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What did you do with your wedding dress?

118 replies

BoPeepCantFindHerFucks · 14/09/2021 18:02

I have separated from my husband over 20 years + and I've always had the dress hung up in its bag in the wardrobe. But I was having a clear out today and I was wondering what to do with it.

I don't fit in it now Blush
Regardless of whether you are still married or not, what did you do with yours?

OP posts:
Hopdathelf · 14/09/2021 18:52

First one was dyed and reworn, second one is still worn quite often and when not in use it’s displayed on a mannequin.

MrsColon · 14/09/2021 18:56

Gave it to my sister, who altered it (to look different) and wore it for her wedding.

She's going to make it into a christening gown for her DC.

Bontanics · 14/09/2021 18:59

I still wear it occasionally.

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Mymapuddlington · 14/09/2021 19:00

My mum cut it up to use as dusters 😂

MsTSwift · 14/09/2021 19:03

Have mad parties with female friends where we all wear them and get drunk. It’s actually really fun.

KKTGW · 14/09/2021 19:05

Mine lived in its bag in the loft for 13 years until we split up.

I donated it a year or so later to the textiles department at the school where I work.

cushioncovers · 14/09/2021 19:08

It stayed in a box in the loft for years then when I moved house after my divorce it went in the skip along with all the other rubbish.

myheartskippedabeat · 14/09/2021 19:17

www.lovekeepcreate.co.uk/baby-wedding-dress-keepsakes/wedding-dress-keepsake-doll/

I know someone who had one of these made and my cousin had hers made into a christening gown fo their daughters

xprincessxjanetx · 14/09/2021 19:18

Nothing, it just hangs in my wardrobe. I'm far too big for it now and it isn't even a 'proper' wedding dress. It's a white summer dress I bought from next as I wanted it to be really simple.

Ttbhappy · 14/09/2021 19:20

Wrapped in acid free tissue paper and in a box and if my daughter wants to wear it one day she can

PissedOffNeighbour22 · 14/09/2021 19:20

I've been wondering what to do with mine too.

I paid a fortune to have it sent off for professional cleaning and boxing. Then it's sat on top of a wardrobe for years. I got divorced a few years ago and it won't fit me when I remarry in the next couple of years. No idea what to do with it.

Twizbe · 14/09/2021 19:23

Mines in the loft in a special box. Been married 10 years and not sure what I'll do with it long term.

YoComoManzanas · 14/09/2021 19:27

Ooh thats just given me the idea. I might repurpose mine into some silk pillow cases or something.

Heatherjayne1972 · 14/09/2021 19:35

It’s in the loft. In a bin bag. Probably mouldy by now
Can’t say I’m bothered

MeredithMae · 14/09/2021 19:43

My (£1500) dress went to the dry cleaners then to charity! I loved it, but it had been so stressful finding it, getting it, altering it, etc and it cut me to bits on the day so I couldn't see the back of it quick enough.

I can't remember the charity but they gave gowns to brides who had a terminal illness or their soon to be husbands did.

SkylarFerris · 14/09/2021 19:57

I saw an advert by a student artist and donated it to them. They ran in a race where people throw coloured paint at you. She displayed it as one of her final pieces.

SkylarFerris · 14/09/2021 19:58

I wish my mum had kept hers. She made hers in the 70s. It had a hood instead of a veil.

WeAreTheHeroes · 14/09/2021 20:03

I gave mine to a charity shop with a wedding dress department. Had the dress longer than the husband.

Chotuladoo · 14/09/2021 20:04

I have 2 bridal sarees (as is the fam tradition) one I can wear again but the other languishes in a vac bag thingy. I have no idea what to do with it so there it stays. I am not at all crafty or Id have made it into a cushion cover or something.

PurplePosies · 14/09/2021 20:05

Sold it not long after the wedding. I was lucky enough to get a stunning designer dress that cost a small fortune. I wanted someone else to have the chance to wear it without the same price tag.

BobsBurgersisthebest · 14/09/2021 20:11

[quote Hen2018]www.cherishedgowns.org.uk/[/quote]
I wanted to donate here. I got married 2 5yrs years ago and no ones ever got back to me.Sad

BobsBurgersisthebest · 14/09/2021 20:11

Mines is in my wardrobe.

Iamblossom · 14/09/2021 20:30

Mine and it's matching bolero jacket is in a bag hanging in the loft. It is a deep crimson red as I chose a white one then had it dyed to my colour of choice so quite niche I guess?

It's too big for me now but I would love to wear it again to something, it was the most expensive outlay of our whole wedding bar the food and drink.

Iamblossom · 14/09/2021 20:31

should say it was 20.5 years ago now

Charlieandlola · 14/09/2021 20:31

I put it in the ragbag for recycling