Okay, here's my story and if any of you can figure out what happened, I'd sure appreciate it.

15 years ago I bought this long black 100% Rayon Summer Dress. It didn't fit me then, but I knew SOMEDAY it would.

I lost most of the weight I had to lose and it fits me just fine. It's been in the back of my closet for close to 15 years.

It's strapless, black, with lace design, not low cut or anything, just a pretty summer dress with nice lace detail.

Well, tonight I had the first opportunity to wear it. I put it on, it looked fine, (Oh I ironed it before I put it on), not too many wrinkles, but I wanted it to look brand new. And actually, it WAS because I had never worn the darn thing.

So Alan and I go to this birthday party, everyone ooohed and aaahed and liked my dress and after a while, I got itchy, so I took my finger and scratched (near the right side where my bra was located), and I noticed I poked a hole in my dress. I said to Alan, "I have a hole in my dress". He said "don't worry, it's dark outside (this happened after the sun went down), so no one noticed.

So after the party, I went home, and decided to hope in the shower. I take off the dress and most of my upper body was discolored. Like blue or something. Now this happened to me MANY YEARS AGO, when I bought a cheap t shirt and when I took it off, my body was blue, and as I took it off the whole shirt just ripped all over the place. It was like it had loose thread. It came apart so easy. I said "holy cow, this is a piece of ***". I then mentioned this to some guy in a store and he told me "that store sells things that are rotted". Since the shirt fell apart, it made sense. I really don't know what this means ROTTED.

Anyway, tonight when I took off my nice long black summer dress, and I looked at the color that was left on my body, I said "oh my god, did this dress rot?"

What do I need to do? Can I wash this? The label says 100% Rayon, dry clean preferred.

Any advice is welcome.

I cannot believe that I paid $50 for this dress fifteen years ago and the first time I wear it, it leaves my body blue.

Thanks much

Melody

P.S. It all came off in the shower. Nothing left behind.