Guess this was her “something stolen.”
“Bachelorette” star Clare Crawley, 41, recently went on vacation to Hawaii with her fiancé, Ryan Dawkins — but when she got home, she realized her wedding dress had vanished from her car.
“I trust to the depths of my soul that everything is for a reason. And we might not know what that reason looks like right now but it works out. So let me tell you what happened,” Crawley began on her Instagram Story Saturday.
“When Ryan and I got back from Hawaii at the beginning of this week, my car had been broken into while we were gone. And guess what was in the car? Keep in mind my wedding is very soon. My wedding dress was in my car,” the “Bachelor: Winter Games” alum continued.
“It was in there because I was supposed to take it to get its last alteration and I wanted to remind myself not to forget it.”
While Crawley was upset “in the moment,” she said, “It’s about the moment and what we’re celebrating. I can wear anything, and I’ll be happy that we’re there.”
Luckily, when Crawley went to pick up her veil, the bridal store owner helped her find a replacement dress.
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“Within three days, I got a brand-new dress altered, pressed, completely altered again in the best way, like even more fitting. Turns out, that was the wedding dress that was on my Pinterest board three years ago. It’s the dress of my dreams.”
The former reality star called her new gown “the most beautiful dress” and said she’s “still crying happy tears” since “everything works out how it’s supposed to work out — and sometimes even better.”
Crawley also showed off her “something borrowed” and “something blue” on Instagram: a handkerchief embroidered with the words “Happy Tears” and two hearts in the symbolic hue.
Fellow “Bachelor” alum Vanessa Grimaldi commented, “I love this and love this for you.”
Ex-contestant Courtney Robertson wrote, “And the best something new,” referencing her fresh gown.
The hairdresser was previously engaged to “Bachelorette” contestant Dale Moss in 2020 before the couple called it quits “for good” the following year.
Crawley got engaged to Dawkins in Las Vegas in October 2022 at the RiSE music festival, after almost a year together.
