In my family they were called "hope chests." I don't know if everyone called them that or not. My mom's generation was the last to receive them (c'mon mom, that was a nice tradition and you owe me a fancy box!). I guess on the other hand, my parents divorcing might've been a bad omen for a thing called a "hope chest" so maybe that's fair.
I was concerned about roaches... Or bed bugs!! If you add a touch of water to the spots you can tell which, because bed bugs will rehydrate the poo speckles and turn it red. Gross 🤢 but TRUE
I was thinking roaches or fruit flies. I had a fruit fly infestation not too long ago and then little fucks are gross. Had to clean everything because you could see the specs they left behind
The dresses from the 90s which means that it's only 30 years old which means that even if that person got married at age 20 then they'd be 50 years old but nobody has ever worn the dress so there is no ghost 😂😂😂
My dress from 1985 was properly preserved. I’d planned to cut it up and make preemie burial gowns to donate but then my brother asked if it could go to a local church for low-income and transitional housing brides to wear. It took no time for me to say yes. The archivist did a beautiful job.
A friend of mine had her wedding called off when the groom backed out. She was going to toss it when someone else told her about Angel Babies. Her other friend got her in touch with someone who makes baby burial gowns from donated wedding dresses. It was the first time either of us had heard of them and she gladly handed it off. She figured it had been over 20 years and if she ever does meet someone, she’d rather get a different dress anyway.
My only concern would have been suitability ...like would you want to get married in a dress 40 years out of style? I think this a great options for more recent brides but a gown that old probably was better cut up. The Insecurely housed and poor dont want things like this precisely because that's what they always get. Nobody thinks to donate new clothes or new housewares, that shit goes to goodwill first and whats too bad for good will ends up in shelters...which is demoralizing especially on what is supposed to be your big day. I know gratitude and all that but imagine your homeless, poor and most of the time have no choice or control over anything in your life. You don't get to choose when to wake up, when to go into the shelter for the night, what they serve, how nice or shabby your blankets are, you didn't pick your clothes and now on your wedding day you get a dress thats 40 years out of style and are commanded to be grateful. I guess my take away is I wish people would donate good, new quality items to charity instead of flipping it for 3 bucks on the web and giving junk to people who already have nothing. I do, I shop amazing deal for the shelter. If I find clothes for 5 bucks or less I buy what I can and donate. The trash I send to goodwill because they also use rag dealers and get paid per pound for the scrap cloth
When fabrics are stored for that long of time... It should have been archivaly stored. This means acids free paper liners and box. All kinds of mold, moth, mites, bugs can grow in moisture trapped environments. Thus, museums who store historical uniforms, and period pieces of the day know all about the importance of proper archival packaging and storing.
So, should I be concerned about the condition of my dress, that’s been boxed up for 20 years? A local dry cleaner/seamstress packaged it up in a wedding dress storage box.
Should I be concerned about my general clothes that I have hanging in my wardrobe/drawers for the last 10 years or is that different. I can't be storing each item specially wrapped, that would be insane
My sister wedding dress was also boxed and sealed with plastic over the box by a professional cleanser for over 40yrs...😬 . maybe I should send her this video. Thanks for the share 👍🏼
@@rosebud7722 By a "PROFESSIONAL CLEANER" Professional cleaners understand that a WEDDING DRESS will PROBABLY BE something that will be packed away (not worn as an everyday garment), thus they will treat it accordingly. There are many factors that go into the preservation of fiber pieces. Such as ventilator, climate control, sun exposure, what the the garment is made of. Some plastics can also cause yellowing on fabrics that are in contact with with it. You can check my comments with any museum curator and they can tell you as well. Fabric/garment storage for long periods of time, need to be done with care. Thank you for your comment Rosebud.
I still have my gown from 1972. I made it of white velvet, my paternal grandmother hand crocheted lace on cuffs and neckline. Also made me a "Juliet" cap for my head, no veil.
You said the dress is from 1991. That's the year I graduated from high school. So if 1991 is considered "vintage", does that make me antique or prehistoric? lol 😆.
@lhernandez3352 I LOVE LOVE LOVE YOUR COMMENT..... GREAT WAY TO LIFT HER UP AFTER SUCH A CLEVER STATEMENT... sadly enough it suits me as well. So I reckon thanks for lifting my "spirits" as well... pun intended, lol
Makes me glad I didn’t preserve mine. I married in January 1992. My dress is in a hanging garment bag. Not cleaned, a little yellowed, but it doesn’t smell.
