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do you know what Demris wedding dress looked like? I've always been curious of her dress. Or why they never got married

According to David de Sola's book "Alice in Chains: The Untold Story", "Due to Demri’s health problem, the wedding was canceled, but she still made a point of choosing the wedding dress."

According to her friends...

Amber Ferrano: “I don’t know the first time Demri called and told me ... Fabiola knows because they went dress shopping ... When she told, I told her to come up to my mom’s wedding dress shop and pick something out (we had Jessica McClintock) which looked vintage but she wanted actual vintage which is what her and Fabiola shopped for. I ended up brining three dresses from the store and she picked one ... She tried one on after the other and he looked like a deer in headlights at first ... As Demri sat in the tub, I held the dresses as a final decision was made on the dress they liked the best. It wasn’t the perfect one, Demri would have to alter it and she did later taking the appliqué off and the bottom half of the dress, saving the beaded top part ... In May of 1994 Demri was in the hospital and Layne was on the phone talking to her. The plan was to do the European tour with Metallica and come home and do the Lollapalooza tour with a surprise wedding after one of the shows..."

Fabiola Gonzalez: “I remember talking with them about their wedding plans. Him in a top hat and tailed tuxedo, and her in a vintage dress, the head piece with draping pearls and pastel beads I was making for Dem to accent her beautiful crown of curls and face. Never finished...”

Her addiction and then the health problems related to that drug abuse (heart valve, lung operation, pancreatic attack ...) make her wedding impossible. Even though they broke their relationship, Layne and Demri stayed close and remained friends, and he never gorover her death.

I guess they cancelled the wedding because all the struggles, changing moods, etc of the addiction and ill health both had. Because they wanted to get married and have children, they wanted to get clean first. And although they tried several times, for whatever reason didn't work for any of them. Their story is very sad and tragic, but hopefully will prevent anyone to take drugs...

You can find more Demri's information and memories at the book we put together with Ana here.