Bachelorette Clare Crawley Reveals Her Wedding Dress Was Stolen While On Holiday With Ryan Dawkins
Bachelorette Clare Crawley reveals her wedding dress was stolen while on vacation with fiancé Ryan Dawkins in Hawaii
Clare Crawley has something borrowed and something blue for her upcoming nuptials, but that something new isn’t what the bride-to-be had planned as she had to quickly find a new wedding dress.
She recently revealed that her original wedding dress had been stolen while the reality star, 41, and her fiancé Ryan Dawkins, 45, were enjoying a vacation in Hawaii.
The couple met in 2021 but kept their relationship a secret until September 2022, a month before the CEO of Mascot Sports proposed to her.
The former Bachelorette star shared the sad news in a video on Instagram Stories while cutting fruit while sharing a ski trip with her boyfriend and their two daughters.
Stolen: Former bachelorette Clare Crawley revealed that her wedding dress for walking down the aisle with fiance Ryan Dawkins had been stolen from her car (pictured in New York in March 2020)
The reality star shared a photo of a handkerchief she had received as a gift with ‘Tears of Happiness’ embroidered in blue along with the diamond earrings she borrowed for the ceremony, writing ‘…something borrowed. Something blue’ next to the photo.
She then shared the sad news that the dress she had chosen for her big day had been stolen.
I know I always share this, but I deeply believe that everything should happen the way it should, regardless of whether it looks good or bad or what I want or not. I trust in the depths of my soul that everything is for a reason. And we may not know what that reason looks like right now, but it works. So let me tell you what happened,” the former Bachelor contestant revealed in a lengthy video of herself on her Instagram Story on Saturday.
Vacation: The couple was enjoying a vacation in Hawaii at the time of the robbery. Someone broke into his car and stole the wedding dress that he intended to alter.
Happy tears: The reality star shared the sad story as she revealed a gift she had received for herself, something blue, and the diamond earrings she had borrowed for the big day
“When Ryan and I returned from Hawaii earlier this week, my car had been broken into while we were gone,” he explained. And guess what was in the car? Please note that my wedding is very soon. My wedding dress was in my car! It was there because I was supposed to take it to get the latest mod from her and I wanted to remind myself not to forget it.
With the wedding coming up, the hairdresser said she needed to focus on what was really important.
“I thought, ‘Okay. It’s about the moment and what we’re celebrating. I can wear anything and I’ll be happy we’re there.”
Engagement: The couple got engaged in October 2022, a month after going public with their relationship.
When Clare went to the bridal shop to pick up her veil, she told the owner what had happened and the two were able to quickly find a new dress, apparently meant to be.
‘Turns out that was the wedding dress that was on my Pinterest board three years ago. It is the dress of my dreams! Crawley said with tears in his eyes.
‘It is the most beautiful dress and it is better than I could have imagined. So, [I’m] Still crying happy tears, but everything turns out the way it’s supposed to, and sometimes even better. Even when it seems that something is not right, I believe that it turns out for the best. It turns out how it’s supposed to turn out.
Happy ending: When Clare shared the sad news with the bridal shop owner, they found a replacement and it turned out “that was the wedding dress that was on my Pinterest board three years ago.” It is the dress of my dreams! (Pictured in Los Angeles in August 2015)