Rachael Robinson's 100 Percent Recycled Dress Cures Cold Feet
Robyn Currie — May 20, 2010 — Eco
When English native Rachael Robinson got married in Canada, she did so in a dress made out of bubble wrap and other free and recycled materials.
The elementary school teacher's dress was designed and created by the parents of her pupils, to celebrate an end-of-term recycling project. Only when her fiancé popped the question did Rachael Robinson decide to don her dress made out of bubble wrap. Claiming it as comfortable, Robinson said it was great to have the bubbles to pop during her nerve-racking nuptials.
The elementary school teacher's dress was designed and created by the parents of her pupils, to celebrate an end-of-term recycling project. Only when her fiancé popped the question did Rachael Robinson decide to don her dress made out of bubble wrap. Claiming it as comfortable, Robinson said it was great to have the bubbles to pop during her nerve-racking nuptials.
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