Watch Bride Say 'I Do' Wearing Family's 120-Year-Old Wedding Dress

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Abby Kingston is being fitted for her wedding dress,
and it's a very special gown indeed.
It's an original Victorian wedding gown,
and it has been handed down generation after generation in Abby's family.
She is the 11th bride to wear it.
There are so many women before you that have had that love
and that excitement of their wedding day,
and I just am so excited to put on the dress and feel that same feeling.
The hand-sewn heirloom was first worn by Abby's great-great-grandmother Mary
way back in 1895.
Then came Jane in 1946 and Virginia in 1948,
Sarah in 1960,
Laird in 1976,
Abby's mom Leslie in 1977,
Janet in 1982,
Jane in 1986,
Virginia in 1989,
and Anne in 1991.
Abby's mom is filled with pride that it's now her daughter's turn.
Every mother wants their daughter to wear the wedding dress that they wore.
The century-old wedding gown was in pretty bad shape after all that youth,
so Abby and her mom took the gown to designer Deborah Lopresti,
keeping their fingers crossed that it could be saved.
It took 200 hours of detailed work.
In restoring this dress physically,
we have taken it apart and restitched everything.
Voila.
Now the 120-year-old wedding dress is ready for its 21st century debut.
The wedding took place at the Lake House Inn in Percocet, Pennsylvania.
Here comes the bride number 11,
her husband Jason.
The bride is more beautiful than the dress and more beautiful than I ever imagined.
We couldn't be happier.
We love you.
The mother of the bride was thrilled to see the tradition carried on.
It was a dream come true for Abby and for me
and for all the other brides before her.
And there she is, gazing upon her line of ancestors
who are bonded by family and a single satin dress.
Thank you.
