What Did You Do With Your Dress and Did You Ever Put It On Again?

JaneAustensGhost · November 2012

I'm curious what became of your wedding dress after your wedding, and did you ever put it on again, even just to see if it still fit.

HobokensFury · November 2012

My aunt is a dry cleaner and preserved it for me.

Beads921 · November 2012

I plan on selling mine. I know I'll never wear it again and would rather have the cash than have it taking up space in a closet.

casswhiting · November 2012

I plan on donating mine to a good cause after the wedding. Maybe Brides Against Breast Cancer. But I might change my mind - I haven't gotten hitched just yet.

achiduck · November 2012

Mine is hanging in our bedroom closet. Once I put it on when H wasn't home and sat around in it for 20 minutes. I'm doing a TTD shoot in January, except I'm not going to actually trash it.

After that, I'm not sure.

Karmasmom · November 2012

Mine is a simple mermaid style so I'm having it shortened to a knee length dress to wear for our anniversary. My H has promised to do a great job on the corset back.

Winterstarlips25 · November 2012

I like to kid with myself thinking I will do the whole Monica Geller thing from "Friends" where she cleans house in Emily's dress until Phoebe gets there. I could imagine myself folding clothes in my Wedding dress then someone knocks on the door.

I plan on preserving it with tax money.

KaitheyMartin · November 2012

Well, I am very much emotionally attached with my wedding gown so I am not gonna sell it. But my sister-in-law recently sold off her wedding gown. Her gown was really expensive and she sold it for almost half price to some needy bride.

flicdabic77 · November 2012

I bought a very "nontraditonal" dress with the express purpose of being able to wear it again. I attend various renaissance faires in my state, and it is perfect to wear again and again.

ksblumb · November 2012

I love all of the these ideas. I would love to cut it up and make various keepsakes out of it - a Christmas tree skirt, and christening gown, etc. , but I don't think I could bring myself to cut it up. Lol.

I also LOVE the idea of shortening it so you can wear it on anniversaries... again... I don't think I could bring myself to do it...

I might frame it.

Dream:
http://pinterest.com/pin/152770612330246559/

Realisitic:
http://pinterest.com/pin/75153887502165879/
http://pinterest.com/pin/255016397620655197/

GoodLuckBear14 · November 2012

DH's dad hosted a second reception for us on the other side of the country and I wore it then. Because it is a very simple chiffon dress with minimal pearl detailing, I plan on wearing it during a captain's dinner on a cruise (maybe next year) with chunky jewelry. After that, it is going to be cut down to knee length.

B2Z728 · November 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_attire-accessories_what-did-you-do-with-your-dress-and-did-you-ever-put-it-on-again?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:15Discussion:02c6cac1-e660-402e-bb47-1a66c481da30Post:fcdc5cfb-a53b-404d-af79-2058f0ed1139">Re: What Did You Do With Your Dress and Did You Ever Put It On Again?</a>:
[QUOTE]I like to kid with myself thinking I will do the whole Monica Geller thing from "Friends" where she cleans house in Emily's dress until Phoebe gets there. I could imagine myself folding clothes in my Wedding dress then someone knocks on the door. I plan on preserving it with tax money.
Posted by Winterstarlips25[/QUOTE]

<div>This cracked me up! I'd forgotten about that episode up until now. </div><div>
</div><div>Liatris - I also love the christmas ornament idea. That's really neat. </div><div>
</div><div>I had a strange experience with my wedding dress after the wedding that I wasn't expecting at all. One Saturday couple weeks after our honeymoon, my plan was to it take to the dry cleaners to have it preserved. As I was picking up the dress off the bed where it was laying, I got really sad for some reason. I was all weepy with tears. I just couldn't bring myself to get rid of the dress just yet and I didn't realize it till that exact moment. The strange thing was, I knew I wasn't getting rid of it. I was preserving it and it would still be mine. I went to H all sad faced and said I wasn't ready to get rid of it. He didn't quite understand but said it was okay. The next week I took some photos of all the details of the dress, the beading, the rouching, the neckline. Then I was content and was able to take it to the cleaners. It's all boxed up now, preserved, and sitting our our storage space. </div>

random4180 · November 2012

I plan to get it preserved and boxed eventually (keep on putting off actually sending out, though- not having a car makes it really hard to move the dress around!)

erinlin25 · November 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_attire-accessories_what-did-you-do-with-your-dress-and-did-you-ever-put-it-on-again?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:15Discussion:02c6cac1-e660-402e-bb47-1a66c481da30Post:fcdc5cfb-a53b-404d-af79-2058f0ed1139">Re: What Did You Do With Your Dress and Did You Ever Put It On Again?</a>:
[QUOTE]I like to kid with myself thinking I will do the whole Monica Geller thing from "Friends" where she cleans house in Emily's dress until Phoebe gets there. I could imagine myself folding clothes in my Wedding dress then someone knocks on the door. I plan on preserving it with tax money.
Posted by Winterstarlips25[/QUOTE]

LOL; that was my plan too, haha.

Maggie0829 · November 2012

For almost a year it hung uncleaned in my closet. I finally got it cleaned and preserved. It is now sitting in our office floor with some random items on top of it (still working on organizing our office!). I never put it back on and even if I wanted to I wouldn't be able to fit into after the newlywed 20 I ended up catching LOL!

JazzieL · December 2012

I haven't gotten to use my dress yet but love the idea of framing it... hahaha!

My friend got married 8 years ago and has 2 daughters. He oldest just turned 5 so she brought out her old wedding dress and her friend, (who's a professional photographer), took pictures of her 5 y/o in the wedding dress. SO CUTE! She plans on doing the same thing with her other daughter when she turns 5!

Peledreamsofrain · December 2012

I totally had plans to sell mine, but I got really attached and sentimental about it. Surprised me a lot. So this week the preservation company is shipping it back to me. Very excited to see it in the display box!

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