More than a decade ago, a woman from Methuen, Massachusetts, picked up what she thought was her preserved wedding gown.In a shocking turn of events, she found out it was another bride’s dress.”I’m like, I opened it and it was wrapped in so much plastic and, oh, like, just like shock,” said Kathleen Shea Dunleavy. “I was like, ‘Oh my god, this is not my dress!'”Married in 2010, Dunleavy waited until just 6 months ago to peek in the box of the wedding dress she preserved only to find a dress belonging Melissa Cappuchi of Salem, New Hampshire. Dunlevy’s social media posts helped reunited Melissa with her rightful wedding dress on Wednesday.”Do you really think that she had your dress and you had her dress?” asked NewsCenter 5’s Rhondella Richardson.”I do,” Dunleavy replied.In 2010, both Dunleavy and Cappuchi used Deluxe Cleansers on Merrimac Street in Methuen.Dunleavy spoke with Cappuchi about the order mix up.”She just said that she opened it, realized it wasn’t hers, and brought it back and gave it to the dry cleaner,” Dunleavy said.Dunleavy said she’s a little mad at Cappuchi, feeling like she could’ve called the people in Nov. 2010 about the misplaced order.Cappuchi knew all the details of Dunleavy’s button-backed dress.”It was, mermaid ivory. It was very plain. I had, like, pleating here. It had a big flower right here,” said Dunleavy. “It has a ‘KS’ in light blue embroidered onto it. If anybody has that dress, it would be really meaningful to get it back.”Dunleavy said her grandmother bought her the dress.”She didn’t have any daughters, she had four sons, so I was like the first,” she said. “We were very close.”Her grandma lived right near Deluxe Cleaners, which has been closed for several years.Even finding the owners of the business presents a challenge.”I’m in the process of trying to find the owner to ask if they donated it or sold it,” Dunleavy said. “My daughter is 11 and one day she might be able to wear it. You don’t realize how much something like that means to you until you don’t have it anymore.”
More than a decade ago, a woman from Methuen, Massachusetts, picked up what she thought was her preserved wedding gown.
In a shocking turn of events, she found out it was another bride’s dress.
“I’m like, I opened it and it was wrapped in so much plastic and, oh, like, just like shock,” said Kathleen Shea Dunleavy. “I was like, ‘Oh my god, this is not my dress!'”
Married in 2010, Dunleavy waited until just 6 months ago to peek in the box of the wedding dress she preserved only to find a dress belonging Melissa Cappuchi of Salem, New Hampshire.
Dunlevy’s social media posts helped reunited Melissa with her rightful wedding dress on Wednesday.
“Do you really think that she had your dress and you had her dress?” asked NewsCenter 5’s Rhondella Richardson.
“I do,” Dunleavy replied.
In 2010, both Dunleavy and Cappuchi used Deluxe Cleansers on Merrimac Street in Methuen.
Dunleavy spoke with Cappuchi about the order mix up.
“She just said that she opened it, realized it wasn’t hers, and brought it back and gave it to the dry cleaner,” Dunleavy said.
Dunleavy said she’s a little mad at Cappuchi, feeling like she could’ve called the people in Nov. 2010 about the misplaced order.
Cappuchi knew all the details of Dunleavy’s button-backed dress.
“It was, mermaid ivory. It was very plain. I had, like, pleating here. It had a big flower right here,” said Dunleavy. “It has a ‘KS’ in light blue embroidered onto it. If anybody has that dress, it would be really meaningful to get it back.”
Dunleavy said her grandmother bought her the dress.
“She didn’t have any daughters, she had four sons, so I was like the first,” she said. “We were very close.”
Her grandma lived right near Deluxe Cleaners, which has been closed for several years.
Even finding the owners of the business presents a challenge.
“I’m in the process of trying to find the owner to ask if they donated it or sold it,” Dunleavy said. “My daughter is 11 and one day she might be able to wear it. You don’t realize how much something like that means to you until you don’t have it anymore.”
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