She lost her sight at 17. When she got married, she found a way for her guests and partner to experience what the moment was like for her.

• Lucy Edwards lost her eyesight at 17, two months into her relationship.
• On her wedding day, Edwards decided to blindfold her guests and groom as she walked down the aisle.

A bride who is blind shared a video of when her groom and guests "lived a moment" in her shoes as she had them wear blindfolds as she walked down the aisle.

Lucy Edwards, a broadcaster, influencer, and activist based in Birmingham, England, got married on August 31 to her fiancé Ollie Cave at a ceremony in London.

In a TikTok posted on September 10, Edwards, who has 1.8 million followers, shared a video explaining that she decided to blindfold her guests and that she and Cave mutually decided he would be also blindfolded during her entrance, with an on-screen caption that said, in part, "This is their reaction when they lived a moment in my shoes."

The clip went on to show Edwards' father walking her down the aisle, and placing Cave's hand in hers. The guests then sat down and removed their blindfolds, but Cave didn't — he began to touch Edwards' wedding gown instead. The activist explained in an on-screen caption on the post that they had arranged for Cave to have a moment where he could feel the textures on her dress while blindfolded to understand why she chose it.

"This was such an important experience for us both even though Ollie isn't blind, but we thought it was really important for him and all of my guests to experience what it's like for me in the most important moment of our life so far," a caption under Edward's post read.

Edwards, 27, told Insider that she lost her eyesight completely at 17 years old, two months into her relationship with Cave. She previously shared on TikTok that this was due to a rare genetic condition called incontinentia pigmenti.

"I never envisaged that I would walk down the aisle to Ollie as a blind person," she told Insider, explaining that she previously faced uncertainty about whether her condition would result in blindness or not.

She told Insider that when she thought about what walking down the aisle at her wedding would be like, she felt uncomfortable with the idea that everyone would be looking at her and smiling as she made her entrance, but she wouldn't be able to look back at them in the way she had once imagined.

"So I thought, right, I know no one does this, but let's blindfold all my guests, and we can all not see each other and we can all live in this beautiful moment together," she said.

According to Edwards, the entrance was a hugely emotional experience for her husband Cave, and she also received feedback from guests saying that it was their favorite moment from the whole wedding.

Edwards, who has been posting insights and explanations about what her life as a blind person is like on TikTok since 2020, told Insider she wanted to post a clip of the entrance to show others that it's possible to enjoy and appreciate big moments like this without using their sight.

"I wanted to show that you don't need eyesight to have vision. You don't need eyesight to have a lovely time, to experience the milestones in our lives. You know, I'm not going to have eyesight when I give birth to my children, but that's OK and I've come to terms with that," she said, adding that although losing her sight has caused trauma, she has also experienced true happiness and sees her life as a gift.

The clip has received 6 million views and a largely positive response from commenters who said that they felt touched after watching it, and Edwards said she hopes posting about the unconventional choice to blindfold guests will help others feel that they shouldn't become pressured to follow wedding conventions that are not suited to them.

"I wanted to show people that they can do something with their wedding that isn't conventional but is truly them, and you shouldn't comply to people's norms, that you shouldn't just do something because everyone else is doing it. You need to just think about what you want to do," she said.

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