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Experience dyeing a dress?

cokie216cokie216
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Hi everyone,

I am only having a maid of honor at my wedding and am looking for a regular cocktail dress since it's just her and I don't need to go the bridesmaid dress route.  I can't find anything I like in the color I'm looking for so I was thinking of doing a white dress and having it died.  I have zero experience with this so I was wondering if anyone has ever done this and if they have any tips.  I don't think I'd do it myself- would bring it to a professional but still looking for advice.  Many thanks!
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Re: Experience dyeing a dress?

  • msuprincess04msuprincess04 member
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    edited June 2012
    Nailing a color perfectly, when you don't have any experiencing dying something will be extremely difficult even if you pick a dress in a dyable fabric. Call around and look for a place that will dye something. Perhaps another wedding shop, as they likely have done this before with shoes and such.

    Good luck!
    "There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness." -Friedrich Nietzsche, "On Reading and Writing"
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  • id012id012 member
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    I am kind of in the same boat.. i have one moh and thats it, and its really hard finding a color that i want in a apporiate dress! honestly i wish i just had her order something from a bridal shop.
    Anyway, I didnt think about dying anything but we are going to go with the infinity dress. I know a few people who wore these to weddings as bridemaids and there cut, and they actually still wear them..
    They come in a million colors.. I found hers on etsy. Maybe you can check that out before you commit to dying. The one she is getting is like 60 dollars.
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  • naomikbnaomikb member
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    Dyeing it wouldn't be the best idea.  What colour are you looking for?  Have you checked department stores?

    Another choice is to do a black dress and accent it with a belt/sash in your colour or some awesome flowers in your colours.
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  • cokie216cokie216
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    Thanks for all the advice. I'm looking for eggplant/deep purple but its not really in season now. I'll check out the infinity dress!
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  • ootmother2ootmother2 member
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    Natural fabrics dye well, synthetics don't

    Choose with care
    GL
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