Would you sell your wedding dress?

[Leafyhouse]

I am seriously thinking about selling my wedding dress. Not because I need the money and not because I'm unhappily married. Just because I'm fed up with storing it and I'm starting to wonder what the point is of keeping it. I have lots of lovely photos so I won't forget what it looks like.
I have two sons so there is no way they will ever want it. I doubt, if they get married, that my future daughter in law would want it (that would be really weird, wouldn't it?). I thought about possible grandaughters, but honestly it would be 30-40 years old by then and it's not a famous designer or anything. What would you do?

I would it it's been back in its bag since the day after the wedding 11 years ago

It's still got grass stains and a rip though so it continues to languish in the wardrobe until god knows when

I would, but then I'm not a 'things' person. I'd enjoy the lovely memories and the thought of someone else making memories in it too would make me happy. It's such a shame for such a fabulous dress to get just the one outing.

I would never ever get rid of mine. My dress and veil are in the dress bag stored under my childhood bed at my dads house.
I know I'll never wear it again, nor will i give it to anyone. For me it's the fact I've still got it.
I still have my other important dresses and accessories as well (christening, communion, confirmation, prom, bridesmaid). So of course I was going to keep my wedding dress and veil.

Never. I try it on every ten years or so and marvel at how thin I used to be.

No, I had mine made and it's beautiful and purple and I designed it myself. I haven't worn it since the wedding, but I have literally spent most of that time pregnant or carrying baby weight. When I've lost this baby weight I'll probably arrange a really nice meal I can wear it to.

I donated mine to cherished gowns uk, they make outfits for stillborn babies out of them, I got a dolls dress made out of some of it first for my daughter.

I'm seriously thinking about it. I love it but it makes me feel a bit sad and wasteful knowing it's hanging up and will never be worn again. It's in the future nursery in a wardrobe which I hope I'll have a need to clear out soon, so probably best to get shot of it when it's still a relatively recent design.

If you don't need the money you could always donate it to a charity shop or similar. Someone who wants to get married but doesn't have much of a budget might be very grateful for your lovely dress at an affordable price

I did about 6 months after my wedding, it was a Maggie sotero I paid 1000 for it and sold it for 550 on eBay.

Still happily married 8 years on and my girls probably wouldn’t wear it, I’m sentimental, just not with things / stuff

I did. For more than I bought it for through a shop that sold wedding dresses on customers' behalf.. Couldn't see the point of keeping it, I have the wedding pictures and that's enough.

Not at the moment. I try my old dress on occasionally. However after the last time I did this I perhaps ought to consider selling it. It has to go on over my head and I got totally stuck. I had to wait for DH to get home to rescue me and he couldn’t stop laughing. Will try to get it on one last time. Wish me luck!

I sold my dress from my 1st wedding (2004) on eBay for £20! It was a massive a-line dress, huge train, beads, embroidery, satin etc by Benjamin Roberts. I just couldn’t shift it and eventually it went for 20 quid! If you know the make and specific dress number, search for it on eBay and see if there’s any for sale currently for a rough idea of what it might make you.

I would have sold mine if I hadn't destroyed it...I'm not sure quite how I managed it, but I know i had a good time!

I considered selling my gown as it was by quite a famous designer but I eventually decided to keep it. The skirt was then used to make DD's christening gown, whereas the bodice I still have. I'll probably keep that. Who knows, perhaps DD will like it and have it reworked for her own wedding one day

I sold my first one. Got over half the value back and used the cash for a car deposit. If you've paid a lot, recoup some of it! I was also glad that the woman who bought it got a seriously stunning dress for a bargain, as she was marrying on a tight budget.

My dress has been on preloved for weeks and has not had so much as an email! I also contacted a secondhand wedding dress shop and they haven't got back to me. So it looks like no, I won't sell it!

Yes I did sell mine. Why keep it? I loved it and loved the day but much better for someone to enjoy it. Sold it for 300 pounds on eBay 9 years ago, it costed 850 pounds then

I’m debating this too. Trying to declutter generally, and have just had my 4th and last child..... a 4th boy! So no-one except me is likely to be at all interested in it. I’m not quite ready to sell yet, but I think I may talk myself into it in the next couple of years.

I'm in the same position as you, OP. I don't really know why I still have my dress, and in some ways wish that I had sold it soon after we got married when the style was still current enough that it might have made more than £20.

I'm going to look into Cherished Gowns (I hadn't heard of them before, thanks seastargirl) for when I'm back in the UK. Perhaps I'll just keep my veil in case someone in the family wants it for a "something old" in due course - at least that doesn't take up lots of space

I sold mine and bought a coleport china bride with a similar dress and some more of my dining set.

Meant say a shop took it on cosignment and took a commission for selling it, but that was 27 years ago

Mine will go to cherished gowns. So poignant for me as I've miscarried myself on multiple occassions. I'm divorcing now, but so glad my dress will make someone else who has a loss feel slightly better at a terrible time x