The Repair Shop guest breaks down as experts restore late sister's 'special' item

The Repair Shop impermanent Ben was near successful tears arsenic the experts managed to reconstruct his precocious sister Lizzie's dress

An occurrence of The Repair Shop saw a impermanent moved to tears arsenic the squad breathed caller beingness into his precocious sister's cherished possession.

On Wednesday's (February 5) instalment of the fashionable BBC programme, viewers met Ben, who sought assistance successful restoring a formal that belonged to his sister Lizzie, who had sadly passed distant conscionable 10 weeks prior.

Alongside the dress, Ben brought successful a coating by Lizzie of the precise aforesaid garment - a testament to her creator talent.

"She was a fantastic artist, and sadly this dress, which went done her beingness travel of implicit 40 years, is present successful alternatively a atrocious state," helium shared.

Ben besides spoke astir Lizzie's inspiring modulation journey, having been calved male, and however she channelled her experiences into her art, earning precocious praise from critics.

Textile conservator Rebecca Bissonnet took connected the task, mildly soaking the formal successful lukewarm water.

"There's a batch of secrets and details that I consciousness request to beryllium retained, arsenic it does correspond Lizzie and it represents her creation and her life," Rebecca said arsenic she prepared the lace for washing.

Upon seeing the restored dress, Ben was visibly moved, tearfully saying: "Oh wow. I tin spot each the seamstress enactment you've done, it's lovely.

"It's conscionable beauteous to spot it backmost to its archetypal state. It's present acceptable for the adjacent signifier of its journey, it's gonna play centre signifier astatine a posthumous accumulation successful Newcastle," reports Gloucestershire Live.

Ben elaborated connected his plans to guarantee the bequest of Lizzie's formal lives connected by passing it down to her girl Ellie, with the anticipation that it volition beryllium cherished for generations.

He expressed his heartfelt intention: "But then, the last destination of this is this needs to spell to Ellie. Also, Ellie has a daughter. This tin present proceed down that household line, the memories of Lizzie are going to support rocking and rolling. I've looked for thing affirmative retired of this and you've fixed it to me."

Touched by the story, a spectator took to X (formerly Twitter) to explicit their moved response, posting: "Oh gosh I'm tearing up."

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