Gallery: Bride Dons 127-Year-Old Weddi...
Rinaldi's grandmother, Jean Lawman, tried on the gown the day Pearl Harbor was attacked. Because her then-fiance, John Shellito, had to enlist, they were married only a few weeks later.
Rinaldi’s grandparents, John and Jean Shellito
FAMILY TRADITION
“I always knew I wanted to wear the dress; I even tried it on when I was a little girl,” Rinaldi tells the Daily Mirror. “Not only did I think it was beautiful, I loved the sense of history which came along with it and I am such a family kind of girl that it meant a lot for me to carry on the tradition.”
“I always knew I wanted to wear the dress; I even tried it on when I was a little girl,” says Rinaldi.
Talk about heirloom fashion! We hope more brides adopt this trend of wearing their mothers’, grandmothers’ or even great-grandmothers’ gowns. “I would love nothing more than to have a daughter who will want to wear the dress,” Rinaldi adds. “It’s just got such sentimental value now for all of us.”
[Via Daily Mirror]
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Allison, you are a woman who knows what is truly important in life. May you have a marriage rich in love, trust, honesty, humor, forgiveness. Bless you both.
Beautiful heritage and the looks have obviously been passed down as well as the exquistite gown