Marie D’Allesandro Donato, of Conshohocken, returned from her honeymoon in 1952. Feeling nostalgic, packed every outfit worn on the romantic trip into a green suitcase, preserving the couture as a family heirloom. Celia Fernandez covered their resurrection 70 years later for the Insider.

“The excitement of the future ahead was what my honeymoon meant to me,” D’Allesandro Donato said. “I guess, in a way, I wanted to save that feeling in the suitcase for my daughters and their daughters.”

Her granddaughter, Maddy Bill, has now inherited the time-capsule suitcase.

“When my mom and I opened it up, it was like all the photographs I saw of my grandma growing up came to life,” said Bill. “It was remarkable, because I felt like we were bringing the past to life.”

Since then, she has been trying on the outfits and posting the results on her TikTok, with the videos going viral.

“My grandmother doesn’t understand TikTok, but I explained that people all over the world are infatuated with her fashion sense and see her as a fashion icon,” said Bill.

Read more about Maddy Bill and her deeply resonant inheritance in the Insider.