TikToker Baylen Dupree Shares Her 1 Wedding Must-Have -- and Her Fiancé's Unexpected Request (Exclusive)


TikToker Baylen Dupree Shares Her 1 Wedding Must-Have  --  and Her Fiancé's Unexpected Request (Exclusive)

While she's not too focused on planning out the "nitty-gritty" details, Dupree and Dooley have respective quirky priorities for their big day

Baylen Dupree is getting married, and her wedding promises to be just as bright and bold as the TikToker herself.

The Tourette Syndrome advocate -- who has over 2.3 million followers on Instagram and 10.8 million on TikTok -- announced that she and her boyfriend of nearly three years, Colin Dooley, got engaged in February.

At the time, Dupree, 23, told PEOPLE that she and Dooley, 25, were "thrilled" to share their big news, and months later, the reality star is just as happy to talk about her upcoming nuptials. Dupree says her wedding day is something she's been looking forward to since she was just a little girl.

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"If I've only had one day left on earth, I would get married," she told PEOPLE ahead of the season 2 premiere of her TLC series, Baylen Out Loud.

"I get to have all my family together. I get to be a princess," she continued. "Just having everyone in the same room, kind of just like a big get-together of people that just love me."

Dupree notes that she's never really thought about the "nitty-gritty things," like vendors, her dress or other planning specifics, but she can clearly see a broader vision: "I've always dreamed of having a big colorful wedding," says the social media celebrity. "I want as much colors as possible."

Specifically, she doesn't want her guests clothed in black attire during the wedding. The content creator envisions her guests wearing formal attire in a variety of shades and hues, but she hopes most of all that they'll "be feeling their best and looking their best."

Since Dupree says she associates color with "positivity" and "happiness," she plans to subvert the norm at their rehearsal dinner to get a taste of those bright feelings. "Me and Colin will be in color and everyone else will be in white," she notes of her plans for the pre-wedding festivities.

Luckily, the influencer and her fiancé have tapped a wedding planner to help with all the smaller details of the big day. Dupree will be busy focusing on the aspects that matter most to her, starting with how her two beloved dogs will fit into the mix.

"I bought Fluffy and Tootsie ... flower dresses, before I even picked a date for a wedding," she says.

While Dupree ranks the pooches' participation as her no. 1 priority, Dooley has his own whimsical wish for their nuptials, and it just so happens to also feature four-legged creatures.

"It's a white stallion," the mental health champion tells PEOPLE of her fiancé's wedding dream. "I kid you not, this man wants to ride out on a white stallion."

Despite Dooley's hopes, however, Dupree does not plan to climb aboard a horse at the event. While she hasn't actually picked a wedding gown quite yet, she's certain it won't be suited to any seats aboard stallions.

"He's crazy," she jokes. "He thinks I'm getting on it too ... I'm like, 'Are you going to see my dress? My dress is going to be massive, okay?'"

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