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So, I was just looking through the classifieds. I don't need anything, I was just looking. :P I saw a post for a dress that'll be sold right after the wedding. I guess I'm more of a traditional gal than I thought, but there is no way I could sell my dress afterwards. I plan to keep it in the family. Granted, I don't even have a daughter to pass it down to yet, so it's possible I won't have anyone to give it to, but still. Plus, I'd like to think I chose a pretty decent style that'll be able to hold and still be relevant with time. :D
What do you think? Sell? Keep? Keep only if there's no Hubby #2 down the line! Ha! (kidding!!!)
I'm definitely going to try to sell it, but it's been altered to hell and back and is a trumpet so it would have to fit them perfectly... which is a stretch. I don't really have any desire to keep it. I don't think it will be relevant to my children if I have girls one day... I'm sure the styles will be so different. If I had a more classic style, I'd probably keep it. If I can't sell it after a month or so, I'm donating it. Heck, I might just donate it without trying to sell it.
I'd either keep it, donate it, or reutilize it into a new dress. However the spirit moves me. Hard to say what I'll think a decade from now, if I would still have that emotional attachment or would prefer to see it find new life.
DH has asked me and it surprised me that I don't know! I am definitely going to have it cleaned/preserved. I absolutely love my dress, but can't think of why I would keep it other than for sentimental reasons. I don't know that I could sell it, because it was heavily altered, and I'm a small person. I don't know of anyone else who would want to wear it. Maybe charity? I am beginning to think that I won't be able to part with it as I write this!
Not sure! Will have to wait and see how I feel about it once I get married. I'm not opposed to the idea as of now though.
I was thinking about selling it but the more I think about it...I think it would make a very nice dressy sundress if I can find someone to dye it in an ombre pattern...maybe some reds and oranges. I can see myself wearing it to something like a wedding (pun intented) or a dressy night out....
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Absolutely. I love it, but I am not going to wear it again and don't need it taking up room in my closet. It would be cool for a daughter to wear it or something but I am not going to keep it around on the off chance that I might have a daughter and she might want to wear my dress.
I could furnish an entire room with the money I would get!
I definitely will try to sell mine. If I can't get what I want for it, then i'll most likely keep it. I always SAY i want to "keep it in the family" or maybe have my little sister (14 years younger than me) wear it...but i don't want to be one of those moms that get upset that my daughter doesn't wear my dress. I got a new dress - she should too! So, if I did keep it, it would be for sentimental reasons only.
@ ellenphant
I want to buy your dress! Except I am already married. Maybe I can use the money I get for my dress to buy yours and then just wear it around the house.
LOL Jocelyn!!! (that is your name right?) You are too kind. If you are still interested after July 31st next year, let me know! ;-) btw - i loved your dress too. I actually planned on trying yours (bee, right?) on at the trunkshow, but they didn't have it! Beautiful! Do you plan on selling?
Yeah, I am going to sell it. But I am short and wore low heels, so I will have to find a short buyer.
I am keeping mine.
My dress is form fitted lace, and I plan on having it shortened after the wedding. I am going to get as much use out of it as possible since I paid $4300 for it before alterations. It will be my official anniversary dress until I can no longer fit into it. I also plan on saving the extra silk and lace to incorporate into possible pieces for our future children(christening gown...)
If I purchased a different style dress that could not easily be altered into something wearable again I would have definitely sold it.
I'm trying to figure this out right now. I'm not sure if I can cut it off or not.
@kellyalvey-I think you could definitely shorten this dress, although I am no seamstress, but any good seamstress worth her weight could probably tell you instantly. I think it could work, and great dress by the way.
I am going to wait unil after the wedding to decide, but I will either sell it or have it shortened and possibly dyed into a cocktail dress. I haven't met with a seamstress yet, but we'll see what she says.
I think I am going to do a TTD shoot and then have thw remnants made into a new cocktail dress. It won't be a big loss since I am making my dress myself.
Yeah, I'm a big softie and pack rat ;/ at that so I guess my decision doesn't suprise me. Also, in a hyphothetical world, I wouldn't force a daughter to wear my dress if she didn't want to. I guess I'd mainly keep it for sentimental reasons.
I would never sell my wedding dress. My mom kept hers and I plan to keep mine. I'm wearing the one attached in ivory.
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I plan on repurposing mine somehow...maybe a costume or short dress or something. I can't sell it anyway since it's home-made.. :)
I think it would depend on how much I paid for it. If I paid more than $1000 for it, and I could get up to half of it back, I think I would sell it. But I'm pretty practical though, and I know that I would never, ever wear it again, no even take it out to look at.
