Would You Sell Your Wedding Dress?

Let me preface by saying I am divorced and had no problem getting rid of my gown;)

Mine is for sale right now. I bought a vintage one for USD 75.00 6 years ago. This is my second marriage. Although it is very beautiful; the truth is I can no longer fit in that dress otherwise I would keep it and wear it again.

My mom made my wedding dress. I would not sell it. I may repurpose the fabric into a useful keepsake, but I wouldn't sell it.My SIL bought a very expensive dress (5 figures) & had to sign a contract that she would not sell her dress for a certain number of years, maybe 10?

Upon getting engaged and finding "the dress" after going to three bridal gown shops and trying on dozens of dresses, I perceived myself having an attachment to it and cherishing it always. 10 1/2 years later, I am just not feeling it. That dress wasn't my marriage, I just wore it for a few hours as I entered the marriage through a ceremony. Now my gorgeous veil with pearls is another matter.....:)

I probably would not sell my wedding dress (if I had one), because it would be just a regular, modest dress, not a traditional, fancy white one that costs $3,000.

Absolutely!

To me the dress isn't what makes your wedding day significant. Your marriage is what makes your day significant. There was no way I could justify dropping hundreds of dollars on a dress I would wear once. It just seemed so extravagant and unnecessary. I'm buying my dress off of RecycledBride.com! :)

I love my dress. I've thought about selling it, but really... no amount of money that I get for it would really make it worthwhile (unless someone wants to make me an offer ;-)) I hope that if my second is a girl I can keep it for her. If not, eh... I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. But i agree with Lori, the dress does not represent my marriage... just the day that I wore it.

I would sell my dress. It represents one of the happiest days of my life - and I have the pictures to prove it. The dress is amazing and beautiful. It was absolutely perfect for our day - but it does not represent my marriage. My marriage is amazing and beautiful - everyday - and I don't need pictures or a dress to prove it. The dress is not the marriage. I would love for someone else to be able to wear it and begin their life with their best friend in it - just as i did.

Honestly, I don't think I could give my '90's gawdy, puffy, over beaded, pin tucked, choker neck line of a dress, away! I have even questioned myself as to why I keep it in my possession, I don't think my girls will want any part of it. However, the sentimental voice in my head hopes that it can be incorporated in some way, even if it is reconstructed into the ring pillow.

My mom cut apart her wedding dress to incorporate it into mine, which she was making. It's one of a kind. It's also 8 sizes too big now. My plan is to have a "trash the dress" photo shoot with it. I'll pull off the parts that were from my mom's dress, some cool parts from mine and do something with them. I'll just binder clip up my back and destroy it. I'm thinking a paint ball match with my husband.

if only i have, i wouldn't sell it. except, bcs of many things, finally, i hate the man who become my husband. i would give that dress to anyone, as long i don't haveto see it anymore. but if my financial condition very crisis, say i must pay my children study cost n their dad doesn't give the money, it isbetter i sell the dress for pay study cost

My girls said too old fashioned!! When they married I CUT THE DRESS apart, made a dance "money Bag", decorated the flower girls baskets, created the "mailbox" card holder, changing the initials for each wedding and saving it for my sons wedding,

embellished the ink pen holders for the guest book, and I still have some left over to help accentuate the first grandbabies bassinet!! GREAT use of something old!!

I wore my sister's dress, and I didn't even try it on until the night before. I returned it to her a few hours after the ceremony. The frippery of the wedding meant nothing to me; it was the marriage that was important, not the wedding.

I do have pictures, but I have to look twice to see if it's me or my sister. I find this hilarious and so does she. My favorite picture is of my mom, angrily ironing the dress, as I wasn't going to bother with that, either. I also forgot to buy shoes, so I wore brown sandals.

You really don't want to get me started on wedding expense these days. There are so many more important places to put big money than on a woman's back and in a party room.

For me, sentiment means people, not things.

I donated the first one to an organization that helped girls and women who needed formal attire for events but couldn't afford it.The second one is still hanging in the closet and I would like to Freecycle it or something but the wee daughter has designs on it for the moment. My mother still has her dress - 55 years after the fact. Not one of her daughters wore it - mostly b/c she was a freakishly thin at 24.

I donated mine to Goodwill. I married the man, the dress didn't matter (but it was beautiful and we have pictures)

NO WAY! I was married over 10 years ago and although my dress isn't considered fashionable these days I still adore it. I don't expect my daughters to wear it but I LOVE LOVE LOVE to look at it and remember what a wonderful day that was. Maybe my girls will want it for something or even a part of it.

I would totally sell my dress, if I could get off my duff enough to get it cleaned and post pretty pictures of it. I'm not having children and I know someone out there would love it more than just languishing in the back of my closet. I tried it on around our 10th wedding anniversary and while I can get it on, I can't zip it. Not even close. Drat.

My wedding dress has been in my garage for 22 years, packed in a special box waiting for....what? There's no way my daughter will wear my straight-out-of -the-eighties creation. I would sell it in a heartbeat, but I doubt anyone would want it!

I wore the dress my mother wore when she married my dad (they were divorced when I was 2, but she saved the dress). After my own divorce, I burned that sucker in a burn barrel out back (can you tell I'm a country bumpkin?). It felt SO good.

I gave my wedding dress to a good friend less than a year after I was married. I figured I had pictures, I'll never wear it again and the chance of someone in my family wanting it were slim.

Instead I kept the train from my wedding dress and had a christening gown and christening suit made out of it and our 2 daughters and a son wore then. The collar on my son's suit was made from the pocket square from my husbsnd's tux.

First of all "bull caca" is making me LOL!!! And to answer your question, I think they do it for money. {Hypothetically} I would only sell the dress if the marriage didn't work out...

I wore an ivory corset and jeans because we eloped in Vegas and I won't get rid of THOSE, lol.