CREEP-CONTAMINATION'S~
'THE POISON DRESS'
GOOD AFTERNOON MY DEAR FRIENDS & FOLLOWERS. FOR ANOTHER POST TODAY SINCE I AM ON A ROLL TODAY! I THOUGHT I WOULD BRING YOU ALL THROUGH
A COUPLE OF URBAN LEGENDS!
THIS CREEP URBAN LEGEND IS ABOUT
'THE POISON DRESS'
THIS IS HOW THE TALE OF THE URBAN LEGEND GOES!
IT SEEMS THAT THE STORY WAS TOLD LAST THANKSGIVING BY
AN COUSIN WHO WORKED IN THE FINE WOMAN'S WEAR AT
NEIMAN MARCUS IN BEVERLY HILLS. THE COUSIN SAID THAT SINCE
NEIMAN MARCUS HAS A VERY LENIENT RETURN POLICY, MANY WEALTHY
WOMEN PUT $10,000 DRESSES ON THEIR CHARGE ACCOUNTS, WEAR
THE EXPENSIVE DRESSES ONLY ONCE, HAVE THEM DRY CLEANED
AND THEN RETURN THEM TO THE STORE FOR A FULL REFUND.
THIS IS WHEN THE TALE GETS INTERESTING! SOMEONE AT THE
STORE HAD TOLD THE COUSIN WHAT HAD HAPPENED ONE TIME BECAUSE
OF THIS PRACTICE IN THE FINE WOMEN'S WEAR AT NEIMAN MARCUS,
BEFORE HE EVEN STARTED WORKING THERE!
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED! ITS SEEMS THAT AFTER A WOMAN RETURNED
A VERY EXPENSIVE DESIGNER DRESS, ANOTHER WOMAN WOULD BUY
THAT SAME DRESS. HOWEVER, LATER AFTER THE SECOND LADY HAD
BOUGHT THE EXPENSIVE DESIGNER DRESS, SHE HAD BREAK OUT IN A
HORRIBLE RASH WHILE WEARING THE DRESS.
SO THE NEXT DAY, THE WOMAN WENT TO HER DERMATOLOGIST, TO SEE
WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HER SKIN?
TO HER SURPRISE THE DOCTOR TOLD HER THAT SHE WAS
EXPOSED TO FORMALDEHYDE. SO AT THIS POINT SHE SUED
NEIMAN MARCUS FOR THE DOCTOR BILLS AND THE DRESS. PROBABLY BECAUSE
SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT SHE WAS EXPOSED TO
FORMALDEHYDE BY JUST WEARING A DESIGNER DRESS.
IN THIS CASE OF THE POISON DRESS THE LADY DID LIVE!
HOWEVER, THE STORE DID TRACED THE DRESS BACK TO THE VERY FIRST
WOMAN WHO FINALLY ADMITTED WHAT HAPPENED.
THIS IS WHEN IT GETS CREEPY!
THE FIRST WOMAN WHO HAD THE DRESS SAID THAT, HER MOTHER
WANTED TO BE BURIED IN THAT SAME VERY EXPENSIVE DESIGNER DRESS
FROM NEIMAN MARCUS IN HOLLYWOOD LA.
HOWEVER, THE DAUGHTER DIDN'T WANT TO BURY SUCH AN
EXPENSIVE DRESS, SO SHE GOT IT BACK FORM THE MORTICIAN AFTER
THE FUNERAL SERVICE AND RETURNED IT TO THE STORE.
THEN THE SECOND LADY WHO HAD BOUGHT THAT SAME DRESS
THAT HER MOTHER WAS DRESSED IN AT THE FUNERAL HOME,
WAS THEN EXPOSED TO THE FORMALDEHYDE THAT SOAKED INTO THE
FABRIC FROM THE CORPSE OF THE DEAD MOTHER.
~WELL THERE IS A TWIST TO THE TALE~
THIS IS AN TRUE STORY BUT NOT AS DRAMATIC AS YOU MIGHT THINK!
IT ENDS UP NOT BEING FROM THE DESIGNER NEIMAN MARCUS
HOLLYWOOD EXPENSIVE DRESSES BUT, FROM WHAT THE COUSINS
GIRLFRIENDS SAID WAS THAT HER GRANDMOTHER WOULDN'T LET
HER EVER! BUY DRESSES FROM THE THRIFT SHOPS BECAUSE OF A
WOMAN WHO ACTUALLY DID DIED! FROM FORMALDEHYDE POISON IN
THE FROM OF A SECOND-DRESS.
THIS STORY HAPPENS TO BE 60 YEARS OLD.
I HOPE YOU FOUND THIS TO BE INTERESTING AND
FUN MY DEARS LOVE YOU ALL
IF YOU LIKE MY DEARS FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS YOU MIGHT BE ABLE
TO FIND MORE FUN FOLKLORE FROM
YOUR WENDY
Classical folklorist Adrienne Mayor
on Tradition Folklore
