While Tessa Coates was trying on wedding dresses last month, she posted a seemingly straightforward snapshot of herself on Instagram before a double mirror. As those who have been through the wedding process know, such a mirror gives two views of a bride. Since the photograph was shot from behind Coates -- an actress and comedian in the U.K -- with her iPhone, you could see much of her and her dress from the back, giving you a third view.
The photo depicts what appears to be a bride simply viewing herself in a prospective wedding dress, but upon closer inspection, something looks off. In fact, when you study Coates’ arms and hands, you soon realize that they are all positioned differently from each other. In other words, neither mirror is reflecting the image of Coates that we see from the back in the photograph. According to the story Coates tells on Instagram, when she looked at the photo (which she said wasn’t Photoshopped), she had a full panic attack. She even went back to ask the dress shop owner if the mirrors were taking and displaying video. (They weren’t.)
