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posted 2 years ago in Dress
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  • poll: Will you trash your dress after the wedding?
    Yes! It looks like fun, and it's not like I'm ever going to wear it again! : (5 votes)
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    Yes, but only in a way that I can have it cleaned and restored afterwards. : (12 votes)
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    Absolutely not! : (56 votes)
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    Undecided. : (12 votes)
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    Frugal Bride    July 17, 2010   Ontario, Canada

    Hi Bees!

    I'm just wondering how many of you plan on trashing your dress after your wedding? It's seems to be a big fad lately, but I don't think that I could do it! How about you?

     
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    gocubbies       Illinois

    I am probably going to try & resell it afterwards, so probably not

     
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    thefuturemrsgibbs    June 12, 2010   Northern California

    I wanted to save my wedding dress. I know that my future daughter (who isn't born yet) probably won't be as petite as I am but I want to show her the dress some day. I'm curious to know what is the fun part about trashing your wedding dress and why is this a fad?

     
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    msmonicka    June 19, 2010   Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    No way!!

     
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    Rosie Girl    September 18, 2010   Montana

    No! There is no way I could do that to my dress!

     
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    cvbee    August 13, 2010   canada

    I have seen some beautiful pictures of ladies diving into water with their dresses.  I might consider doing it with all my best friends once we have all gotten married, if they are into that sort of thing. 

     
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    spaniel    March 2010   Los Angeles, CA

    No way! I'm going to try to sell it after the wedding, and I don't want to make cleaning any more difficult than it already is!

     
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    Worry Wart    July 2010  

    I won't be doing it.  I can't imagine trashing my dress that I spent endless hours looking for and worrying about. 

     
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    veganglam    January 5, 2013   Philadelphia; Wedding in NYC

    Nononononono.  My dress is my baby.

     
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    jordynrose    October 16, 2010   Las Vegas, NV/Chandler, AZ

    I would like to do some unusual shots out and around downtown Phoenix, but nothing that will wear/tear/soil the dress beyond a normal dry cleaning.

     
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    futuredrbraun    May 15, 2010  

    NO WAY!!!! :)

     
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    mizrunzou    June 26, 2010   Kansas City, MO

    No way!  I want to try to sell mine!

     
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    melv0802    September 18, 2010   new jersey/philadelphia

    no way..i couldn't see myself doing that..after all the money spent, and sentimental value in it..i just couldn't bring myself to trash it..

     
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    ginandtonic    July 31, 2010   Bristol, RI

    It seems like it would just be painful to me!

     
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    SandAareEngaged    September 18, 2010   Pomona, California

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    Specially since Im in the Wedding Photography business, there is no way I WONT lol

    They're just so Unique and Beautiful. I think that having the memory of your dress in these gorgeous portraits is much of a better memory to keep than to have the memory of your dress just stored in a box never to be worn again. You can continue to enjoy your dress again after the wedding day to have fun with the photoshoot and you can show your dress to everyone in the pictures and wont be able to show your dress to anybody all that easily being stored lol. 

    heres some examples to inspire u to do it 

     

    Will you trash your dress? :  wedding 0053 Sarah 2008 10 12

     
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    lilperiwinkle    October 10, 2010   Connecticut

    I love the idea but I dunno it's hard to say...On one hand I love the pictures and what a cool idea but on the other my daughter not that she will like my dress in 20 something years I want her to have it ..not to mention thats a lot of money to wreck the dress 

     
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    monitajb    July 17, 2010   Sacramento

    Nope. Plan on donating the dress to charity after the wedding (great tax write-off potential).

     
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    msqthoney    April 10, 2010   Los Angeles, California

    Yes yes yes!  I plan to milk every thread of my two dresses-- and the best way to do that?  I will take tons of pics! hahaha I'm not gonna go crazy though, I should be able to clean them after.  No paints, mud or anything crazy

     
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    Sep_Queen    September 4, 2010  

    Nope spent too much money to do that..

     
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    cardigan    January 7, 2011   Austin, TX

    Nope! I'm saving it because I'm too sentimental to let go of it!

     
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    eimersc    August 21, 2010   St. Louis, MO/South Dakota

    That's kind of like throwing away money. I hope I can sell it. 

    I really do love the girl on the pool table and in the pool, and I would def do it if I had another, less expensive reception dress. 

     
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    beautifulbride2010    September 24, 2009   NYC

    I'm not going to trash my dress. How could I???

    I'll try to resell it

     
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    fourpeass    August 14, 2010   New Haven, CT

    There needs to be an other option! I had dress regret so I bought another dress. I'm trying to sell the first one but if it doesn't go, I'm doing a trash the dress session in it. A REAL trash the dress with paint.

     

     
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    redbullfanatic    July 7, 2010   Long Beach, CA

    We're doing ours the day after our wedding.  I don't plan on ripping it or setting it on fire but I want to do some really cool shit in it like jump on a surf board and take a wave in, roll around in the wet sand...I think the photos come out beautifully, so I can't resist to have those moments captured after we've been married, being silly and carefree.

     
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    sapphirebride    December 31, 2010   Seattle, WA

    Nope, I want to resell it.

     
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    LittlestBirds    July 24, 2010   Seattle, WA

    It falls under the category of "if I won the lottery." I love love love TTD shoots, and I know it's possible to do them in a way that doesn't destroy the dress. I believe in reusing as much as possible so it is important to me to pass on my dress to another bride if I can do so. Also I don't feel like trying to budget for a TTD session after doing e-pics, boudoir, bridal, and the wedding day.

     
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    libra5979    04/18/10   Arizona

    This is something that I have wanted to do since the first time I heard of it. It just makes amazing pictures and, to me, the atr will get a lot more enjoyment hanging on the wall than the dress will all perfectly stored hanging in the closet. 

    I used this as a negotiation point with my photog, too. He's dying to do a great TTD session, so I was able to talk him down (30%!) by promising this to him. I know it will be a blast. 

    Of course my husband will wear a Goodwill suit, not a good one - we wouldn't want to ruin his nice clothes! Oh, wait... haha.

     
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    zippylef    October 30, 2010   Norfolk, UK

    I really, really want to, but I don't think I can bear to do it. I love my dress too much. I may buy a cheap thrift store one and do it though.

     
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    heinekend    April 10, 2010   Oklahoma

    I'm definitely not. I plan to save and eventually turn it into a christening gown and a communion dress.

     
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    verosara    March 27, 2010   LA, California

    No, it was too much for me to just ruin or even keep.  Since I didn't have to hem it from the bottom, I'm going to try to re-sell afterwards.

     

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