May 22--After Angela Abatemarco Becker got married in 1952, her Prom Dresses asked a favor. Would she lend her gown to her cousin Marie? --The bride declined, fearing she'd never see her wedding dress again. --Gradually, the request dwindled, but it didn't go away. If not the gown, how about the headpiece? No? If not the "Juliette-cap" headpiece, how Green Low V-neck Plus Size Formal Gown just the veil? --Very well, Becker agreed. Cousin Marie could borrow the veil. --Did she ever get it back? Of course not.

"She's 86, and she is still angry about it," said her daughter, Laura Becker Stearns of Dallas. Stearns recently lent her mother's gown to a group she's confident will return it -- the women of St. Paul's Green One-shoulder Floor-length Formal Dress Church in Dallas, who are staging a fashion show of wedding gowns through the decades. "Everyone's been digging through their attics," said Jean Grube, the pastor's wife, who has arranged for about 20 models to wear some 30 gowns on Thursday evening at the church.

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