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My great-grandmother made my grandmother's wedding dress in 1954, and almost 30 years later my mom wore it for her wedding and preserved it again.
I took it out a little while ago and took some photos in it, but I won't be wearing it for my wedding. I love that we still have it, though! Maybe one of my sisters will wear it someday!
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My mom didn't preserve hers, she just put it in a normal dress bag. She never even got it cleaned! It still has a white wine stain on it from the reception!
My mom just kept hers in a dress bag I think. It never got fancily preserved or anything. My sister wore it for a halloween costume for my rehearsal dinner (which was on halloween). I would never in a million years expect any of my sisters to get married in it (it was way too small for me!). White bell bottomed satin pantsuits with long sleeves and a turtleneck just aren't going to cut it anymore.
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She figured that her kids would never wear it. I actually dont know what she did with it, only know she doesn't have it.
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Well my mom was an encore bride to my dad so she didnt have a wedding dress for that time around; just a nice cocktail dress which she donated. She DID have an actual wedding dress for when she married my brother's dad,i have no idea what happened to that dress. . all i know is that A)it was beautifuland B)it would be WAY too small . . . . (put it this way, that dress fit me when i was 12)
My dad's mother had preserved her wedding dress and offered that my mom could wear it. My mom was several sizes smaller than my grandmother, so it took quite a bit of alteration, but she wore it. I don't think she intended for the dress to be worn again since it had already had so much work done to it; I think she just kept it it a normal dress bag. She wore it to a Halloween party once when she was dressing as the bride of Frankenstein, so it probably has fake-blood stains on it now.
My mom hung her dress in a garment bag and put it in a closet. It's yellowed a LOT over the years, but I used to get it out and put it on when I was younger. Especially the veil. She really didn't like the style of her dress, so she never expected either of us girls to wear it on our wedding day.
But it still gets some use- my mom actually puts it on every year for my dad on their anniversary!
@Miss Powder Puff: What a sweet tradition! That's so lovely!
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My mom bought her dress at a department store, off a sale rack. She never preserved it - it hung in my grandma's closet and got yellowed for a few decades until she finally just threw it out a few years ago.
My Aunt wore it it was cut down to about a Size 2 in 1970's sizes. It's really yellowed and has brown spots and is no where close to fitting. She's ready to toss it. I think it might end up in a dress up box for future grand kids.
My mom married my dad two weeks after she met him, so she had to borrow a friend's wedding dress since there wasn't time (or money) to get one of her own. They'll celebrate 35 years this summer!
My mom just kept hers in the dress bag so it has yellowed over the years.
My mom still has the red chipao that she wore on her wedding day - she tried to get me to wear it for the wedding but the material is super itchy and uncomfortable and the slits are way too high for my tastes! Plus, my parents are divorced so I didn't really feel as emotional or sentimental about it.
my mom preserved( dont know if she did it for me or not though) it and just took it out tonight for me to try on....i squeezed my way in it and gosh was it tight! but it has potential...if i dont find something i like or cant afford a dress, we are going to see if it can be let out and altered to be something a bit more to my liking. it is very pretty and not your usual 80's satin and ugly lace long pointy sleeve poofy shoulder dress ( well it does have the high collar, and she even took it down a notch and its still kinda high lol) you would think it to be. its actually quite elegant and pretty. she said if i or my FSIL dont use it she is going to give it to salvo which im kinda sad about and i will probably fight her on cause im like that. if i dont want it maybe, if i have a daughter someday, she would want it.
Her and my dad got married in a little church on the navy base where my dad was stationed. she wore a beautiful peach skirt and white shirt which wouldn't fit me if I tried. But to put that touch into my wedding I'm dying the crinoline a peach color like her dress!
My mom had her dress shortened and wore it as a cocktail dress for a while. When we moved to the US, she sold it in a consignment shop. I'm still a little bitter about it. I would have loved to wear it, if not for the wedding then for then for something else.
My mom's marriage to my dad was her 2nd, so she didn't have a wedding dress that time around. She did have a dress for her first marriage, but I have no idea what happened to it. She apparently didn't keep it because I've never seen it. It would be WAY too small for me though!
My mom rented hers for $50 in 1966. From the pictures it looks exactly like the type of dress I want, and it makes me sad that she doesn't have it anymore. Boatneck, 3/4 length sleeves, tea length... amazing.
ETA: In August they will have been married 45 years! So I guess it would've brought good luck too!
@sjs8906: Same here! My mom married my dad (second marriage too) and wore an off white or ivory suit. They were married in an NCO club on base.
