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How many of you have ever worn your BM dress again? We brides always like to think we've picked dresses that "can totally be worn again" but does anyone really?
I haven't worn the dress, my my sister wore it and I could definitely wear it if I have a formal to go to! Another dress, if I made the effort to shorten could be rewearable too!
I was a junior BM in my cousin's wedding when i was younger, sometime in the 90s. The dress was a monstrosity. That baby went to Goodwill faster than you could say boo.
There's not a choice for it- but I sold mine here on weddingbee classifieds!
I still have the BM dress, but I don't really like it. It is actually pretty wearable, but it is green and I don't really like wearing green. At some point it will probably end up at Goodwill :)
I'm trying to sell mine, but it's not working so well. I don't know what to do - I just want it out of my closet!!!!
I am a BM in a July wedding and I really love the dress the bride picked! It's formal enough but it's cocktail length and I can definitely see myself wearing it to a nice dinner.
I was in a wedding where we had to wear platinum. It's a beautiful color, but not very forgiving. Especially to those of us who are a whiter shade of pale. I donated that dress right away to a prom dress drive in Baltimore, where I was living at the time.
Mine was crap, our seamstress did something weird between last fitting and day of (ten days), so I could barely breathe, my boobs were so squashed. I could have fit TRIPLETS of a pregnancy into the belly of the dress, so to speak, but my boobs were flat. So I was delighted looking at the pics....!!
Also, black satin + hottest day of the year= not so good.
I have, but it was a different situation because my sister let me choose whatever I wanted, and I bought off the rack!
I've donated every BM dress I've had. They were either the wrong colour for my skintone or a really unflattering fit. I didn't care when wearing them but I definitely wouldn't ever pick one of them up and consider wearing it somewhere else lol. The wedding I'm in this summer has us in dresses that are identical to huge princessy wedding gowns but obviously in a different colour and I can guarantee you I will never have another place to wear a purple wedding gown again lol.
The dresses I'd love for my BM to wear is a really cute style that they all love but I'm pretty sure they won't wear it again because it's not their favorite colour. Oh well, as long as the price isn't too bad then it should be okay that it won't be worn again in my opinion.
I've been in two weddings, one I wore the dress often afterwards, it was a very simple, non-wedding styled dress. Not necessarily a color I would have chosen by myself, but fine. The other wedding, the mother of the bride had all the dresses made and paid for them, then sold them, as a "lot" to some other bride. According to my bridesmaids, many of them wore the dresses from my wedding again, but mine were also not traditional bridesmaid dresses. They were knee length, navy blue, sheath dresses, made of a linen/cotton/poly mix...machine wash, tumble dry, $24.99 from Newport News :) (ok, it was 15 years ago, but still!)
I added the selling option for those of you doing that.
The BM dress I wore was off the rack, and wasn't really Bridesmaidy but I never did wear it again. I hope that my MOH wears hers again, since I let her pick it out, but it wouldn't surprise me if she didn't!
I donated all of them... hopefully someone finds use out of them! They were all very "bridesmaidy" and definitely NOT re-wearable. 
Oh god no, it was a David's Bridal dress and (nothing against the ladies that pick them, they can look lovely in weddings!) wasn't well made or my style at all.
I work for an organization that throws formal dress "balls" where cocktail dresses, or even evening gowns might be appropriate on a fairly regular basis. I wore a bridesmaid's dress that I wore two summers ago to the last one. It was this one in espresso, and I was happy to have it on hand and not have to buy something.
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So, most of the dresses I had to wear as a bridesmaid were pastel colors and pretty unflattering. But one was a separates combo from David's and I think I wore the black organza-y skirt once more, and kept the black ribbon we tied at the waist. The white halter was donated, though.
I have two distinct different types of wearing it again stories... I wore one dress again to a formal in college. (It fit the event... some of my friends were wearing their prom gowns and my prom gowns were ultra formal so the semi-formal tea length gown was a better fit! The second gown has had a new life as a costume for my mother... (She's in a club that wears festive clothing with a red hat... ) So you can probably guess the color of the dress. The costume is a better costume than it was a dress... That being said, I have also been a "House Party" member multiple times. Some seasons, I could not find an appropriate pretty dress for the occasion and have ended up shopping for a less formal bridesmaid's gown. I didn't want to look like a bridesmaid... I just wanted to look dressed up for the occasion. (One year the only dresses that I saw outside of the bridal shop were horrible garish colors that I would never have worn ... another house party member ended up doing the same thing in another style. So there are definitely gowns that you will wear again... I actually don't think it matters as much that you wear it again, as your friends feel fabulous in the gown! The costume gown just wasn't me. I felt like I got stuck in a gown that didn't make me feel good, and it didn't help that the girl who picked out the dress... not the bride... a girl who really didn't make being in the bridal party easy... convinced the bride that her husband hated the dress... and couldn't she wear something else... (She was more drama queen than friend throughout the event!)