Ummm yeah. I showed it to my friend and she said, "That looks exactly like my wedding dress!" Because it does! Damn, I guess I'm vintage too. I'm going to actually start using that 😂😂😂
The dress has a good base to work with. I would just clean it carefully. Be super careful what cleaners you use on it. They may have put yucky chemicals on it to preserve it.💖
I have a dress like that. My mother has It in the back of her closet. It was supposed to be for me but I never married traditionally, in a church. My sister rejected it because she wanted something else and now we don't know what to do with it. Your videos give me inspiration. Might make a day dress like you did with another one.
I opened my mom's carefully preserved wedding gown from 1956....they had done a good job. It was in such perfect shape it was spooky. Ballgown skirt, cathedral train, an acre and a half of handmade French lace...it looks a lot lime Grace Kelly's dress. I'm going to see if a theater group wants it for costumes, or if some historical clothing group can use it.
My dear that French lace is worth money sell it. It is a treasure that can be used by someone as a gown or rework into a better down. A theater group will Wreck-It. A historical costume person will appreciate it. Look online there are several of them who collect. Please don't just throw it into a bin.
My dress from 1991 is very similar. SOOOO WHITE. Mine was a full skirt but also beaded, the big bow in back, cut outs on the train. and silky. Very stylish early 90's. 😁 And the puff sleeves!
My mom always kept her important things in her hope chest which was cedar. No bugs, no moths, no yellowing. They got married in 85. My sister has it now since they've long been divorced and my father is passed on so mom doesn't want it. Anyway it may not have been properly preserved but she wrapped it in a cotton sheet in her cedar chest for decades and it held up really well.
My sister just looked at her wedding dress from 1964. She had put it on a wire hanger with a white sheet wrapped around it. Stored in her closet ever since. It was perfect. No smell, no discoloring, no hanger marks. No wrinkles. She had it made for her. Beautiful, high quality satin in a simple, timeless cut. No trimming. Just as elegant and wearable today as the day she wore it.
Doesn’t say much for the money they want to preserve the thing. Many years ago I wanted to preserve my wedding gown. They wanted $80. It was a toss up between spending the money on the gown or paying for the propane our landlord frequently filled without saying anything and then presenting us with a huge bill. The gown lost!!
Me too !! I actually bought it from Gantos in the Oakland Mall and it was Simple Cream Satin with Lacey Poofed sleeves that Tapered down after the Elbow to the wrist was more dorm fitting. Never had ti have it altered either. It was Perfect 😊 Think I paid like $225.00 plus the simple head dress with Veil for another $30.00. We got Married on Mackinac Island by the Female Mayor on the Porch of an Old Hotel in May 1991..It Downpoured the whole 3 days we were there and saw nothing but the Hotel..Best Wedding Ever!! No Fuss, No Muss..Pure and Simple..
@@teresadeagle3079 I got my dress in Brooklyn. I saw the picture of the gown in a magazine. It was designed by Eve of Milady which was an extremely popular wedding dress brand back in the old days. The dress was a bit over $2000! I ended up selling it when before I got divorced lol
@Teresa Deagle 😅😅😅 Gantos? I think Oakland mall don't have this store anymore... and I visited this mall last 22 years... I still remember Marshall's.. love your idea of getting married in this beautiful hotel...
I found a Wedding dress from 1949 in a dumpster behind an old Theater that was being renovated. I have had it under my bed for like 10 years and it's never been opened. It's even got the certificate of Authenticity from the (Now closed) business who preserved it. Now I'm super curious about what it looks like.
If the space you keep them in is well maintained you shouldnt have any worries. This one was likely put in a shed and forgotten, or was in a house that got a roach infestation.
When I heard that sound I was like "oh no, its the bride's ashes in there" because i have seen too many scary movies and i was also concerned that you would bring a ghost home! 😆
I’m thinking the sound is some sort of granular bug repellent. Or maybe silica beads. Something that wards of insects or mould. And anything stored in paper or cardboard smells over time. Ever read an old library book? 😄 Glad the dress was ok. 👰🏻♀️
My dress from 1968 was also properly preserved. When my twin granddaughters were baptized in 2001, I had a dressmaker cut it up and make christening gowns and hats for each child. Great use of a wedding dress.
