She turned something old into something new. Brittany Dalena, a Fresno, California bride, repurposed a third-generation wedding dress from her grandmother into a two-piece set. The vintage ivory gown covered in paisley prints, originally worn by her grandmother and then passed down to her mother, was transformed into Dalena’s rehearsal dress.
“The dress is about 50 years old, and there are pieces of it where my grandmother and her mother-in-law stitched beading into it,” Dalena told The Post. In a resurfaced clip online on her TikTok , with over 13.4 million views, the bride walks inside the church, revealing how she transformed the vintage heirloom.
“I knew she was going to be in total shock and I knew she was going to love it no matter what I did to it,” she said. As she walks in, her grandma screams, “Oh my god!” amazed her granddaughter is wearing the garment. “She felt honored to have it used for such a special occasion, and it meant more to her to have me use it than leave it in a box for many more years,” she confessed.
The duo embrace each other, and her grandma instantly breaks down in tears of joy, amazed by the revelation. “I always had plans to use the dress and keep it as one piece. Since I wanted it for rehearsal, a shorter version seemed like the best option,” Dalena revealed.
The bride admits she is smaller than her mother and grandmother, so significant alterations would have to be made if she wanted the dress to fit like a glove. “In .
