What to do with your wedding dress after the big day!

Vojera wrote: »

Has anyone here donated theirs? I was considering it but then I heard that the dresses in charity shops aren't actually second-hand but gifts from dress shops, so I wasn't sure if they'd be interested.

I bought 2 dresses (long story), I gave the first into our local St. Vincent De Paul shop & the woman was delighted

Vojera wrote: »

Has anyone here donated theirs? I was considering it but then I heard that the dresses in charity shops aren't actually second-hand but gifts from dress shops, so I wasn't sure if they'd be interested.

You could ring Oxfam brides on George's Street. I think they do get donations from shops/designers alright but I think they take dresses also.

I think though it would need to be a fairly immediate donation i.e. they don't take 80's style dresses etc
(you can probably give those to an ordinary charity store though, just not the specific bridal charity shop)

It would break my heart to break up the dress into smaller bits. After coming back from the honeymoon I had it dry cleaned. I got a dress storage bag for it and it's hanging in my OH's wardrobe at his parents'.
No idea what I want to do with it now. I'd like someone else to get the use of it, but preferably my daughter. Then again, she may not like the style...