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Granddaughter wears late grandmother's wedding dress with no changes: "Why would I fix perfection?"

The eldest granddaughter in a Pennsylvania woman's family long wanted to wear her grandmother's dress for her own wedding. When the dress fit perfectly, Catherine Michelle Bartlett walked down the aisle in it, exactly as is. Tony Dokoupil has the story.

Published July 15, 2026, 12:01 AM
Updated July 15, 2026, 12:42 AM2.9K
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Granddaughter wears late grandmother's wedding dress with no changes: "Why would I fix perfection?"

The eldest granddaughter in a Pennsylvania woman's family long wanted to wear her grandmother's dress for her own wedding. When the dress fit perfectly, Catherine Michelle Bartlett walked down the aisle in it, exactly as is. Tony Dokoupil has the story.

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