Little girl wears same dress for the Platinum Jubilee that her great-grandma did for the coronation

little girl wearing same dress for jubilee her great-grandmother wore for the coronation 70 years prior
Properly, that is cute (Image: Jam Press/Kerry Searchfield)

Right here’s a narrative that reveals that second-hand (or third, or fourth-hand?) clothes is so significantly better than shopping for one thing new.

A mum has shared a photograph of her daughter carrying a relatively particular gown for the Platinum Jubilee.

It’s a relatively good outfit in itself; a white babydoll fashion stitched with the Queen’s Guards and a royal horse and carriage.

Nevertheless it’s the again story that actually makes this gown particular: the little woman’s great-grandmother, Ann, really wore the exact same one to Her Majesty’s coronation, again in 1952.

Kerry Ann Searchfield, 30, from Bristol, dressed her daughter, two-year-old Brooke Elsie Ann, within the household heirloom as a part of this weekend’s celebrations.

The very same outfit was worn by Brooke’s great-grandmother Ann when she was additionally two years previous to mark Her Majesty’s coronation in 1952.

Brooke Elsie Ann wearing the 70 year old Jubilee dress.
Right here’s two-year-old Brooke carrying the 70-year-old royal-themed gown (Image: Jam Press/Kerry Searchfield)

The handmade, hand-stitched gown remains to be in nice situation, too. That is no little bit of cheaply-made quick vogue.

‘Seeing my daughter put on this particular gown is de facto stunning,’ Kerry Ann stated. ‘It actually means rather a lot.

‘My great-grandmother introduced my nan up as a single guardian again within the Fifties, which was an enormous deal then.

‘She made all her garments as she was a seamstress by commerce. The embroidery was all by hand. It’s unbelievable.

‘My nan has been maintaining it in good situation all these years.

Brooke's great grandmother Ann wearing the 70 year old Jubilee dress when it was first made.
And right here’s Brooke’s great-grandmother, carrying the exact same gown 70 years prior, for the Queen’s coronation (Image: Jam Press/Kerry Searchfield)

‘She confirmed me an image once I was pregnant with Brooke and I remembering saying: “How wonderful wouldn't it be if Brooke wore it when Prince Charles is topped!?”

‘However much more wonderful that it’s for the Platinum Jubilee.’

The pictures of the hand-me-down have been a large hit on Fb, the place Kerry Ann shared two side-by-side pics with the caption: ‘How cute is that this!? The black and white picture is my Nan when she was two years previous, carrying a gown that her mom had made for her to mark the event of the Queen’s coronation.

Ann with great granddaughter Brooke Elsie Ann.
Ann, 72, has been maintaining the gown secure all these years (Image: Jam Press/Kerry Searchfield)

‘Practically 70 years later, there may be my daughter, aged two and a half, carrying the exact same gown. Very particular certainly!

‘Simply want my nice grandmother was right here to see it!’

‘That is so particular,’ wrote one commenter. ‘The Queen would love this.’

One other individual stated: ‘I do know it’s early within the week to say this, however finest Jubilee publish ever. I’ll be trustworthy I’m a bit “meh!” concerning the Jubilee on the whole BUT I really like all the things about this publish.

‘I’m certain your nice grandmother could be completely beaming with satisfaction to know her gown has been cherished and is being worn in 2022.’

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