I wonder what happened to my wedding dress from 1989... I was so upset after our break up that I couldn't look at it, so gave it to my mother. I said I didn't want to see or talk about it ever again. It was boxed beautifully like this, handmade, and the amount and quality of the fabric was just gorgeous. I think she gave it away. I don't have a daughter to pass it on to, and my son doesn't have good memories of his father so it seemed pointless to keep it in any case. Thinking back on this, I do hope the dress was found by someone like this, with skills to make it their own, and that it gave them great happiness.
All I can say, I looooove anything that comes in a box. This would have been awesome to receive my wedding dress in a box. It was just perfect for me, without the fittings etc. Just buy and wear… hahahaha. But yes , we nedd the perfect fit..😊 Almost 17 years ago… live seeing old wedding dresses ❤
I married in 1979 I had my wedding dress professionally packaged. Then every 5 years i had it professionally cleaned. My daughter had it altered and wore it for her wedding❤. Now my granddaughter wants to wear it in her wedding ❤❤❤❤. My granddaughter still has some years to go until shes married but just knowing she too wants to carry on the tradition warms my heart.
The dots and spots are called foxing, when a slightly damp atmosphere creates an atmosphere perfect for mildew, which may also explain the smell. So its just age and damp. You said 1991 but the box looked more like 1941. You need acid free tissue paper to keep it clean and mildew free.
Take it too a good drycleaners, tell them it was preserved from 1991. They'll know how to fix it up. In the meantime, hang it up in the garage to air it out some first. I worked in the lady's ready to wear department in a few different department stores back then. It was most likely preserved with formaldehyde, that's what stinks. New clothes came in dipped in formaldehyde, that's why they all had tags, and sewn in labels saying to wash before wearing. They used it to preserve the clothes until purchase. Beautiful dress, good luck with it. 👵☮️🖖
My mother worked in the garment industry for years. She always insisted that we wash our new clothes before wearing them. Even right after they're constructed in the factory, clothes are sometimes sprayed with cleaning chemicals before they are packaged for shipping to the retailers for sale.
Oh my god!! That’s my mom’s dress! Not literally of course, I have her dress in my possession, but that’s the exact dress my mom wore! She has a whole story about how she got stuck with a dress off the rack, but I’d never seen another one until now!
That’s my dress!!!!! Well sort of, mine was plus sized. My mom had it preserved and then either forgot to pick it up or moved and left it in the attic! I was so so upset!
When you freaked about the sounds and the smell I was waiting for you to put on gloves LOL
And a mask...
Same lol
So did I . Mold or anything else
...but then asks _what's this_ and wipes it on her shorts.
... and a mask!
This is why women were gifted Cedar trunks on their wedding. place everything sentimental and it will prevent ANY BUGS.
In my family they were called "hope chests." I don't know if everyone called them that or not. My mom's generation was the last to receive them (c'mon mom, that was a nice tradition and you owe me a fancy box!). I guess on the other hand, my parents divorcing might've been a bad omen for a thing called a "hope chest" so maybe that's fair.
Those dots are roach poop... I was so scared the box was going to be infested after you said sound and showed your hands
Are you sure?
The poop looks different.
I thought those specks were still something the roach excretes.
Yes, it's roach poop. I was wondering if anyone else would comment on it haha
I was concerned about roaches... Or bed bugs!! If you add a touch of water to the spots you can tell which, because bed bugs will rehydrate the poo speckles and turn it red. Gross 🤢 but TRUE
I was thinking roaches or fruit flies. I had a fruit fly infestation not too long ago and then little fucks are gross. Had to clean everything because you could see the specs they left behind
I pretty sure it's actually termite poop, roaches poop are bigger. Termites poops looks like black/brown/beige sand
Husband: "If you bring a ghost in the house I'm gonna be fuckin' pissed." Lol, man has his priorities straight.
😂 Came here to say this
@@dmgniech 😭🤣👻
The dresses from the 90s which means that it's only 30 years old which means that even if that person got married at age 20 then they'd be 50 years old but nobody has ever worn the dress so there is no ghost 😂😂😂
My dress from 1985 was properly preserved. I’d planned to cut it up and make preemie burial gowns to donate but then my brother asked if it could go to a local church for low-income and transitional housing brides to wear. It took no time for me to say yes. The archivist did a beautiful job.
wonderful job, so many don't ever even think of others in need. 💔💘
A friend of mine had her wedding called off when the groom backed out. She was going to toss it when someone else told her about Angel Babies. Her other friend got her in touch with someone who makes baby burial gowns from donated wedding dresses. It was the first time either of us had heard of them and she gladly handed it off. She figured it had been over 20 years and if she ever does meet someone, she’d rather get a different dress anyway.
