A heartwarming hunt for a dress got an equally lovely sequel
A few weeks ago, a story went viral after a lady named Deborah Price made an appeal on behalf of her friend, whose daughter, Elsie, has autism and is very attached to one particular design of dress which had been discontinued by Next. To summarise what happened, the internet rallied round and came up with the dress in several sizes, giving Elsie and her mum some peace of mind for years ahead.
As if that weren’t heartwarming enough, there’s been another development Stand by your hankies:
Deborah reminded us of the back story.
WE HAVE A CONCLUSION!
You remember a while back I sent a tweet out asking for help finding my friend’s daughter who has autism a dress because it’s the only one she’ll wear and I asked people not to judge because in the grand scheme of things it doesn’t matter does it.. 1/5 https://t.co/k5G9uPMZ3X— Deborah Price (@deborahprice1) July 29, 2019
Including what had seemed to be the happy ending.
and you’ll remember how kind everyone was helping us to find it too. People sent our Twitter plea all over the world and the press wrote about it and eventually other daughters told their mums and dads that they’d like to give their dresses to help Kate’s daughter.. 2/5 pic.twitter.com/jNwABmCSoy
— Deborah Price (@deborahprice1) July 29, 2019
Only, it wasn’t quite the ending after all …
Well there was someone else who did something lovely too! @nextofficial (it was a dress from their collection 3 years ago) spoke to their supplier who had a tiny roll of cloth left and they made us some new dresses. 3/5 pic.twitter.com/GjZP27jXg9
— Deborah Price (@deborahprice1) July 29, 2019
Next had really come through.
Not only that but they ran them up in 3 sizes so that if Elsie continues to love this dress as she grows then she can be happy in her dress & not worry about her dress & therefore the obsession with it may fade away. It doesn’t matter though does it because it’s just a dress. 4/5
— Deborah Price (@deborahprice1) July 29, 2019
There was icing on the cake …the kind of icing that brings a lump to the throat and a tear to the eye.
Well, the loveliest thing has happened. The dresses from Next arrived this morning and not only that, they’ve done something really special – they’ve printed her name onto all the dresses too and it’s absolutely wonderful. 5/5 pic.twitter.com/mnDlj6gGED
— Deborah Price (@deborahprice1) July 29, 2019
Now that’s a happy ending.
Massive thanks to all the people who helped on Twitter and in the press, all the people who gave their dresses and to the “Older Girls Jersey Team” at Next too! It’s been a lovely conclusion to a story about the kindness of strangers and a little girl in her favourite dress. pic.twitter.com/3GOXoHDli4
— Deborah Price (@deborahprice1) July 29, 2019
The touching sequel really got to people.
Here's your feel good story of the day. Spoiler Alert: leaky eyes ahead… https://t.co/gwun8F0t09
— Ruth Ann (@Fairy_Gmother) July 29, 2019
At a time when we’re all a little worn out, cynical and fed up about everything this is such a lovely story, and well played @nextofficial, brilliant ❤️ https://t.co/Jh4joDf1s3
— Andy Heaton (@Andrew_Heaton) July 29, 2019
Did they arrange the dust that seems to have made my eyes water 🤭🤭
— Tony Richards (@1969TonyR) July 29, 2019
Ah lads. This made me cry. There's still good in the world 😭
— 🌈Daire🦄📸🤓 (@daire_shaw) July 29, 2019
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