Samantha Schwind was watching The Oprah Winfrey Show back in the 2000s when she saw the story of someone’s daughter being photographed every year in her grandmother’s dress. She liked that story so much that when she had her own baby girl, she decided to do the same: from age 1, all the way to 18.
So, each year on her birthday, Samantha’s daughter, Tia, wore her grandma’s dress, and had her picture taken. After the 18th photo last year, Tia forgot all about the series. Months on, she was flicking through the images and posted them online.