I think you both had amazing ideas on what to do with the dress! Thank you for sharing them!
My only concern would have been suitability ...like would you want to get married in a dress 40 years out of style? I think this a great options for more recent brides but a gown that old probably was better cut up.
The Insecurely housed and poor dont want things like this precisely because that's what they always get. Nobody thinks to donate new clothes or new housewares, that shit goes to goodwill first and whats too bad for good will ends up in shelters...which is demoralizing especially on what is supposed to be your big day. I know gratitude and all that but imagine your homeless, poor and most of the time have no choice or control over anything in your life. You don't get to choose when to wake up, when to go into the shelter for the night, what they serve, how nice or shabby your blankets are, you didn't pick your clothes and now on your wedding day you get a dress thats 40 years out of style and are commanded to be grateful.
I guess my take away is I wish people would donate good, new quality items to charity instead of flipping it for 3 bucks on the web and giving junk to people who already have nothing. I do, I shop amazing deal for the shelter. If I find clothes for 5 bucks or less I buy what I can and donate. The trash I send to goodwill because they also use rag dealers and get paid per pound for the scrap cloth
This shows me you and your brother are both so full of kind thoughts for others. Well done!
When fabrics are stored for that long of time... It should have been archivaly stored. This means acids free paper liners and box. All kinds of mold, moth, mites, bugs can grow in moisture trapped environments. Thus, museums who store historical uniforms, and period pieces of the day know all about the importance of proper archival packaging and storing.
So, should I be concerned about the condition of my dress, that’s been boxed up for 20 years? A local dry cleaner/seamstress packaged it up in a wedding dress storage box.
@@RainbowMama143 Same. Wondering about mine. 37 years.
Should I be concerned about my general clothes that I have hanging in my wardrobe/drawers for the last 10 years or is that different. I can't be storing each item specially wrapped, that would be insane
My sister wedding dress was also boxed and sealed with plastic over the box by a professional cleanser for over 40yrs...😬 . maybe I should send her this video. Thanks for the share 👍🏼
@@rosebud7722
By a "PROFESSIONAL CLEANER"
Professional cleaners understand that a WEDDING DRESS will PROBABLY BE something that will be packed away (not worn as an everyday garment), thus they will treat it accordingly.
There are many factors that go into the preservation of fiber pieces. Such as ventilator, climate control, sun exposure, what the the garment is made of. Some plastics can also cause yellowing on fabrics that are in contact with with it.
You can check my comments with any museum curator and they can tell you as well. Fabric/garment storage for long periods of time, need to be done with care.
Thank you for your comment Rosebud.
I still have my gown from 1972.
I made it of white velvet, my paternal grandmother hand crocheted lace on cuffs and neckline. Also made me a "Juliet" cap for my head, no veil.
You said the dress is from 1991. That's the year I graduated from high school. So if 1991 is considered "vintage", does that make me antique or prehistoric? lol 😆.
LOL! anything older than 20 years is considered vintage. But hey whether we're vintage or antique or prehistoric we're still considered valuable!😆
50 years is antique, so not quite there yet.
@lhernandez3352 I LOVE LOVE LOVE YOUR COMMENT..... GREAT WAY TO LIFT HER UP AFTER SUCH A CLEVER STATEMENT... sadly enough it suits me as well. So I reckon thanks for lifting my "spirits" as well... pun intended, lol
Oh my gosh I left school in 1980 married in 1984. My dress would be classed as a collector's item lol
I was just going to say the same thing!
I bought a preserved weeding dress for 20 at a yard sale Opened it up at home and loved it so much I wore it at my wedding
Was it a garden wedding?
@@mjrussell414 it was outside but not a garden.
@@mjrussell414 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 she didn't take the bait.
Is it what you wear to work in your garden? 😂😂😂😂 Edit is a good thing, Dear.
Makes me glad I didn’t preserve mine. I married in January 1992. My dress is in a hanging garment bag. Not cleaned, a little yellowed, but it doesn’t smell.
