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Best place to sell a second hand wedding dress anyone ?

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mumzof4x · 30/03/2024 08:48

Just that really
Where would you look if you did consider looking at a second hand dress ?
I paid almost 3k for my traditional ivory ball gown dress
I wore it from 3 until midnight
I was an older bride and definitely don't want to keep it so may as well hope that someone else can enjoy it and make a bit of money if I can
Any ideas where I can sell it please.

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PermanentTemporary · 30/03/2024 08:52

I never did this as I struggled to afford the cleaning, but would have liked to.

If it is purely about other people enjoying it, I would have donated to Oxfam Bridal

If you'd like to get some money back (and why not), tbh I would probably have tried ebay, but then I'm quite old - I just think the sheer size of ebay is good plus I think it's a flexible site for delivery abd packing options, which coukd cost a lot for a wedding dress. I've heard other people recommending preloved, but I'm guessing Vinted also do bridal.

SherryPort18 · 30/03/2024 08:56

There is a website called StillWhite.com that you can sell on.

ithinkicanithinkican · 30/03/2024 09:03

Following with interest as I'm currently trying to sell mine and having no luck. I'm asking a pretty minimal sum (£200 for an incredible dress that cost over £1200 new) plus an underskirt. I've put it on loads of local Marketplace groups, some specialty preloved wedding dress pages, and also EBay but so far it's mostly been messages from scammers. I looked at putting it on Vinted but it's quite a big dress and the postage options are very limited so doesn't really work. I think part of the issue might be that, for a lot of folks, the ritual of buying 'the dress' is quite important, so rocking up to someone's house and trying it on in their spare room, or buying it off EBay without trying it on at all, isn't part of that ritual. In hindsight, I wish I'd just rented something for my big day - much easier and more environmental friendly.

Shepadoodle · 30/03/2024 09:05

I used Still White when looking for a wedding dress. It's helpful if you mention your height and what size heels you wore with it. I managed to find a dress from someone as short as me (5ft2, wore 2.5 inch heels with it) and saved a fortune on alterations.

WoodBurningStov · 30/03/2024 09:10

Oh I've been looking to do this for ages.

mumzof4x · 30/03/2024 10:21

Wow thanks everyone
Am taking it to the dry cleaners today but £120 !!!
I think I'll try eBay and still White.com
Priority is mostly for someone else to enjoy but at a 3k dress I'd like a few quid for it and thought maybe we would buy something we otherwise wouldn't iykwim
Maybe a piece of jewellery or something for the new house(a tree or something ) x x
Thank you so much.

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