# What to do with a wedding dress after the event ? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 26, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-wedding-dress-after-the-event/328016 "2005-10-26T16:40:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-wedding-dress-after-the-event/328016/21 "2005-10-27T01:41:09Z")
My wife carefully stored her wedding dress, and when our oldest son was married last year, his bride wore it. So I got to see the same dress after being in a ceremony 40 years earlier. Discovered cockles in my chest region, I did… And my wonderful daughter in law was absolutely stunning! And that Top Of The Cake little ceramic wedding couple that I first saw on the top of my in-laws 25th wedding anniversary cake was there at the reception, having been on my wedding cake, my younger son’s wedding cake, and so we linked three generations. Not that I’m a softie or anything, but seeing family traditions being preserved do count as the years go by. Who would’a thought??? ---
**Author:** ![AnnaLucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@AnnaLucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLucretia)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-wedding-dress-after-the-event/328016/22 "2005-10-27T14:33:08Z")
I think it may be different if you are still married, but if you’ve been divorced the question really poses itself. I have a son, so no daughter to keep it for - and though I loved the dress, it really wasn’t something that was ever going to be used by me. I felt a little weird selling it on ebay or something - it just seemed like profiting off of something that could really mean something to someone else. Finally I stumbled across [Brides Against Breast Cancer](http://www.makingmemories.org/babc.html) and was able to send it off to them - they take donations of all things wedding-related and sell them, giving the profits to breast cancer research. In that way I was able to get rid of the dress and feel like I was doing something good for women overall. AR ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-wedding-dress-after-the-event/328016/23 "2005-10-27T14:43:38Z")
We got married last month. [http://photobucket.com/albums/b248/katiecairnsirishgirl/?action=view¤t=leavingthechurch.jpg](http://photobucket.com/albums/b248/katiecairnsirishgirl/?action=view¤t=leavingthechurch.jpg) The dress was made just for me, so it’s unlikely to ever fit anyone else, and it’s far too wedding dress to ever wear again. I love the christening gown idea, but both my family and my husband’s family have gowns that have been worn for 3 or more generations…so that’s not an option! My mother’s dress was cream, and she had the train removed and the dress re-tailored and wore it as a cocktail dress. I’m going to keep my dress, just because I’m sentimental about that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-wedding-dress-after-the-event/328016/24 "2005-10-27T15:56:41Z")
**AnnaLucretia** that sounds worth checking out (your link didn’t work for me but I’ll do some research and see if they have anything similar in France). You’re so right **Anaamika** , luckily, being in France we had to have a civil wedding too so I have two wedding outfits - first came linen trousers and strappy top (which have already been worn quite often) with a lovely linen jacket (which might just come out again at other weddings or ‘posh’ summer dos) and then the dress. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-wedding-dress-after-the-event/328016/25 "2005-10-27T19:47:48Z")
At one place I worked, a woman (divorced 🙂 ) used her old wedding dress as a Little Bo-Peep costume. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-wedding-dress-after-the-event/328016/26 "2005-10-27T20:13:11Z")
I’ve worn mine twice on anniversaries (5th year and one other). It still fits, but I didn’t bother to put it on for our last one. It isn’t a Wedding Dress per se, but it is off-white, and is fancy enough that anyone who knows me will know I don’t dress up like that typically. It’s just hanging in my closet on a hanger at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-wedding-dress-after-the-event/328016/27 "2005-10-27T20:36:26Z")
Mine is sitting in my in-law’s basement. I don’t have room for it, but I don’t want to just give it away. It’s an Alfred Sung, which probably means nothing to anyone but Canadians. It’s also about four sizes too big on me now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-wedding-dress-after-the-event/328016.md?page=1)