spinoff to gown preservation
I may get roasted for telling this story......
My Mom passed away 3 years ago. I was so thrilled that I had her gown to wear...she had it preserved.
I have been looking at her wedding pictures for 30 years, dreamed of being a bride wearing that gown my entire life, and had it in a box, on the top shelf of my closet....my most prized posession....forever and ready to go.
In addition, I even had my grandmothers wedding gown. She got married in 1924 .
I contirved all these great ideas in my head, over 20 some odd years on how I could wear my Mom's gown, sew a peice of the fabric from my grandmother's gown inside, etc.....to carry on tradition.
When I got engaged, I eagerly pulled out my Mom's dress. It was out of date, totally didn't fit, and was just all wrong. From 1969, it had a high neck, long sleeves, and is a gorgeous, modest sheath. My Mom was a size 4. So am I...but its distributed in all different places.
My late mom had a fashion degree from FIT, and I stood in the mirror and looked at myself that day, I felt beuatiful, but knew that she would be HORRIFIED if I wore that high necked, long sleeved, 1969 gown down the aisle.
I ended up having a designer re-create a gown that was a modern version of her gown. He even incorporated the lace from her gown into sleeves on my own. I could have done this recreation through the PICTURES I had of her wedding day.
Very special......but to make a long story short, my own gown is still in a garbage bag on my bedroom floor......after 7 months.
Moral of the story.....don't waste your money. If you have a daughter (what if you have all boys?) let her pick out a new fresh gown that is indicative of the times.
Spend your money on a new home, a wedding album, a great vacation. Seeing picutures of you on a vacation, or spending time looking through phtos of your wedding day will give your daughter far more pleasure than a box that sits in her closet for her lifetime.
My Mom passed away 3 years ago. I was so thrilled that I had her gown to wear...she had it preserved.
I have been looking at her wedding pictures for 30 years, dreamed of being a bride wearing that gown my entire life, and had it in a box, on the top shelf of my closet....my most prized posession....forever and ready to go.
In addition, I even had my grandmothers wedding gown. She got married in 1924 .
I contirved all these great ideas in my head, over 20 some odd years on how I could wear my Mom's gown, sew a peice of the fabric from my grandmother's gown inside, etc.....to carry on tradition.
When I got engaged, I eagerly pulled out my Mom's dress. It was out of date, totally didn't fit, and was just all wrong. From 1969, it had a high neck, long sleeves, and is a gorgeous, modest sheath. My Mom was a size 4. So am I...but its distributed in all different places.
My late mom had a fashion degree from FIT, and I stood in the mirror and looked at myself that day, I felt beuatiful, but knew that she would be HORRIFIED if I wore that high necked, long sleeved, 1969 gown down the aisle.
I ended up having a designer re-create a gown that was a modern version of her gown. He even incorporated the lace from her gown into sleeves on my own. I could have done this recreation through the PICTURES I had of her wedding day.
Very special......but to make a long story short, my own gown is still in a garbage bag on my bedroom floor......after 7 months.
Moral of the story.....don't waste your money. If you have a daughter (what if you have all boys?) let her pick out a new fresh gown that is indicative of the times.
Spend your money on a new home, a wedding album, a great vacation. Seeing picutures of you on a vacation, or spending time looking through phtos of your wedding day will give your daughter far more pleasure than a box that sits in her closet for her lifetime.
