The wedding dress thread got me thinking..

Would you sell it? It's only worn once. Has anyone on here sold theirs? Where do you sell it? On Ebay? I am thinking of selling mine. The thought of it sitting in a box forever is sad to me.

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I want to sell mine... I haven't even preserved it and I got married 2 years ago

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I want to sell mine. I even put it in Craiglist and someone contact me... I didnt have the hloleart to contact her back I think I am going to try to sell it again.

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I donated my dress to the Bridal Garden. They sell the gowns and the proceeds go to Sheltering arms which was an organization that helped lower income children with their needs.

It seems Sheltering Arms closed but they now direct their fundraising efforts to the Brooklyn Charter School.

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Re: The wedding dress thread got me thinking..

If one could ever have an attachment to an inanimate object, it's me to my dress. It's sad, actually because the damn thing is sitting in my parents' attic Wish I had the cajones to sell it.

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I can't sell it for a few reasons.
1. I want to have a christening outfit made out of a piece of the trains fabric
2. my mom spent so much $, to just sell it, seems wrong to me
3. it holds a lot of sentimental value to me

If it was worth a lot of $ and I was in a situation where I really needed the $ and it was going to make a huge difference, I would.

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I still play with it. It would break my heart to see it gone. I am probably going to bring it down to Florida when we go up to NY for my shower. I want to get it cleaned, but not preserved. I must be able to feel it. It is also a good weight loss gauge for when I am trying to lose weight post partum!

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Lately I've been thinking about selling it. I'd feel sad to see it go but it's just taking up space in my closet. But I don't know if I'd really do it or not.... plus I don't think I'd get much for it either. Still on the fence.

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I don't think I could sell it. I've toyed with cutting the bulk of the skirt and train off of it to make a Christening outfit for our children, but I go back and forth on whether or not I want to take scissors to it... But no, unless I absolutely needed money and couldn't get it another way, I couldn't sell it.

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I had mine cut down for a christening gown for my daughter.

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I had my cleaned and preserved. It's in a box in my closet. I just couldn't bear to get rid of it.

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Mine is STILL hanging on the door of one of my bedroom closets. Been there even since we picked it up from the dry cleaner after we got back from our honeymoon over 2 years ago. I can't bare the thought of moving it off that closet no less selling it

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would never. several reasons:
i would like to make a christening gown out of it one day.
i would like to keep 'pieces' of it to give to future children/grandchildren to incorporate into their wedding if they choose (Bok wrap etc)

my FHs grandfather took me in his attic once and showed me his late wifes wedding dress - all wrapped up and perfectly preserved and he asked me if i wanted it.
he said i could do anything i want with it. not sure what i will do with it but the fact that he saved it all these years for when he "finally got his girl" (he only has boy grandchildren) made me melt.

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Posted by Slightly-Taller


my FHs grandfather took me in his attic once and showed me his late wifes wedding dress - all wrapped up and perfectly preserved and he asked me if i wanted it.
he said i could do anything i want with it. not sure what i will do with it but the fact that he saved it all these years for when he "finally got his girl" (he only has boy grandchildren) made me melt.

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Mine is hanging in my mother's closet.. I would make it into a christening dress for a little girl if I have a girl..

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I thought about it, but my DH didn't want me to.

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i sold mine at a yard sale i had when the divorce was filed.

best $5 i ever made

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mine is in a ball in the garment bag in the closet of my house.

I HATE my dress am toying with the idea of having a christening garment made...there is A LOT of fabric (14 yds of silk) but not sure where to take it.

i don't want to take it to the lady who made my dress in the first place...she might kill me

ETA: I've been married almost 3.5 years.

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i want to make a christening gown out of fabric from my dress
if for some reason thats not possibe i would absolutely sell it or donate it, it did cost a lot of money and is now just sitting in a box, i'll never wear it obviously and i'll never look at it again so why waste it, i don't have such an attachement to it, yes i loved it, i wore it, and i can see it in pictures now

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Mine is crumbled up in a ball in a garmet bag at my parents house....and i have almost been married a year! I LOVED my dress and i am not sure what i want to do with it, i will def. keep it, thinking of making accent pillows with it or something to that effect.

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I am giving mine to my MIL and having her make christening outfits whenever the time comes. She is an amazing seamstress and has made many outfits for my nieces and nephew.

I probably need to get the thing cleaned though... It's only a year and a half since I have been married.

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My SIL had mine preserved & is in a box at my mothers house.

Not sure what I am going to do with it at this point besides keeping it in the box

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I am going to keep mine because my veil was lost at my after party and I want my DD to be able to see what Mommy wore on her wedding day and play dress up or whatever.

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