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Magical moments

By Tien Chiu | Published: April 5, 2013

Me arriving at the museum: …and with my dress, at the exhibit! I’m pleased to say that it had a place of honor – it was the central focus of its corner of the room, flanked by two or three dresses to either side. Also had a poster of me in the dress! visible in [...]

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Flown the nest

By Tien Chiu | Published: November 27, 2012

This morning the fine arts shippers arrived to cart off the wedding dress. It is, at long last, on its way to its new home – the American Textile History Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts. I’m not quite sure what to think. On the one hand, I love that piece dearly, as only a person who [...]

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Museum quality

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 13, 2012

I am pleased to say that the American Textile History Museum wants my wedding dress for their permanent collection!  I’m happy, and honored.  It will be a real wrench to part with it, but I’m glad to know that its future is secure.  Since I have no children (and no intentions of any), I’ve been [...]

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And the winners are…

By Tien Chiu | Published: June 20, 2010

I decided to take Michelle’s advice and try cropping and rotating the walking-the-aisle shot.  And wow!  What a difference.  I had to fill in the bottom left part of the photo using the Clone stamp, but I don’t think it’s super-noticeable (please tell me if it is!) – and I like it much better than [...]

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Puzzling over photos

By Tien Chiu | Published: June 19, 2010

Our wedding photographer has been hard at work, reviewing and pulling the cream-of-the-crop photos out for our viewing.  It will still be a few weeks before she has the complete set together, but she gave us the proofs for review a day or two ago.  Because I’ll need a few photos for the Convergence exhibit, [...]

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