Friends said 27-year-old Sandy Hoogasian had a keen sense of style -- something that came in handy at her job at The Gap in Warwick Mall.

"She would take a basic pair of jeans and recreate them," her district manager, Karen McNeilly, told The Boston Globe. "The Gap is, you know, generally more basic. She was cutting edge. She'd add her own style to everything."

Hoogasian, of Cranston, carried her wedding pictures with her at all times -- to show off her husband, Michael, and her wedding dress, which she designed and made herself.

"It was a phenomenal wedding," McNeilly said. "She paid attention to every detail. The dress was beautiful."

The Rev. James Collins, of St. Matthew Church in Cranston, married the couple in October 2001. Michael Hoogasian had been a parishioner of the church.

"They were madly in love," he said. "They were friends and became lovers and wanted an everlasting relationship."

Michael Hoogasian also died in the fire.