Bride found her missing 147-year-old wedding dress
Tess Newall had worn the dress at her wedding last year – but it went missing when the dry cleaners they gave it to went bust.
The dress was priceless. Tess told Metro.co.uk that it had been made by her great-great-grandmother Dora in 1870, before her grandma suggested she wear it at her own wedding last year.
‘When I got engaged in August, my granny said I should wear this dress,’ she said. ‘It was in a hat box in the attic, and it fit me perfectly – although I changed the top a bit. Then we got married in Scotland, and we had just the best day ever.’
But it had gone missing when Kleen Cleaners in Edinburgh went into liquidation – and there were fears it had been stolen.
Fortunately, however, it has turned up in a ‘crumpled heap’ on the floor of the now-closed cleaners, and will be returned to Tess in west London within a matter of days.
Sharing the good news on Facebook, Tess wrote: ‘IT’S BEEN FOUND!!
We received this letter this morning from the administrators, Wylie & Bisset, confirming that our dress was NOT in Kleen Cleaners.
‘However, we also received a phone call from the very kind landlord of the shop property who had read about it. He checked what was really left by Wylie & Bisset and found an antique lace dress in a crumpled heap on the floor.
‘My mum and dad have just been let into the shop and, to their amazement and joy, it is our dress! (Not cleaned but still with our ticket).’
Apparently the company is now insisting that for ‘procedural reasons’ the dress needs to be taken back to the Wylie & Bisset office in Glasgow, but then it will be delivered back to Tess safe and sound on Monday.
‘My family can’t thank you all enough for creating this frenzy which allowed us into the shop before it was cleared, and are over the moon to be *almost* reunited with Dora’s dress.’
As well as the social media appeal, wedding planning site Bridebook had launched a massive search for the dress among their 40,000 or so bridal clients.
Hamish Shephard, the ‘groom and founder’ of Bridebook, told Metro.co.uk that they had also spoken to thousands of wedding shops across the country to make sure none of them had inadvertently bought the dress in.
‘Everyone is thrilled that Tess has found the dress,’ he said. ‘A lot of our brides are now keeping their dresses very carefully indeed – and even Tess has told us that she’s never letting it out of her sight again.’
Source: http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/11/bride-reunited-with-her-missing-147-year-old-wedding-dress-6442410/
The dress was priceless. Tess told Metro.co.uk that it had been made by her great-great-grandmother Dora in 1870, before her grandma suggested she wear it at her own wedding last year.
‘When I got engaged in August, my granny said I should wear this dress,’ she said. ‘It was in a hat box in the attic, and it fit me perfectly – although I changed the top a bit. Then we got married in Scotland, and we had just the best day ever.’
But it had gone missing when Kleen Cleaners in Edinburgh went into liquidation – and there were fears it had been stolen.
Fortunately, however, it has turned up in a ‘crumpled heap’ on the floor of the now-closed cleaners, and will be returned to Tess in west London within a matter of days.
Sharing the good news on Facebook, Tess wrote: ‘IT’S BEEN FOUND!!
We received this letter this morning from the administrators, Wylie & Bisset, confirming that our dress was NOT in Kleen Cleaners.
‘However, we also received a phone call from the very kind landlord of the shop property who had read about it. He checked what was really left by Wylie & Bisset and found an antique lace dress in a crumpled heap on the floor.
‘My mum and dad have just been let into the shop and, to their amazement and joy, it is our dress! (Not cleaned but still with our ticket).’
Apparently the company is now insisting that for ‘procedural reasons’ the dress needs to be taken back to the Wylie & Bisset office in Glasgow, but then it will be delivered back to Tess safe and sound on Monday.
‘My family can’t thank you all enough for creating this frenzy which allowed us into the shop before it was cleared, and are over the moon to be *almost* reunited with Dora’s dress.’
As well as the social media appeal, wedding planning site Bridebook had launched a massive search for the dress among their 40,000 or so bridal clients.
Hamish Shephard, the ‘groom and founder’ of Bridebook, told Metro.co.uk that they had also spoken to thousands of wedding shops across the country to make sure none of them had inadvertently bought the dress in.
‘Everyone is thrilled that Tess has found the dress,’ he said. ‘A lot of our brides are now keeping their dresses very carefully indeed – and even Tess has told us that she’s never letting it out of her sight again.’
Source: http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/11/bride-reunited-with-her-missing-147-year-old-wedding-dress-6442410/
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