My wedding dress was donated to Goodwill by accident — and I really want it back
Her dress ran away from the altar.
Southern California native Rebecca Nguyen was left devastated after realizing a family member accidentally donated her wedding dress to Goodwill – and now she’s asking the public for help getting it back.
Nguyen wore the beaded, spaghetti-strapped, lace dress to her wedding in August 2017, and is on a desperate search to have it back in her own hands.
Recently, when a relative was cleaning out their house in the aftermath of a divorce, they accidentally gave it to the secondhand shop in Brea, California nearly two weeks ago.
“When I wore it, I felt like me,” Nguyen admitted in an interview with KCAL News this week when talking about the dress. “I want to say I felt like this movie star, I felt like this princess, but that wasn’t me, right? I felt like me.”
She continued, explaining that she was pretty upset when she found out the dress had been given away by accident.
“It was a complete accident, it was during a rush of a lot things, and mistakes happen, but when I found out yesterday, I was pretty heartbroken,” she admitted in an interview with KCAL News.
Nguyen said that she submitted an “accidental donation” form on the secondhand shop’s website, but nothing has turned up yet.
Nguyen recounted that the Goodwill store told her that it mostly likely has traveled to a warehouse, because that location doesn’t typically sell wedding dresses.
The gown was donated in a box, KCAL News detailed.
However, even if the dress has been sold, Nguyen told KCAL News that she hopes the person who bought it would be willing to sell it back to her.
“Not everybody can afford to get a brand-new dress, and that’s okay, and I want someone to be able to enjoy it as well,” she explained.
She has taken to TikTok to share her story, and made posts on several Facebook pages in an effort to get the sentimental dress back.
On social media, she has shown many different angles and pictures of the dress, in hopes that someone may recognize it.
“I’m reaching out to the public, asking if anybody has any ideas, if they’ve seen it, if you maybe you are looking for a secondhand wedding dress or you know somebody who is, please reach out to me, if you do end up seeing it,” Nguyen begged in a TikTok video – of which she’s made multiple – posted three days ago.
Nguyen also admitted that her husband is upset about the whole ordeal, too.
“I just want to be that girl that had that story of like, the missing dress, and then this beautiful reunion, I don’t know,” she sighed in the clip.
The Post reached out to both Nguyen and Goodwill for comment.
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