But if I paid less than $1000 for it, there's not much of a chance I would get that much for it anyway, so I would consider keeping it, maybe keeping in mind a day-after or anniversary shoot somewhere down the line :)
I also think it's a good idea to sell just because you can g ive another bride a chance to wear her dream dress that she couldn't otherwise have afforded.
Nooooooooooo way. I thought about it and couldnt even fathom it. I love that dress, and I keep thinking about a daughter someday wanting to wear it or use pieces of it or something..
Ill be keeping mine though I have gotten a few requests from people on here that they want to buy it. I know I will never wear it again and its still not cleaned or boxed but I cant bear selling it. I contimplated doing it a week ago because we really need $$ but even DH said there was no way he would let me sell it.
i would definitely sell mine and try to get some money back. i would even rent one if i can. i realy don't want to spend $1000+ buying a dress i will only wear once. :P
sigh i'm not engaged yet, but i dunno, the style that i am looking at and for is a very classic and chic style and i really want it in gold or some deep ivory-champagne color so i suppose it really could be repurposed and worn at a gala (slim fitting ruched one shoulder).. i am thinking the la sposa fanal is what i'll end up with and it can go both ways in the right color.
I was surprised when FI asked me to keep it. = ) There are many things our kids/grandkids could use it for. I know my veil is being made out of lace from my FMIL's dress. So to know I could to something like that for a future daughter in law or daughter is a nice thought.
@hisbarista: that's a great thought. i think the veil i'd end up with is more of a traditional one (drop veil) one would hope M's daughter or either of our son's wife's will want to wear it, or any of my siblings.
I'm just goign to donate mine. I really can't think of a good reason to keep it for myself or future children, so I'd rather just be of use to a stranger! We don't really keep things like that in our family - my mom has hers, but my sisters and I just sort of laughed at her when she asked if we wanted to use it in any way. We're just not sentimental people :)
I am very likely going to keep mine. I keep everything already so of course I'd keep my wedding gown!
I couldn't even imagine selling my dress. I love it too much. Plus I'm a shortie who needed about 12 inches cut off my dress. I doubt there would be someone who fits into my dress. So it will happily live in my closet after our wedding.
I don't know what I'm going to do. Knowing me, I'll keep it until a few years from now, I'll find it and either toss it or donate it. I would like to keep it for if I have a daughter but odds are, she will want another dress or I will totally forget where I put it.
I do like Miss Chapstick's idea of selling it so someone who wasn't able to afford the dress can.
Then again, I bought mine pretty cheap so I wouldn't get much money back.
Unless, someone on weddingbee saw my dress and asked me if I would sell... then maybe I would.
This is a question I'm debating myself. As I've left the dress in California and I now live in Italy, there's not much I can actually do at the moment. I love my dress, it isn't really alterable into an evening gown... hm...
I'm still thinking about it. At first, before I got the dress, I was thinking I would, but now that its mine, I don't know if I can part with it! I guess I'll wait until that time comes, let me enjoy it first! But luckily I don't need alterations, I just need to add a bustle, so if I do sell it, it'll be in its original form!
I absolutely adore my dress... but I'm definitely planning on selling it afterwards, if I can find a buyer. I'm never going to have another chance to wear it, and even if I do have a daughter, I doubt that she will want to wear mom's old wedding dress. Instead I would rather recoup some of the $$, and let someone else wear it who maybe wouldn't have been able to afford it otherwise.
I told myself I would, but I'm having a hard time thinking about selling it now.
If I do, it will be for something really important, like starting our life together. I don't necessarily think my daughter (if I have one) would want to wear it, or would even fit in it, since I'm abnormally short and FI is tall, but that'll make it hard to sell, too!
i am actually not that attached to the dress afterwards as i thought i would be. i began having dress regrets about three months prior to the event, and i even bought a reception dress. its been hanging outside my bathroom door since the wedding, i don't know if i want to sell it or not. on the other hand, what if i did have a sentimental daughter/granddaughter that would like to use the dress or part of the dress? i don't know. i think it will hang out on the door for a few months til i figure it out! :)
Depending on the dress I finally decide on, I'll probably either sell it or keep it and transform it into having a new life as a party dress.
I am undecided, but due to my many alterations to the dress, plus it was one that I purchased at a very low price, so who knows. Maybe I will have it changed to another dress, or TTD. We shall see!
I think I am selling mine because i can recoup some of my money.
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