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mine is too ornate to use as anything else, but I've thought about shortening my getaway dress (an ivory silk jcrew dress I got on clearance) or selling it
My wedding dress is preserved and in a box. It wasn't too expensive, but I was NOT prepared for how HUGE the box is! (My dress was trumpet w/ a sweep train, but they must have the same size box for everyone.) I need to redo my closets to make room for it...maybe around Christmas when my schedule slows down. I have hopes that my nieces will wear it or another relative, but if not I might sell it in a few years. I hope it is that timeless!
I wonder if you could make something out of it? I was thinking about doing that too.. Idk what you could make though. It's usually such delecate fabric.
I'm embarassed to say that six months after my wedding, my dress is still hanging on the back of my closet door. Needless to say that I haven't decided what to do with it yet. I've thought about getting it cut off to make into a cocktail dress (could wear it for an anniversary party or vow renewal or something), but I don't know anything about sewing. I don't know if it would work or be super expensive.
I took forever, but finally had it cleaned. The company that cleaned it screwed up and got some stains on it. After a couple of months I found another company to clean it. Now, it's sitting in it's big, gray box in my room. Still deciding what I will do with it in the future.
I'm still mulling over the idea of Brides Against Breast Cancer because my mom is a survivor. http://bridesagainstbreastcancer.org/
I don't think it will ever serve any purpose for me other than sitting in a closet otherwise. I'm still a bit sentimentally attached at this point, so I'll give it another month or so.
Mine is cleaned and preserved. We are undecided about kids as well but I couldn't get rid of it.
I am undecided at this point too but am leaning towards donating it. Need to have it cleaned first!
My dress is totally wearable to another special event (just not another wedding since it's white). It's tea/knee-length, so yeah, I'm planning on wearing it again. That was one of the reasons I was drawn to it initially. Our wedding has been over for two months, and I just picked it up from the dry cleaners this weekend.
If I had bought a more expensive dress, I would have sold it, for sure.
It's hanging in my closet. I can't decide what to do with it. Part of me wants to keep it and part of me thinks I should sell it. So until I decide in my closet it will hang.
i'll definitely be keeping my dress, hopefully to wear again for special occasions. i'd love to be able to wear it for anniversaries if it still fits! my dress is short, and not a wedding dress, just a pretty ivory dress.
i'm trying to decide...i think i may donate it after i have it cleaned.
Donating is a good idea.... although I would like to keep it in case some family members would want to wear it (I already have an aunt who wants it b/c she can't afford one... now all she needs is the husband lol!)
We would definitely sell ours, if we could just find a buyer!
I'm planning on doing a trash the dress photo shoot with mine. It's too fancy to wear somewhere else and I could never sell it. I'd rather have awesome photos of it than have it sit in my closet.
I"m trying to sell the first one I got, but I'm keeping the one I wore for the wedding. Its lace on the top layer and a silk layer underneath, so I'm planning on having christening outfits made for our future kids and not sure what to do with the lace yet. I'm hoping to learn to sew over the winter break from school, so hopefully I'll figure something out. Once spring/summer comes back around, we're going to do post wedding pics so for now its just hanging in the closet
I'm trying to sell mine. It would make some nice Christmas cash. The box is really too big for us to store anywhere in our small apartment (it was sitting on the floor in the living room next to the couch for like 4 months). I don't REALLY want to sell it, but it makes the most sense. If any future daughter of ours wants to wear something of mine on her wedding day, I have my two veils. I've thought about making something out of it, but it's mostly made of tulle and that just doesn't make into stuff very well.
I'm planning on making mine into a christening outfit for my future children.
I have no idea. It's hanging in my parents guest room closet at the moment. I would like to do an aftershot since it rained on our wedding day, but we are trying to save for a house and not spend more on the wedding.
I custom-made dress by Gioavonni's Bridal ( the one I hated) ended up being donated to Salvation Army. The Ren wedding dress was given to a friend. And the one I ended up wearing, well I am still undecided on that one!
I was married six months ago, and I wore my mother's wedding dress. I had it cleaned and now it's stored in mom's house (no room in our apartment) where she's saving it for my daughter in case she wants to wear it some day.
Sadly, my dress is still hanging in a closet at my parents house untouched. I really need to get it cleaned and boxed but I hate paying so much money to do that to never be able to see my dress again until I break the seal on the box. Plus I dont feel like researching cleaners!
i am going to preserve mine and in the future, when I have kids, i will make my daughter wear it!! hehe
If anyone is looking for a wonderful cause to donate their dress, the Mary Madeline Project takes wedding dresses and turns them into gowns for premature babies that don't survive, in an effort to help the families. I know it sounds a bit sad for something so joyful, but you can know that you're helping people who really need an extra bit of love.
I had mine cleaned right away (it was only $25 because it's t-length) and I plan on wearing it again next year to my friends "Phantom of the Opera" gala in Los Angeles.
After that I plan to have it dyed black, however it's lace over-lay and I've been told that dying lace can sometimes be difficult.
Does anyone here know anything about this?
Thanks!!!
CO919, at a minimum you should get your dress cleaned while you decide what to do. It'll help get those body oils, dirt on the hem and other "spills" off your dress before they set in and ruin the material.
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So I'm now 2 months out from my wedding and have started to wonder what to do with my wedding dress.... Pre-wedding, I had always thought it made logical sense to just have it cleaned and sell it, but now that i'm here, and the wedding's over, I just can't really get myself to feel right about selling my dress. On the other hand, I can't get the logical side of my brain wrapped around the whole cleaning/preserving of the dress to have it sit in storage indefinitely (we're still undecided on having kids).
I've also started to think about options for altering my dress to be able to re-use it myself. Has anyone had their gown shortened or altered to make it more useful post-wedding?