Karen

...and now she runs marathons.

MARRIED 1998 - Karen called me about photographing her dress. "I've been training for the half-marathon; the dress might not fit." She put it on and instantly looked every bit the "iron" mommy - beautiful!

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Elisa

On the day of her wedding, Elisa wanted the dress to fit perfectly…now, every day, it feels like it's getting smaller and smaller...and she couldn't be happier.

MARRIED OCTOBER 4, 2008 - She hadn't gotten the dress out since the wedding. She hadn't even had it cleaned. "It's filthy...that's hilarious."

She told me it was so much fun to "play dress-up" with the dress. It really seemed to be something from the past for her, but not locked away in a vault; it was okay to take it out and have fun with it. I originally photographed her in the dress 10 months before on her wedding day; her first child is due in 2 months, 2 days after her first anniversary.

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Carolyn

The hat fit them all.

MARRIED MAY 10, 1996 - She got the dress out of storage; she had always been a dancer and it still fit. Try it on, I suggested. "It wasn't fitted to go over clothes." That was that. But it did fit her daughters.

She was pretty sure it was the only piece of custom, couture clothing she would ever own. She may not wear it much now, but the kids enjoyed the heck out of it.

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