A bride's search for her mother's missing wedding dress goes viral

A Chicago-native was hoping to use her mother’s wedding dress on her big day, but is now on a longshot quest to find it after discovering the wrong dress in a storage box. Incredibly, one positive did emerge from the story, as a mother who lost her daughter has been reunited with a dress she thought was lost forever. That dress had been returned to Lexie Ippolito’s mother after she sent it to a wedding dress preservation company contracted with David’s Bridal approximately 16 years ago. When Lexie looked inside the box to try the dress on, with her wedding looming next fall, she realized that it was somebody else’s. “Basically, both of our stomachs just dropped,” she said. She ultimately posted a video to TikTok seeking help in finding the dress, and thousands of people have liked it and numerous brides-to-be have offered to help her in her quest. She said her mother has helped her stay calm during an emotionally turbulent time. “My mom really kept it together, be