One of my co-workers/friends brought in her wedding album from 1995 and I was admiring her dress and she told me it was her great-grandmothers'. It was a straight lace dress that you would wear over a slip and it was so pretty. It turned out it had been in a paper bag in the corner of a barn in Wyoming for 50 someodd years, but miraculously nothing got to it and they were cleaning the barn around the time she was getting married and they found it. Her mom soaked it in lemon and water (she didnt want to use bleach) and let it dry in the sun and it came out white. Her great-grandmother wore it in 1918 and she wore it in 1995 and it didn't need any alterations.
I just wanted to share. If I can get her to scan a pic, I will post it
palebride
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that is so sweet!
mishandgerard
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That is awsome.
Olgaki
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That's such a wonderful story!
prncssrachel
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Great story!!!
ChristineC68
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That's great!!! I love hearing things like that!! Thanks for sharing
WeDidIt!
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Wow...that's wonderful!
Finally16
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wow- that is awesome.
Sunny
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That is great!
daisybride
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Wow! What a touching story. That's amazing!
Julybaby
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That's so neat! I love to read stories like that!
jennbaby
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I'd love to see a photo
pschica
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what a great story!
Betty
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Very touching!!
flyin'bride
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That is awesome! I've loved my grandmother's dress since I was a little girl. Unfortunately for me, she was a size 3 and I'm a size 6!
Would love to see a picture of your friend!
juju
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OH I love happy stories!
JR515
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That is so sweet! I can't believe the dress stayed in good shape after being in a paper bag!!!
matt'sprincess
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Wow that is amazing
februarybride
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That is such a nice story! Would love to see a pic of that.
