, groom-to-be \"I was looking for an elegant yet not conventional suit for my wedding. And with this new store I feel very well advised by people that also share my lifestyle. It is ideal to find something special for my wedding day.\"  19. Various of lesbian couple at shop  20. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Sylvie and Maritere, lesbian couple \"Syilvie: I think that is great that gay guys have now a bridal store specially dedicated to them but I also think that there should also be a store for us girls wanting to get married as well. Don\'t you think so? Maritere: I totally agree!\"  21. Various of fashion show at Barcelona Bridal Week 22. Various of backstage  23. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Maria Eugenia Casta�eda, VOXPOP:  \"I think that is great that a modern city like Barcelona is the chosen place to open the (gay bridal) store. But if we talk about being equal  gay or heterosexual men should dress the same way. With this kind of store gay men are also discriminating themselves.\"  24. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Llorens Ferrer, VOXPOP:  \"I think that is fantastic that a cosmopolitan city like Barcelona has now the first gay bridal store because this city is a world reference when it comes to tolerance and open-mindness. A store like this was very necessary.\"  Various of fashion show at Barcelona Bridal Week 25. Designer Antonio Alvarado at fashion show  26. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Antonio Alvarado, fashion designer.  \"I think that there is a great deal of people - homosexual or not - with a special sensibility when it comes to fashion. This is a more common thing among gay men but also with heterosexuals. To sum it up we want to attract clients with that kind of sensibility who want to be exclusively dressed instead of those choosing mass produced clothes. \"  FILE 27.Various shots of homosexual wedding  LEAD IN STORY LINE  Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/a6003a11561e60297227c8b3a97672fd' 

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