https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 09 May 2026 07:44:25 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-91112 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:15:17 +0000 chewyspaghetti 91112@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had mine made- using appliques and beading form my mom's dress. I also wore her veil. I had it packed for storage at the dry cleaners like San's daughter. It's probably too big for me now, but I keep thinking that I should break it out and see. I doubt that my daughter will want to wear my dress (it's ballet length since I had to walk up a cement path on an incline at the ceremony), but if she wants to recyle the dress or use the appliques, veil or fabric (I still have extra)- they are hers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-91054 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:55:39 +0000 Angie 91054@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such great stories! All of them. </p> <p>I've been married for almost 13 years too, Kristen. I wish I could get married all over again – to my same Greg of course. I just loved designing my dress and having it made. It was such fun! I went vintage with pearls and disco shoes. And I would do that again next time round. </p> <p>R&#38;J, I love how your wedding dress will be used. Not sure what I’d do with my wedding dress if I still had it. I'd probbably donate it. So I guess it ended up in the right place after all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-91024 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:58:08 +0000 Kristen 91024@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, I bought a vintage dress from the 60s for a few hundred dollars at a thrift store, and my MIL updated the sleeves so it would fit. Then I had it archived and it's been sitting in a box in my basement ever since. Hey, I'll bet it would fit again! I was about this size when we got married...13 years ago. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-91007 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:39:21 +0000 RobinAshleySmith 91007@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I purchased an AMAZING Vera Wang wedding dress on EBAY for my wedding, spent a little money on alternations and cleaning when I got it-- wore it, and sold it again on EBAY when I was finished and actually made money on my dress! I figured, I hope my (future) daughter has enough style of her own to want her own dress one day, not my hand me down. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-91005 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:22:28 +0000 RoseandJoan 91005@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm hoping to have the material from my wedding dress made into two Christening gowns for my two daughters. I wore a very pale pink satin column dress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-90969 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:43:55 +0000 Sarah 90969@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am very lucky to have many photographer friends who beg their friends to pose for a trash the dress shoot.<br /> I do like the idea of donating it for a cause, that could be very meaningful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-90965 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:35:02 +0000 loramay 90965@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm a newbie to this forum (although I've lurked for ages), but I simply had to respond to this post. Five years ago I donated my dress to Making Memories, (<a href="http://makingmemories.org/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://makingmemories.org/index.html</a> ) an organization which grants wishes to women with terminal breast cancer. Their Brides Against Breast Cancer program raises money by reselling donated new and used wedding gowns, veils, slips, etc. "Dated" gowns are recycled into quilted artwork. My gown was a boxed albatross (1986 edition) on a shelf in my closet for many years. You can imagine. One day reality struck: I had pictures, I had the marriage, I didn't need the dress. It wouldn't be in style when my daughters married, nor would it fit them. (My then-nine year old couldn't zip it past her ribs). I sent it off, got a tax deduction and have no regrets. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-90948 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:24:07 +0000 cciele 90948@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's a lovely dress! I would try to sell it, or the "trash the dress" shoot sounds very intriguing. I like the symbolism :)</p> <p>My wedding dress is a knee-length silk shantung from Ann Taylor. I've kept it around because I can definitely wear it as a cocktail/semi-formal dress.</p> <p>Angie -- oops, the Salvation Army. Someone must have been lucky that day! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-90945 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:21:27 +0000 Vani 90945@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I heard about trash-the-dress sessions on the radio and found it amusing! I think I would rather pass it on or consign it so someone will have the chance to afford a beautiful dress. But that's just me. And then there's the cost of having to pay for a photo shoot :-D<br /> My wedding dress is a sari with a simple modern design so I'm pretty sure in a year or two (4 yrs after my wedding) I should be able to wear it to other Indian weddings or similar functions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-90942 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:09:13 +0000 LoP 90942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had a Maggie Sottero dress, too! I still love her designs. I want to sell or give it away, but then I ended up getting it preserved as an heirloom. I don't keep physical things so I still think I'll give it away one day. I'm curious to hear what ideas others have to make use of it. Today is my wedding anniversary so maybe I should wear it again and do that trash-the-dress photo shoot! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-90936 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:01:43 +0000 bella 90936@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine is tucked away at my parents' house!:) </p> <p>Angie, I would love to see a picture of your wedding dress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-90933 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:57:24 +0000 Angie 90933@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hah!</p> <p>I accidently gave mine away to the Salvation Army. It's okay. No kids to pass my dress along to. Pictures and memories are fine. </p> <p>I've kept my Mums's outfit though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-90931 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:55:08 +0000 Angie 90931@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>deleted </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-90923 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:48:32 +0000 Sarah 90923@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here's a link on "trash the dress":<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trash_the_dress" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trash_the_dress</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-90916 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:34:07 +0000 Anonymous 90916@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is so beautiful, you should sell it at a consignment shop so another bride can wear it. I did this once and the shop owner told me how happy the new bride was to find a dress she could afford and that it fit her perfectly, so that made me feel great about it.<br /> My daughter's wedding dress is in a box that the dry cleaner put it in especially for wedding dress storage. She is under the impression that her daugther will wear it. Time will tell on that one.<br /> What in the world is a trash the dress photoshoot????? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-90915 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:33:42 +0000 Ana 90915@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What on earth is a "trash the dress" photo shoot? I'm so curious! :D</p> <p>I didn't have a "real" wedding dress. I wore a skirt and a knit top. I just folded both those up and put them in a drawer in my closet. We saved Brendan's clothes too. We're kind of sentimental, hee hee. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-90908 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:22:24 +0000 rute 90908@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not sentimental at all, I had a friend who married on the following year and I gave it to her (she had not money). Never regret it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-diddo-you-do-with-your-wedding-dress#post-90902 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:11:54 +0000 Sarah 90902@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I purchased a knock off Maggie Sottero gown for my wedding, and I'm contemplating what to do with it. It is far too big for me now, and is too dramatic to wear for any occasion.<br /> <a href="http://images.marketplaceadvisor.channeladvisor.com/hi/60/59951/maggie_eleganza.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://images.marketplaceadvis.....eganza.jpg</a><br /> I'm not sentimental about it, so I could sell it and not miss it. I've also considered doing a trash the dress photo shoot.<br /> So what did you do with your dress? </p>