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I actually gave that thought before buying a dress..the though being that if I purchased something that was made with extraordinary fabric, than at least maybe she would want to use the fabric someday...but as it was, I went with a less expensive dress...and therefore the fabric is nothing to write home about...so I don't expect her to wear it at all...but I am saving it so that if she wants to see it, I have it. And who knows, maybe she'll want to use the veil.
Of course, I say all this and our baby due July 3 is a boy...so who knows if this is all moot anyway :)
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I didn't consider it, really. I never thought that I would wear my mom's dress, and I'm just assuming any future daughter I have will be like me and will want to pick out her own. I would like to save it, and especially the veil, so that she would be able to incorporate it in some way if she wanted to.
Nah. I'd be shocked if wedding dress styles from today are "in" in 20-30 years, and I had a lot of fun dress shopping, so I pretty much thought the same as ES123. But I plan to sell my dress after the wedding, so it won't really be an option!
Agreed! Maybe the in thing for wedding dresses will be something totally not in style in 30 years! i hate to think my beautiful white Maggie will be that "dated" but who knows. I only hope I can be as helpful and supportive as my mom and that she can get the dress SHE wants and perhaps incorporate a piece of mine or something from my wedding (our cake topper or something cute) into hers. My mom recently gave me a crystla decantur and wine set (real lead crystal!) she got as a wedding gift and I LOVE them. They're so pretty to set out. I thought about turning my wedding dress into something for a basinett though or something of that nature.
It would be really sweet if she did, or maybe a granddaughter if I have all sons. My dress was actually my grandmother's, and while I did have twinges of wishing that I could just go pick out my own gown, I knew that for what I was able to spend I would never get anything so unique and personal as what I already had in that dress. I would have worn my mother's dress as well, if we weren't very differently sized. She got married in the 80s, but her dress is still beautiful, if not trendy.
Mostly I just think it would be cool if the dress would survive that long to have that many generations of women wear it. :)
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Probably not. She'll want her own, I certainly did. I may sell mine or possibly use in a Baptism gown, but I have the gown I was baptised in. I think my daugther would be more likely to re-waer my first communion dress.
I agree with most posters. I never planned on it. First, how do you know you'll have a girl? Secondly, how do you know she'll be around your size? Sure you can get it taken in, but my daughter (yes, I did have one) will likely be several inches taller than I am.
And I agree with the dress styles being different at that point. And wanting to shop for her own dress.
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I saved the dress just in case she wanted to play dress-up in it, or maybe wear all or some of it on her wedding day. If she wore it, I would be flattered, but it is certainly not a requirement. Mostly, I just see it as a memento of the day and I kept it mostly for myself.
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as a kid a used to slip into my mom's wedding dress when she wasn't home. she didn't preserve it well, so it had yellowed a bit. If i could have, i would have tried to wear it or some parts of it at least.
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I definitely don't expect my future daughter to wear my dress. I'll probably keep it for her to play dress up in, or maybe so she can use some of the lace if she likes, but I know styles will change and she might have different taste than I do!
Because my mother didn't have a traditional wedding dress for me to even consider or try to incorporate into my dress, I would like my daughter to at least have the option of using a swatch of fabric from my dress, if not wearing it. I know that nothing in style now is likely to be fashionable in 30 years, but she'd have the option to modify it or use the fabric.
I'm sentimental, so I hope she will be too. :)
I'm not making light of my past, but my daughter (if we have one or could let T's daughter, my stepdaughter when we marry) will have the choice of TWO gorgeous dresses..both very different most likely. She could have her pick! Or if we have a daughter then each one could pick which "vintage" (by then anyway) gown she desired! (my mom saved my old dress, had it sealed and it's in top condition and gorgeous and made for some awesome pics and I kept the ones with me and my family and friends only)
I briefly thought about it -- as it stands I'm not entirely sure what I will do with my dress after the wedding. It's a gorgeous Vera Wang and would certainly make quite the keepsake, but because I'm of average height and FI is super tall, I have a feeling my daughter will end up tall as well aka the dress might not even fit her since I'm wearing low heels =P. Anyway, we'll see. I might just try to sell it to recoup some of the costs since it was such a splurge but a part of me wants to keep it to have some part of it to give to my daughter, if she wishes to include it in her wedding. It would be really meaningful =).
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I doubt that my future daughter would want to wear it, but I want to keep it. My mom's dress got lost in a move and I never got to see it in person. I wish it was still around so I could at least use part of it in some way. So I'm going to keep mine. Plus I still have my baptismal gown and my first communion dress-I'm pretty mushy and sentimental that way!