Wow, I didn't know I was vintage ✨️
Ummm yeah. I showed it to my friend and she said, "That looks exactly like my wedding dress!" Because it does! Damn, I guess I'm vintage too. I'm going to actually start using that 😂😂😂
Yeah when I heard some teens call 90s stuff Vintage I was like rip.
Right! I graduated high school in the 90s!!!😂😂😂😂
I've bought a few wedding gowns to take apart. I put them in the washing machine, gentle setting & gentle soap. Hung to dry. Worked great.
That's a risky choice but I'm glad it worked out for you.
I did the same thing with one I got at the Goodwill Bin store. It washed nicely in the washer with no problems at all. I did line dry it.
I still have my wedding dress from 1976!
The dress has a good base to work with. I would just clean it carefully. Be super careful what cleaners you use on it. They may have put yucky chemicals on it to preserve it.💖
They’re just giving another true story for horror genre ! Return that dress rn
"Mind your business!" So adorable and beats the usual "shut up!"
I have a dress like that. My mother has It in the back of her closet. It was supposed to be for me but I never married traditionally, in a church. My sister rejected it because she wanted something else and now we don't know what to do with it. Your videos give me inspiration. Might make a day dress like you did with another one.
I opened my mom's carefully preserved wedding gown from 1956....they had done a good job. It was in such perfect shape it was spooky. Ballgown skirt, cathedral train, an acre and a half of handmade French lace...it looks a lot lime Grace Kelly's dress. I'm going to see if a theater group wants it for costumes, or if some historical clothing group can use it.
My dear that French lace is worth money sell it. It is a treasure that can be used by someone as a gown or rework into a better down. A theater group will Wreck-It. A historical costume person will appreciate it. Look online there are several of them who collect. Please don't just throw it into a bin.
Omg can i please have it???? I'm not joking. Theatres will ruin it
That's a gorgeous gown. Probably better made than today.
My dress from 1991 is very similar. SOOOO WHITE. Mine was a full skirt but also beaded, the big bow in back, cut outs on the train. and silky. Very stylish early 90's. 😁 And the puff sleeves!
Hahaha "I didn't even think about ghosts!"
They literally hermetically sealed the box and museum quality is just amazing
"I didn't even think about ghosts!"
That made me wheeze 😂
We get these all of the time at Goodwill.
Some of them are from the 1950s
Vintage wedding gowns can be worth a lot of money.
You should snatch those older ones! Those are big money sometimes!
My mom always kept her important things in her hope chest which was cedar. No bugs, no moths, no yellowing. They got married in 85. My sister has it now since they've long been divorced and my father is passed on so mom doesn't want it. Anyway it may not have been properly preserved but she wrapped it in a cotton sheet in her cedar chest for decades and it held up really well.
My sister just looked at her wedding dress from 1964. She had put it on a wire hanger with a white sheet wrapped around it. Stored in her closet ever since. It was perfect. No smell, no discoloring, no hanger marks. No wrinkles. She had it made for her. Beautiful, high quality satin in a simple, timeless cut. No trimming. Just as elegant and wearable today as the day she wore it.
I worked in the bridal industry in the eighties,and preservation of your wedding dress was huge then.
Looks kinda like the dresses from the Beetlejuice and Casper films... so maybe ghosts. 😅
I really love old fashioned wedding dresses. I love modern ones too, the old ones were just so feminine and extra 😅❤
I’ve used my wedding dress to add to our Family Christening gown. It came out beautifully and I’m waiting on grand babies to arrive!
Doesn’t say much for the money they want to preserve the thing. Many years ago I wanted to preserve my wedding gown. They wanted $80. It was a toss up between spending the money on the gown or paying for the propane our landlord frequently filled without saying anything and then presenting us with a huge bill. The gown lost!!
Ghosts? No way! A loving bride paid good money to preserve her one & hopefully only wedding gown. Preserved with love ❤️
The specs look like roach droppings 😭
Lmfao "if there is a ghost ill be pissed"hahaha
I was scared you were going to find live cockroaches in there!
I love his she says “it’s from 1991!!!” Like it’s a hundred years ago! 😂
When she said "I didn't think about a ghost" I'm over here thinking "It's the wedding dress from Beetlejuice!"
