What happens to your treasured wedding dress after the “I do’s” are done? We have put together a list of our eight cool and clever ideas for repurposing your wedding dress:
Preserve Your Wedding Dress
If you are a sentimental person this is the option for you. Have your wedding dress cleaned and preserved within a week of your wedding. This will ensure any stains can be removed quickly before they settle in and your dress can be preserved in the best possible condition, allowing you to keep it forever or to keep as a family heirloom that can be handed down to the next generation.
Sell Your Wedding Dress
It may be a difficult decision to sell your wedding dress but by passing it on to another bride to be you can give your dress a new life. The money can be added to your honeymoon fund or saved for later to purchase items for your home.
Donate Your Wedding Dress
By donating your wedding dress you are helping someone less fortunate have the opportunity to have their fairy tale wedding become a reality. If you do not have a specific charity in mind, always think local and do a little online research.
Alter Your Wedding Dress
With the help of an expert seamstress you can have your wedding dress altered into a garment you can wear again, like an anniversary lingerie set. There are also companies that use special methods to turn wedding dress material and embellishments into exquisite one-of-a-kind jewellery. Another option is to reimagine the design of your dress altogether and have it altered into, for example, a christening gown for your first born child.
Lend your Wedding Dress
It is strange to think that most wedding dresses only ever get worn once by a single bride. One of the latest post wedding trends is for brides to lend their dress to a bride-in-need. A wedding dress deserves to be seen for more than just a few hours on a single day and lending your dress is a wonderful way to share the love and make another bride’s day.
Have a Post Wedding Photo Shoot
If you loved having your wedding photographs taken then a post wedding photo shoot is a fun way to take some interesting and less formal images than you might have done on your wedding day.
You can choose to have the shoot at the beach, by a pool, or a nearby park or even somewhere quirky like a carnival. Think about what places are meaningful to you as a couple, that have special meaning and evoke emotions of romance and love. An experience that has gained popularity recently is a “trash the dress” photo shoot. Brides have gone to great lengths to create and capture unique images in or with their dresses from swimming in the ocean, to playing in the mud in a forest and even setting fire to their dress.
Create a Costume Closet
Start a costume closet at home – starting with your wedding dress. You can add new wardrobe pieces and props as time passes that can be used for costume parties and photo shoots.
Turn Your Wedding Dress Into Art
Your wedding dress can be a powerful reminder of your incredible wedding day. Today, there are a number of companies and individuals who are able to preserve and frame wedding dresses to hang on a wall as a beautifully unique piece of art.