Oh, and one of my bridesmaids actually wore her dress in another girl's wedding a few months after my wedding (chocolate brown was so in that year). I was glad she got to wear it twice.
I have one I like from a wedding I was in 5 years ago... But mostly I haven't worn it because it is at my parents home in another state. It is bright green, so I might wear it for a costume party or halloween.
I've always donated mine to the glass slipper project which procides prom dresses for free to girls in need in Chicago. I've never liked any of mine enough to keep them and rewear them again.
I wore this dress (however its much more elegant in real life) and i've worn it to 2 weddings. It's a great dress
I've been a bridesmaid twice. The first dress got sent to Goodwill ASAP for various reasons - unflattering color, unflattering fit, uncomfortable... but the bride's younger sister wore hers to her prom, I believe.
The second dress I've held onto, as I really like it. If I ever have a formal - like black-tie - event to go to, I'd definitely wear it.
i have worn mine to some parties that required dressing up. for ppl nor rewearing their bm dresses i think the issue isn't always if the dress is ugly or the wrong style but not having a reason or place *to* wear it.
Ooooh, this question almost makes me cry! I was in a few weddings with HORRIBLE dresses that I immediately donated (though I can't imagine anyone wanting them!)
THEN, my lovely friend chose the J. Crew Sophia for hers. I was THRILLED b/c it is totally the kind of dress you can wear again! BUT, I had to have the straps shortened by a seamstress and also asked her to tack the criss-cross front together so it wouldn't gap. She assured me that I wouldn't be able to see her stitches on the front. Well, I got it back and she had shortened the straps SO much that the dress hardly fit and there were BIG UGLY stitches right on the front of the dress tacking the criss-crossed pieces together. I was so, so disappointed because it was a gorgeous dress (and my only BM dress) that I could've work over and over :-(
I was in one two summers ago that I finally took out of my closet and donated. It actually wasn't that bad of a dress...it might even be the one SapphireSun posted, but in a pool color. But I never tried any dresses on ahead of time, she just took my measurements and ordered it for me. It was about two sizes too big after alterations and looked like a giant bag. Not flattering.
I have one that I am wearing for a wedding I am in next weekend though that I do really like and will probably take on my honeymoon!
I was MOH and was asked to pick out my own LBD (little black dress.) I've worn it again many times in just a year - it was awesome =)
I have never had a bridesmaid dress normal enough to wear again. The killer is that every bride claimed the dress she picked was super wearable and we would totally be able to use it again. I donated every last one of them to a prom charity organization. Seriously, when am I going to wear a prom dress again? I'm in theatre and I can't even think of a legit reason or way to wear them again...
I've borrowed my godsister's brides maid dresses to and wore them to high school dances. But I have only been a bm once and that was last year so I haven't had a chance to re-wear it.
Every BM dress I have ever worn has been donated to a lucky niece, and they make wonderful princess dresses. Because of this, I opted for my BMs to wear simple Braja dresses (Made in India embroidered rayon dresses) and all of my BMs have already worn them again.
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Both times I was a bridesmaid, the brides said, "Oh, I've picked a dress you can wear again!" Nope. They're both floor length and very bridesmaidish. Plus, I think I ruined the one. We did a Chinese fire drill when the limo had to stop for a train, and I dragged the bottom through the nasty road slush. Then I was being silly and slid on the dance floor and put a hole in the top poofy layer.
By the way, there was no alcohol served at that wedding. :)
I was in a friend's wedding and while the dress was beautiful, it was floor length and I can't imagine ever wearing it again.
I donated two of them (that will never be able to be worn again by anyone but another bridesmaid), and one I kept because I actually like it, although I'm not sure I'll find an occasion to wear a bright pink shiny dress (which is too bad, because it's really pretty and comfortable! If only it were a more neutral color!).
I've been a bridesmaid six times now, and I've never worn any dress again. The short satin-y ones feel a little too bridesmaid-y, and I never really have occasions to wear long formal dresses. And if I did have such an occasion, I'd probably want to buy a fancy new dress!
But I liked all of the dresses!
I was in a wedding recently where one of the bride's main concerns when she chose dresses was that we would be able to wear them again. Bad idea. I learned form that experience that you should NOT expect your ladies to re-wear the dress. If they do, great....but don't make them feel like they must.
I've been a 'maid 7 times...and never reworn any of the dresses. All but 1 still exist in a large piece of luggage (also never used) in a closet. The 1 missing from the collection I had cut down and made into a dress for the couple's daughter's adoption service which was held in the same church they were married in 10 years before.
I did, it really helped that it was a black dress so it was totally re-usable.
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