One month later, inside the main hall of the Centennial Wedding Gown Retrospective, a black wedding dress designed by my grandmother stood on display inside the glass case at the very center of the room at the museum in Ellenton.
The lighting designer had crafted a special lighting sequence just for it. Every thirty seconds, the glow bathing the case shifted gradually from warm golden yellow to silvery white, turning the pearls stitched into the fabric into twinkling stars scattered across a night sky.
The entire hall was packed shoulder to shoulder with visitors, and waves of gasps and exclamations rolled through the crowd in a dozen different languages.
The tour guide announced, "This is the most anticipated piece of the entire exhibition. It comes from the Sinclair Group of Brampton,
