Dresses for Weddings.

littleoulme

Do you buy a dress for one and then put in the wardrobe never to wear again? I've lots of beautiful dresses that are sitting in the wardrobe practically brand new.

Featherl

Sell them on ebay!

What size?

LimeFruitGum

I've three dresses that I've earmarked for weddings and have reworn to posh dinners or other weddings where I would be with a different group of people. I wouldn't be bothered buying a new dress every time I had a wedding. Is there no way you could rewear those dresses for formal functions or nights out, if you didn't want to sell them?

littleoulme

It's very hard, because it's all kinda the same group of friends. They are size 16

ncmc

I don't think it matters that it's the same group of friends, in these economic times, no one bats an eyelid if you wear a dress to more than one wedding. It's funny, I was at a wedding last week and every single girl in my group was wearing something they had worn before, there wasn't one new dress. Big difference from a few years ago when everyone I know was buying a new dress, bag, shoes for every wedding and then like the OP, they were going straight into the wardrobe never to be worn again.

If I am buying for a wedding or special occasion now, I buy something that I know i'll get a bit of wear out of. I try and get something that could be worn on hols with flats and more casual accessories for example.

Cadyboo

Could you maybe update the dresses with new accessories. Maybe a flower pinned on the dress in a different colour, and match your shoes to it, or something.
I am going to start doing that, as I have a lot of dresses in the wardrobe like yourself. Picked up lots of flowers in penneys and dunnes for a few euros each in lots of different colours.

Sapsorrow

I seriously doubt your friends would give a damn if you wore an old dress, I mean they hardly expect you to go out and spend your money unecessarily just for the sake of wearing something for the first time. That'd be mental! I hate all the formality of weddings, christenings etc such a headache. I was saying the boyf the last day if we ever end up getting married I'm going to tell everyone to wear whatever makes them happy and comfortable even if that means jeans and a t shirt wouldn't bother me in the least.

You should try putting some old ones up on ebay if you don't want them it's a handy way to make a few quid and you'd be suprised how high the bids can go sometimes too!

baby and crumble

Do people even remember what dresses people wore? And anayway, guys will wear the same suit many times to these things, and if they bought a new suit each time, people would look at them strange, like they have money to burn. Yet, it's the opposite for women? That's a bit shoddy...

Novella

Tbh, I think people are too wrapped in what they're wearing and how they look to even notice how anyone else is dressed, or whether or not they're wearing the same dress as they had worn before. You could always try a swap shop, if you have a dress you'd like to get rid of, and would like to pick up something new.