The biggest day of your life is over but the memories will last a lifetime. Your wedding dress was worn with such beauty and grace and now it's time to put it away. Many brides contemplate whether they should preserve their dress, give it away, save it for their daughter or sell it in the want ads. Every girl dreams of her wedding dress and what she will look like in her dress. Once the wedding is over you don't even want to take off your dress at the end of the night. Feeling like a princess for the day is one you will never forget.
This is a touchy subject for some. Right after the wedding most women want to keep the wedding dress as beautiful as the first day they wore it. Unfortunately, as time goes by, its importance may start to decrease. Will you every pull it out to show anyone or just to look at it yourself? Will you forget where it even is?
There are many different options available to you. Here is a little of ideas that may be perfect for you.
If you want to pass the dress down to your daughter you must be prepared to accept the fact that she may not want to wear it. Styles and trends change so often that your dress may not be your daughter's choice, plus depending on her figure it may not even fit. Your daughter may feel compelled to wear it so if you don't want her to feel bad, then don't offer the suggestion. She mostly likes knows that your dress is available and if she really wants to see it she will tell you!
What about selling it? The cost of wedding dresses can be astronomical so why not get a little money back? You can send it to a consignment shop or place an ad in your local paper. There are even bridal shops online or places like eBay or Amazon that sell used dresses.
Have you ever thought of turning your dress into a Christening or First Communion dress? Especially having your first-born daughter wear it...what a great way to pass it on. And of course, she will be too small to tell you that "the wedding dress is not in style, mommy."
What about this new trend of "trashing" your dress? Jumping into the pool, playing on the beach, rolling around in mud or dirt... It would not be my first choice, but it is certainly becoming popular, and imagine the fun and conversations that will accompany the pictures. Seems really hard to spend a few thousand dollars on a dress and then rolling round in the mud, yikes!
Have you considered giving back? A great idea is to donate your dress to a charitable organization such as the Breast Cancer Foundation or Brides Across America. Just knowing that YOU put a smile on someone's face by helping out a less fortunate person can be more satisfaction than you'd imagine.
If none of these ideas work for you and you are a traditionalist, then have your dress cleaned immediately after the wedding, get it professionally preserved and place it in a box. Who knows, one day you may need to open that box.
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