The bride is appealing the public, asking to buy back the dress ahead of her own wedding day (file photo) (Getty Images)
A Rhode Island woman is desperately searching for her mother's wedding dress after accidentally donating it to charity.
The dress, hand-sewn by her great-grandmother in 1992, was mistakenly put in a giveaway pile during a basement clear-out in Providence.
It was subsequently sold at a Savers store in Warwick, and the bride-to-be only realized it was missing two weeks after the donation.
She is engaged to be married next year and had planned to incorporate part of the heirloom gown into her own wedding dress to connect three generations of her family.
She says she is willing to buy back the ivory, lace, sweetheart neckline, puff-sleeved dress, and social media users are assisting in her search.