Perfect for distressing and making into a killer Halloween decoration :)
My first wedding was in 1991! The famous victorian dress style. It was so feminine and beautiful
The way she said “‘it’s from 1991” like it was a million years ago did make me smile. I was thinking wasn’t that long ago surely 🤔🤭
Me too !! I actually bought it from Gantos in the Oakland Mall and it was Simple Cream Satin with Lacey Poofed sleeves that Tapered down after the Elbow to the wrist was more dorm fitting. Never had ti have it altered either. It was Perfect 😊 Think I paid like $225.00 plus the simple head dress with Veil for another $30.00. We got Married on Mackinac Island by the Female Mayor on the Porch of an Old Hotel in May 1991..It Downpoured the whole 3 days we were there and saw nothing but the Hotel..Best Wedding Ever!! No Fuss, No Muss..Pure and Simple..
@@teresadeagle3079 I got my dress in Brooklyn. I saw the picture of the gown in a magazine. It was designed by Eve of Milady which was an extremely popular wedding dress brand back in the old days. The dress was a bit over $2000! I ended up selling it when before I got divorced lol
@Teresa Deagle 😅😅😅 Gantos? I think Oakland mall don't have this store anymore... and I visited this mall last 22 years... I still remember Marshall's.. love your idea of getting married in this beautiful hotel...
Well it's nice to see preservation didn't work. Glad I never wasted the money
I found a Wedding dress from 1949 in a dumpster behind an old Theater that was being renovated. I have had it under my bed for like 10 years and it's never been opened. It's even got the certificate of Authenticity from the (Now closed) business who preserved it. Now I'm super curious about what it looks like.
Holy Cow! Post photos!!! You've got me wondering, now! 👀
Open it fast.....now.
What a gem that you found. if you open it please share pictures😊
My first wedding was 1991, my dress was so elaborate and I had an 8’ train, it was so heavy .
That box reminded me of the old Victorian “see through” coffin boxes lol and how 80’s is that dress lol
I have my moms dress from 1961 and mine from 1994. Both in boxes similar to this. Now I’m worried.
If the space you keep them in is well maintained you shouldnt have any worries. This one was likely put in a shed and forgotten, or was in a house that got a roach infestation.
The way she said 1991 like it was ancient and she was surprised 😂…….. also the year I was born haha 🤣
That dress would make an awesome Constance (bride from Haunted Mansion @ Disney World) costume!😂
When I heard that sound I was like "oh no, its the bride's ashes in there" because i have seen too many scary movies and i was also concerned that you would bring a ghost home! 😆
I’m thinking the sound is some sort of granular bug repellent. Or maybe silica beads. Something that wards of insects or mould. And anything stored in paper or cardboard smells over time. Ever read an old library book? 😄 Glad the dress was ok. 👰🏻♀️
1991 doesn’t seem like that long ago… but then I remember it was in fact a long time ago. 😂 I’m just getting old. 🤪 I was only 2-3yo in ‘91 though.
That box was sealed the year I was born 😂
Reminds me of my childhood 😭 scabies and lice every year sometimes more from donated clothes. When ur poor u take what u get.
😂😂😂😂 what your husband said was exactly what I was thinking 🤔 😂😂
looks like my moms wedding dress 😊 everyone wanted to be Diana
Sarah Ferguson (aka "Fergie") also had a beautiful 80s wedding dress when she married Prince Andrew.
I used my dress to make baptismal gowns for my own children. My daughter had her own style got a new bridal gown when she was married.
My dress from 1968 was also properly preserved. When my twin granddaughters were baptized in 2001, I had a dressmaker cut it up and make christening gowns and hats for each child. Great use of a wedding dress.
The box is cool. It's like a drawer.
😂😂😂 your hubby worried about ghosts
I wonder what happened to my wedding dress from 1989...
I was so upset after our break up that I couldn't look at it, so gave it to my mother. I said I didn't want to see or talk about it ever again.
It was boxed beautifully like this, handmade, and the amount and quality of the fabric was just gorgeous. I think she gave it away.
I don't have a daughter to pass it on to, and my son doesn't have good memories of his father so it seemed pointless to keep it in any case.
Thinking back on this, I do hope the dress was found by someone like this, with skills to make it their own, and that it gave them great happiness.
That looks my dress! 😂 It was stored at my x husband's mothers house last I knew. I hope you enjoy it.
It's a gorgeous dress. A high-end cleaner can restore it to mint condition.
The box design looked so much older. Was so surprised when you said 1991.