Her first marriage was to my brother's father around 1960. I've seen a pic of her dress and it is something I would have LOVED but she has no idea what happened to it either. It was tons of tiered tiny lace ruffles! Would have been to small for me regardless. I don't know how you "lose" a wedding dress or have no idea where it went, though..!?
I don't know why but none of the women in my family saved their dresses, aside from one Great Aunt. I used to play in her wedding dress when I was younger.
My mom did, however, save my 1988 prom dress... um yeah.
For my mom first wedding she actualy gave the wedding dress back to my father when they broke up Yep just left it right in front of his door along with all his other belongings...
But with her second wedding she just wore a cute summer dress for the vegas spur of the moment wedding (still a little sad i wasnt there )But I have the dress hanging in my closet right now Because I am taking part of her dress and using it for my bouquet! Im very excited about it!
My mom didn't have a real wedding dress. She bought a cheap white and beautiful dress, but she didn't keep it though.
My mom never had her dress professionally cleaned or preserved. She still has it in a garment bag in her closet though. It was a pretty dress but it would never in a million years have fit me. She was tiny tiny when she was married.
I have no idea.
My parents are divorced, so I try not to mention her wedding. She never mentioned anything about her dress.
My mom rented her dress. I would not have wanted to wear it, although she looks beautiful in her wedding pictures.
My grandfather owned a dry cleaning business, so there was never really any question as to whether it would be preserved or not. It's a lovely dress, but not for me. I think I hurt my mom's feelings when I said I didn't want to wear it. :( We did take it out of the box, and I tried it on (but it doesn't fit at all). She's now given me permission to do whatever I want with it, so I may chop it up and make my wedding purse or something like that out of it. I do plan to wear her veil, which was also preserved.
This thread reinforces my decision to sell my dress. :) Doubtful DD would want to wear it, or it would fit even if she did.. but thanks to this thread, I think I will save the veil and give her that option!
My mom kept hers for the longest time. I was supposed to wear it in third grade to dress up as a goddess, but I was sick that day :(. She donated it to Goodwill by the time my sister got married.
I wish I could have seen what it looked like... I don't know what she did with it... Probably left it in Germany when she came back to live in the US. I've never even see a picture of it... or her rings or my father... they got divorced when I was 1.
My mom's friend made her wedding dress. And it was a gorgeous silk dress, but it didn't scream wedding, so my mom wore it out rewearing it to events like plays, nice dinners and operas. It's still in her closet. It's not my style (very 70s chic dress) and not "bridal" so it's still in her closet for her to rewear.
She and my dad bought me my own dress.
HOWEVER my aunt had her dress preserved, and my grandma (and later my aunt) offered it to me for my wedding. I didn't accept, but I had a really hard time saying that without offending either of them since I bought a new dress.
My mother preserved her wedding dress. Not like they do today, though. It was just kind of cleaned and put in a box. I'm so glad she did, though, because I'm going to wear it. I thought I'd hate it, because it was from 1986, but as soon as I saw it knew I was going to wear it. Yay Mom for not having puffy sleeves!!!
My mother gave her first dress to my aunt (her sister) to wear for her wedding. After that it was put in the dress up box at my aunt's house. Her second dress she thought she had donated but my other aunt took it and had it preserved along with her (fake) bouquet. I'm so thankful for that because my mother passed away last year and it's nice to have something of hers. I won't wear it because it's too big but I'm going to try and incorporate something of it into my day.
My mother & father wore jeans when they were married, lol. I believe she wore a short white dress for her 2nd wedding, but it wasn't something you'd preserve- just a simple dress from Dillards.
My mom has hers preserved somewhere, which she now thinks was a silly idea. All the same, my sister has inquired about it, so it may not have been in vain.
She never had a "Real" dress. She just went to Jcpennies and bought a white dress and wore that. It currently sits in our closet, But one halloween she let me take it and be a bride for trick or treat.
My mom had it preserved, but wound up opening it at some point down the road, so it still wound up getting discolored though. But we pulled it out and I tried it on after I got engaged, which was fun! Not wearing it for my wedding though, it is SO Princess Di and not in style any more!
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When I was a little girl, I had a dress up box. I luuuuuuuuuved it. My mom put her wedding dress in it. The whole thing. The dress, her veil, everything. I tore the s#!t out of that dress. It was taken out into the sandbox, I got finger paints on it, and eventually, I cut it up and made my mom an apron out of it. (She still has it and claims it is her most prized posession.) Obviously, my mom was cool with not keeping her dress around forever to hand down to anyone. What about you bees?