How to Rework Your Mother’s Wedding Dress for Your Own Big Day

By Rachel Hahn
  • Elaine Chun and her mother.
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    Elaine and her mother on Elaine and Chris’s big day.

  • Elaine Chun addressing her friends at her wedding.
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    Elaine addressing her friends (with Jemima Kirke looking on).

  • Elaines mother and father on their wedding day in 1985.
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    Elaine’s mother and father on their wedding day in 1985.

  • Elaine's mother ties her daughter's wedding dress.
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    Elaine’s mother helps fasten her daughter’s wedding dress—a passing of the torch, of sorts.

  • Elaine Chun at her wedding.
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  • Elaine Chun and her husband Chris Georges.
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    The happy bride and groom.