I do have dilusional thoughts of my future daughter wearing my wedding gown - I put in a little tag with my initials and wedding date and think it would just be the sweetest thing to have her wear it and put in her little tag with her initials and date next to mine. My dress has classic lines and it strapless, so it could happen! (Though no worries, I'm not banking on it)
I doubt that I'd have a daughter who wanted to wear my dress, so I plan on donating it somewhere or selling it. To me it's not such a big deal and I'm not very sentimental about it - or willing to spend $$ preserving it. When I told my mom this, SHE really thought I should keep it. I thought it was kind of funny.. because she has three of us girls and not ONE of us has ever or would ever consider wearing her dress.
All my children will wear my dress - I am using it to make a baptismal gown. I am hoping that then it will get passed down for generations - much easier to make the kid wear it when they are too young to choose thier own clothes!
Also - I already want to go shopping for another dress because there are so many gorgeous ones out there - so why wouldn't I want to go shopping with a daughter?
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I highly doubt that if I have a duaghter that she'll want to wear it. The only time I ever wore my mum's wedding dress was at this fundraiser where women came to see younger women parading around in their old wedding dresses (like a history of wedding dresses type thing) while drinking tea and having goodies. It was a lot of fun! But I'm sure in 30 years, kids will be like: "Mom, why did you wear that? It's sooo tacky!" Like we say of wedding dresses of the 70s and 80s.
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My mom wore her moms wedding dress. I haven't tried it on, but I wouldn't be oposed to wearing it if it fit well. The only bad thing is is has yellowed a bit I think. Its all lace and form fitting, no poof or anything which I think really dates a dress.
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You all make a lot of great points and I really like the baptimal outfit idea! I was just thinking that maybe down the road I would hope my daughter, DIL, granddaughter would possibly want to use some part of my dress, even if it's just to use the material for something, the lace, or somehow even turn it into a reception party dress.
i was watching the WE channel and the girl had her mothers dress sewed into her dress .
My dress is pretty simple, classic a-line, so it could happen. I think it would be really cool if my daughter wanted to wear it, or include part of it in her day, but I would understand if she wanted her own!
I thought about keeping the dress for my hypothetical daughter, but I decided I wanted to donate it to Brides Against Breast Cancer instead, in memory of a couple family members.
If I have a daughter, I want her to have her own style and her own dress. I've never been one to value tradition at all, so I won't keep it around.
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I went home this past weekend, and tried on my mother's wedding dress and it fit! It is beautiful and although I already have my wedding dress, I would love to somehow wear it on my special day! In the future, I think it would great if my daughter wore my wedding dress, but I think it is something very special to have your own dress for your wedding and I would want her to have the same experience of picking out her wedding dress.
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I would love if my daughter did, but I want her to have the dress of her dreams and if it's not mine, she shouldn't wear it!
If my daughter is anything like me, there's NO WAY she'd be caught dead in her mom's clothes. Oh, the horror!! :)
I thought it could be sweet, but maybe I can make her dress including some of my dress fabric, just in case my dress shape is not of her taste lol
well, it's really up to my daughter. If she wants to it's perfectly fine with me, but she might want a gown that's more modern!
I don't want to wear my mom's dress, so I doubt my daughter will want to wear mine! By then, big puffy sleeves & 100 foot long trains might be back in again!
I will definitely take pieces of my dress & have something made for my children's baptismal gown or bonnet. What a beautiful & wonderful suggestion ladies, thanks! :)
I am actually having my mother's wedding dress altered to wear for my rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. She made the dress herself in the 70s and it's fairly simple, no crazy poof or bedazzling. I had the sleves removed, changed up the neck line a bit and had it shortened to knee length and i'm really excited to wear it.... she's pretty excited too :)
I would never expect it, but I will definitely be keeping my dress, just in case. I remember being very sad that my mom doesn't have hers (she borrowed it from someone!) when I was younger because I really wanted to see it. So, if nothing else I will probably save it for my future daughters/granddaughters to play dress-up in, and wear if they want to.
No. First of all, I have weird measurements and the dress would have to be completely taken apart to fit someone else and even then it may not be salvagable. Also, each person has their own tastes. I don't have the same tastes as other people and that's fine. I don't expect anyone to share my tastes either.
No... definitely not. I'd want her to have the experience of finding her own, unique dress.
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Have you thought about your daughter possibly wearing your wedding dress when they get married? What do you think or hope will happen?