Sell or keep your wedding dress?!

Bierfrau

I have trouble making my mind up. My Husband suggested to sell it when its okay with me. Since it was 1000.00$ and now its hanging in a bag in the closet. But there is also the sentimental thing. I still have my wedding dress from my first marriage. What to do?

klanni878

Unless you are super strapped for money, I'd keep it! I'm very into sentiment, so maybe i'm bias? I don't know, something about my future daughter (if I have a girl) possibly wearing my dress makes me happy. She might not, but I'd never know if I sold it! I didn't wear my mom's, mainly b/c she was 98lbs and I couldn't fit. But she still has it and it's fun to look at and talk about with my mom!

You could always preserve your dress which will make it easier to store and keep it nice for a long time! 

Bierfrau

Thank you, I agree. 

cari2007

There's always the option, too, of donating it. Weddings are so expensive these days that there are a lot of women who just can't even come close to getting a dress they want. You could make someone's wedding by your donation.

I'm keeping mine for a few years, just in case my husband and I decide to do an anniversary photo shoot or something. One day (when I realize that I'll never wear it again) I'm sure I'll donate it, though.

KenziK

I plan on keeping mine and having it preserved. Maybe one day if I have a daughter she can wear it (even though it was custom made just for my size/shape so that very well may be impossible). Is this your second marriage? If I had been married twice and still had my dress from the first one, I don't think I would have any problem selling it.

jemmini6

I'm not really the sentimental type about inanimate objects, so I donated my dress about a month after the wedding.  It just takes up room in the closet and is expensive to preserve on the off chance that a hypothetical future daughter would even want or fit into my dress.  (my mom still has hers and she's about 4 inches shorter than me and was 2 sizes smaller than my other two sisters, so it wouldn't have worked for any of us even if we wanted to wear it, which none of us did).

I felt it was better to give a less fortunate (or bargain shopper) bride the chance to wear a current fashion dress than to try to convince said hypothetical daughter to wear a dress that was in style 20+ years before her wedding.  Plus, I got to write it off on my taxes, so it was a win/win.

It's really up to you since it's your dress, but if you do want to keep it, just be realistic about your expectations for passing it down as an heirloom...I've never met or known anyone who wore their mother's dress. 

littlemisswitness

I'm keeping mine in the hopes that possibly my future daughter (or neice if we don't have kids) will want to wear it. And if they don't want to, I totally won't mind.

But maybe I am saying that because I only bought mine for $60 and am very sentimental.

lily_721

I donated the dress from my first wedding.  When I married DH, I wore his sister's dress.  It is beautiful.  I preserved it.  My niece is small like SIL and I were at her age.  Its available and ready in case anyone else wants to wear it. 

Bierfrau

Yes this is my second marriage, My Husband died 13 years ago and we have 3 great Kids together. He was a great man and father so I kept my first dress. I never thought I would ever get married again :-). 

I thank you all for your inputs. I like the Idea of hanging on to it for a while and then donating it to make somebody else happy. Because I am so happy right now! 

mhaas412

I understand that my future daughter (most likely) will not want to wear my dress. However, I had mine cleaned and preserved. It was under 1000 dollars and at least, to me, under the big picture of wedding costs, that is not that much. I truly loved my dress, I looked fantastic in the dress, and it flattered me so well. Its a sentimental thing I guess. Despite all what I said, its your decision. I have known women to dontate their dresses or at least think about the idea. (I did for some time). Wedding costs are riduculous, as we all know, and donating the dress can help those that can not afford them.

PixieChinchilla

I've kept mine, because I'm sentimental.

I don't know that a future daughter would want to wear it, but I know that I loved just looking at my mom's wedding dress when I was little. I want to have the opportunity to share that with my daughter if she's ever interested. My dress was not very expensive and I would not get much at all if I sold it, so I don't see any reason to not hold onto it.