We're worried about bugs while hubby is worried about ghosts 🥰 I love it.
I would like to have seen more video of the dress out the box
This is very similar to my daughters dress from the same time! I hope you will be able to enjoy it in whatever fashion you choose.
Those dresses were beautiful back in the day
My moms was from the same brand I think! Its very very similar and they even had the same preservation box!
Wasn’t sealed. Marriage 1980. Marriage didn’t work out. Bet the dress didn’t either.
Mold/mildew. Use gloves!
Sometimes, those little black specks are just spider poop! They often can be scraped right off the box...
I'm getting Beetlejuice feelings from that dress 😆 😆 😆
The way you said 1991 made me feel old lol
Oh, I thought a rat or roach was going to tumble out 😂
All I can say, I looooove anything that comes in a box. This would have been awesome to receive my wedding dress in a box. It was just perfect for me, without the fittings etc. Just buy and wear… hahahaha. But yes , we nedd the perfect fit..😊 Almost 17 years ago… live seeing old wedding dresses ❤
The box is specifically for preservation, so you don't buy them in the box like that ☺️
"it's from 1991"
So am I 🥴
I married in 1979 I had my wedding dress professionally packaged. Then every 5 years i had it professionally cleaned. My daughter had it altered and wore it for her wedding❤. Now my granddaughter wants to wear it in her wedding ❤❤❤❤. My granddaughter still has some years to go until shes married but just knowing she too wants to carry on the tradition warms my heart.
Nooo,this one you don't destroy, please !
Lol this was a Great video. I thought you were going to loooosssee it 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The dots and spots are called foxing, when a slightly damp atmosphere creates an atmosphere perfect for mildew, which may also explain the smell. So its just age and damp.
You said 1991 but the box looked more like 1941.
You need acid free tissue paper to keep it clean and mildew free.
Take it too a good drycleaners, tell them it was preserved from 1991. They'll know how to fix it up. In the meantime, hang it up in the garage to air it out some first.
I worked in the lady's ready to wear department in a few different department stores back then. It was most likely preserved with formaldehyde, that's what stinks. New clothes came in dipped in formaldehyde, that's why they all had tags, and sewn in labels saying to wash before wearing. They used it to preserve the clothes until purchase.
Beautiful dress, good luck with it.
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My mother worked in the garment industry for years. She always insisted that we wash our new clothes before wearing them. Even right after they're constructed in the factory, clothes are sometimes sprayed with cleaning chemicals before they are packaged for shipping to the retailers for sale.
Silver fish in the south love cardboard. Never could figure out why they would preserve that way.
Hahaha lost it at ghosts 😂
Would love to have that dress to make Angel Gowns for Infants
I’m so invested what was the sound??????
I didn't even think about ghosts 😅💀
This makes me nervous about my wedding dress!! It's preserved just like that.
Beautiful gown
I expected this to be from the 1950’s, but when you said 1991 like it was forever ago I immediately felt old. 30 years is not old.
Oh my god!! That’s my mom’s dress! Not literally of course, I have her dress in my possession, but that’s the exact dress my mom wore! She has a whole story about how she got stuck with a dress off the rack, but I’d never seen another one until now!
I feel like the dress just came out of a horror movie😅😮
Those dots are the poop/ droppings of an insect, sometimes to expect from a box that old. Most bugs/ mice love cardboard!
That’s my dress!!!!! Well sort of, mine was plus sized. My mom had it preserved and then either forgot to pick it up or moved and left it in the attic! I was so so upset!
Hope they are not beg bug specks ...where did you get it...
that's what I was thinking but someone else said roaches.
I bet the groom wore a cowboy hat. Idk I just get that vibe 😂
Dang, they must’ve kept it in the garage or a shed.
I need to teach how to do a bed bug inspection 😮😮
Someone loved that dress. It was not cheap to have it professionally packaged and preserved.
I got Bride of Frankenstein vibes.
My wedding gown is from the 80s. I love it so much. I can’t wait to wear it on my wedding day
I have one from 1986, want it? I only have sons who don’t want to marry. Plus it’s……poofy. Puffed sleeves and big bows. LoL
I had my gown preserved. Supposedly.
Years later I opened it from the box. They hadn't even cleaned it, just stuck it in a box.
Omg it is giving beetle juice vibes. Imagine the ghost of Geena Davis rising up in it😂
My mom was married in 91 and that looks like her dress!