MacGyver Mom Saves the Day After Teen Daughter’s Prom Dress Rips 5 Minutes Before Photos (Exclusive)

Allie Kampas and her folks have been on the brink of take her more youthful sister, Lexie, to her promenade picture location to satisfy her buddies. But simply 5 mins prior to they have been set to go away, Lexie’s boyfriend helped zip up her get dressed after filming a TikTok transition and the zipper totally break up, leaving the get dressed large open.

Panicking, the highschool junior screamed, “MOOOOMMMMM, SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED!”

Though Lexie was once in a position to hurry to the mall for a brand new get dressed, her mother, Amy, 54, determined to check out solving it herself. After a number of failed makes an attempt, Amy temporarily discovered that the standard repair wasn’t going to paintings.

At the time, the circle of relatives, who lives in Orange County, Calif., was once at their newly constructed area, which wasn’t absolutely moved into and infrequently had provides. But Amy wasn’t deterred. She started scouring the home for the rest that would possibly assist.

“I literally had to think fast about what I had access to in a house we don’t even live in yet,” Amy tells PEOPLE solely. “I learned how to sew at a young age, but I had nothing here. So I opened a bathroom drawer and thought, ‘What do I have?’ I saw dental floss and figured that could work.”

“Then I needed something to feed it through, and I spotted bobby pins,” Amy continues. “Then I had to poke holes — so I grabbed the cuticle scissors. I began threading the floss with the bobby pins, poking holes alongside the damaged zipper line. My daughter was once panicking, in a position to go away and discover a new get dressed, however I simply mentioned, ‘Nope, we’re going to determine this out.’ Stitch by way of sew, the get dressed began coming again in combination, and Lexie calmed down. It took perhaps 5 mins, tops, and each and every sew gave me extra self assurance.”

“Honestly, we were in a house we don’t even live in full-time, so watching her open drawers and improvise was wild — but not surprising,” Allie provides. “She always finds a way.”

Throughout the entire predicament, Allie captured the instant on digital camera. Later, she posted it to her TikTok account, pondering it was once each hilarious and superb.

Then, the video went viral, collecting greater than 13.4 million perspectives and 1,300 feedback. The reaction was once overwhelmingly certain.

“There’s nothing a woman cannot do,” one consumer commented.

“I remember so many times saying, ‘It’s ok, my mom can fix it!’ And that’s the kind of mom I want to be,” any other wrote.

Someone else mentioned, “I simply discovered a significant lifestyles hack out of your mom.”

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After the primary video went viral, Allie took to her TikTok once more to proportion a video of the completed product.

“When the video went viral, the family was thrilled to read all the positive and relatable comments,” Allie says. “It felt extra special with Mother’s Day coming up. My mom was especially glad that people saw the value of being resourceful and not giving up — something she’s always taught us.”

“We were overwhelmed in the best way,” she provides. “So many people shared similar stories of their moms swooping in during a fashion crisis. It felt like a big, warm group hug from the Internet.”