My mother has saved the dress she wore back in the 70s, which was worn in her family dating back to 1910. She had it preserved back in the late 90s and we just opened it up, as I am visiting for the holidays (I live across the country, so this is my one opportunity to try it on), and The sleeves are too tight for for me to try the dress on properly. It's obviously too small, but we wanted to see if it were possible to install a corset panel or something to enable me to wear it for the ceremony. I've called around in her small town, and no one has worked on anything this old. Only one person agreed to even look at it. We could take it to the large urban center close by, but I have looked on yelp and none of the reviews mention anything so old. Only one mentioned vintage clothing, but this is beyond vintage. It's an antique, really. It's very delicate. The lace ripped a bit when I attempted to try it on, and the satin is very thin. I tried not to get my hopes up. I even bought a $200 back up dress, but it seems a shame to just stick it back in my mom's attic and never do anything with it. I'm not comfortable cutting it up to use in a veil, either. Anyone out there have any knowledge, suggestions about this?