Adele Larson Stoneberg chose a white satin wedding dress at the Marshall Field store in downtown Chicago, and decided that the dress, which cost $ 100, was the right dress for her wedding, as the dress was perfect for the bride in 1950, and as it turned out later It became relevant for decades to come, according to the Washington Post.

Adele lent the dress to her sister for her wedding as well. Then, as the years passed, she asked her daughter and three nieces if they could wear the same dress during their wedding, and this month, 72 years after Adele Stoneberg, at the Ebenezer Lutheran Church, she wore Her granddaughter Serena Stoneberg Lipari, the same dress in the same Chicago church during her wedding on August 5.

For her part, Lipari, 27, said of the long-sleeved dress with a long train, a high collar and elegant little buttons down the back: “There was no doubt that I would become the eighth bride to wear the dress.”

Lipari’s grandmother has now passed away, but among the relatives in the audience were her aunt, aunts and several cousins ​​who took turns wearing Adele’s classic dress. Special for her on my wedding day.

The American newspaper report explains that the tradition of the Stonberg family wedding dress began when Adele Larson, then 21, married Roy Stonberg in 1950, and then took a trip with her mother, Anna Larson, to the eighth floor bridal shop in Marshall Fields to try on the dresses. displayed.

Adele Larson at her wedding

Adele’s sister Eleanor

Adele’s sister, Eleanor, who was the bridesmaid at the wedding, said: “The dress she wore was so good and timeless,” adding, “It’s a very classic dress, with a beautiful bodice, a mandarin collar and lots of buttons. Much above average.”

When it came to Melton’s wedding in Chicago in 1953, she knew exactly what she wanted to wear. “My mother took excellent care of the dress and kept it in an airtight box, it never crossed my mind not to wear it,” she said. “It was perfect anyway.”

Julia Frank

Jane Melton wears the dress

After Milton’s wedding, the dress was professionally cleaned and stored again, this time for 16 years, until Milton’s sister, Sharon Larson Frank, decided to untie it and carry on the family tradition in 1969 when she married John Frank. Our mom never told us we had to wear the dress, it’s kind of evolved.”

Milton said: ‘It’s a traditional dress, and we can all make it fit with a few tweaks.

Sue Stonberg wears the dress

Sharon Larson

Carol Melton