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Wedding Dress Mix-Up: Decades-Old Gown Lost?
9 Nov
Summary
- A sealed box revealed a wedding dress not belonging to the mother.
- A decades-old mix-up may have lost the original gown forever.
- The wrong dress was discovered over 32 years after the original purchase.
A planned sentimental moment turned into a decades-old mystery for Stacy Cohen and her daughter Madison when a sealed wedding dress box revealed an unexpected gown. Madison had intended to wear her mother's 1992 wedding dress for her rehearsal dinner, scheduled for June 2028.
Upon opening the preservation box, which had been sealed for over 32 years, they discovered a dress entirely different from Stacy's original Christos Yiannakou design. The gown inside was actually from Stacy's older sister, Sheri. The family believes their mother accidentally switched the dresses when preserving them in the mid-1990s.
Further complicating the situation, Sheri's original wedding dress, which may have been Stacy's, was reportedly damaged beyond repair in a flood several years prior. The family has searched multiple homes but has been unable to locate Stacy's original wedding gown.
Stacy's dress was last seen in 1994 when her younger sister, Jodi, borrowed it for her own wedding. After Jodi's wedding, Stacy's mother provided the preservation box, and Stacy kept it from 1996 onward, unaware of the mix-up.
Madison is now considering alternative plans for her rehearsal dinner attire, while Stacy holds onto the hope that her cherished wedding dress might one day be recovered.
