Selling your wedding dress

amdublin · 08-03-2016 08:48PM

I know Pippa O'Connor was trying to sell her dress at one stage. Wonder did it sell
http://rsvpmagazine.ie/pippa-oconnor-puts-wedding-dress-up-for-sale/

Gorgeous dress... But expensive!

Toots · 08-03-2016 08:55PM

baby and crumble wrote: »

Oh well I'd always ask, I wouldn't dream of doing anything like this without his permission. I mean it's potentially cannibalising his dead wife's wedding dress! I just mean I wouldn't like to upset him by even asking the question really. But I might regret it even more if I don't. You know?

Could you use a little bit of it to make a pocket square or a tie/bow tie?

Digs · 08-03-2016 09:25PM

baby and crumble wrote: »

This thread has actually made me think about what's been going on with my Mums wedding dress. She designed and made it herself from scratch (along with the bridesmaids dresses) and as I'm the only girl in the family and I will not be wearing it at all (even if I was a size 8 like my Mam was!) I'd love the see some of it used at my wedding. My partner could use some of the lace on her dress or something. It might be hard to talk to my Dad about it though as she passed away a few years ago. Still, be nice to have a little bit of her around as I get married...

That's a lovely idea

My granny made a christening gown from my Mams wedding dress, we all wore it and now my children, nieces/nephews wear it. It's so lovely to have an item like that in the family.

Mam held onto the "leftovers" of the dress and granny then made myself and my sisters little bags on our communion day.

My own preserved in a box in my parents house, seems like such a waste!

pwurple · 08-03-2016 09:44PM

I bought mine secondhand, on ebay from the US. Made some minor alterations to fit me better. Great dress, looked fab, felt fab. Sold it again, on ebay, it ended up going off to canada.

I guess it was just a very simple dress, by a well known deisgner, maybe that made it easier.

hotmatottie10 · 08-03-2016 10:00PM

im considering buying a secondhand dress. I dont see the point in spending outrageous money on something that will be worn once. I just cant justify it when i see all those refugee camps and me wanting some overpriced frock. 1st world problems i guess. I havent really thought too much about style but i think its nice to reuse things,dresses clothes.

Refor1981 · 09-03-2016 08:47AM

hotmatottie10 wrote: »

im considering buying a secondhand dress. I dont see the point in spending outrageous money on something that will be worn once. I just cant justify it when i see all those refugee camps and me wanting some overpriced frock. 1st world problems i guess. I havent really thought too much about style but i think its nice to reuse things,dresses clothes.

A friend of mine got a beautiful drress on the preloved website.

hotmatottie10 · 09-03-2016 09:38AM

Refor1981 wrote: »

A friend of mine got a beautiful drress on the preloved website.

oh thanks ill check it out:D

stickybookmark · 09-03-2016 01:47PM

Dolbert wrote: »

It's really difficult to sell wedding dresses, I dropped my price considerably to the point where it was no longer worth it! I'd have mine dyed and shortened except I've lost weight and it's too big for me now. I'm considering donating mine to Gift of a Wedding, which is a charity that helps terminally ill people plan weddings at short notice.

I have found the exact same! I think the recession is well and truly over the celtic tiger might be starting to roar again? Coz I've listed mine on several websites and it's a popular size and style and I'm charging not much at all for it and not a snippet of interest. Also the sites seem to have loads and loads of dresses for sale and no sign of any of them shifting.

lazygal · 09-03-2016 04:29PM

I got married in 2011 and then there were loooooooaaaaaads of second hand dresses for sale on a few wedding websites. If I had found mine for sale second hand I'd have snapped it up but you're relying on the same size coming up. Once you alter a dress its not a standard size any more.

fits · 09-03-2016 04:32PM

Just had a look there and there are loads I would love to have tried but they werent there last year when I was looking. I did try one second hand on, and it was nearly right, but just not fully there. I definitely would have bought second hand if I could have.

jaja321 · 10-03-2016 12:49PM

fits wrote: »

Just had a look there and there are loads I would love to have tried but they werent there last year when I was looking. I did try one second hand on, and it was nearly right, but just not fully there. I definitely would have bought second hand if I could have.

I would have too, but didn't see anything I liked.

I guess wedding dress choice is just so personal, and so it can make it hard to resell. Then when you put alterations etc into the mix it makes it even tougher.

I haven't even really looked at what options there would be to sell, but going on what people have said here, and thinking of my own dress, I guess I'd find it hard anyway... I'm sure it wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea.

Ms2011 · 13-03-2016 09:24PM

Didn't feel too emotionally attached to my dress though I loved wearing it on the day so I didn't mind selling it.
I left my dress into Memories Boutique, they will display your dress, show it to brides etc. along with their new dresses in their shop for 6 months for €30, after the 6 months if it doesn't sell you can take it back or they can pass it on to a charity shop.

Keane2baMused · 13-03-2016 09:55PM

Ms2011 wrote: »

Didn't feel too emotionally attached to my dress though I loved wearing it on the day so I didn't mind selling it.
I left my dress into Memories Boutique, they will display your dress, show it to brides etc. along with their new dresses in their shop for 6 months for €30, after the 6 months if it doesn't sell you can take it back or they can pass it on to a charity shop.

Wow really? that's great. I had a look on their website and it doesn't say anything about selling preloved gowns. Do you think they still do it?

stickybookmark · 14-03-2016 09:51AM

Ms2011 wrote: »

Didn't feel too emotionally attached to my dress though I loved wearing it on the day so I didn't mind selling it.
I left my dress into Memories Boutique, they will display your dress, show it to brides etc. along with their new dresses in their shop for 6 months for €30, after the 6 months if it doesn't sell you can take it back or they can pass it on to a charity shop.

Cheers. I'm going to try them as one last-ditch attempt. I went for a fitting there myself last year and I tried on both once-worn and new dresses. A lot of the once-worn hadn't been dry cleaned and still had the fake tan stains on them (they said they only paid to get them dry cleaned if you were going to take them) mine is spotless and has been dry cleaned so it would surely have an edge over some of the other once-worn.

Ms2011 · 14-03-2016 11:06AM

Keane2baMused wrote: »

Wow really? that's great. I had a look on their website and it doesn't say anything about selling preloved gowns. Do you think they still do it?

I only got married 2 years ago & left my dress in about 6 months afterwards so I would assume they still offer the service.
Give them a call, as far as I remember you have to make an appointment to bring the dress in anyway so I'm sure they'll answer any of your questions then.

Ms2011 · 14-03-2016 11:09AM

stickybookmark wrote: »

Cheers. I'm going to try them as one last-ditch attempt. I went for a fitting there myself last year and I tried on both once-worn and new dresses. A lot of the once-worn hadn't been dry cleaned and still had the fake tan stains on them (they said they only paid to get them dry cleaned if you were going to take them) mine is spotless and has been dry cleaned so it would surely have an edge over some of the other once-worn.

Oh God I couldn't imagine not cleaning my dress before selling it.
I've put things up for free on Adverts & I'd still have it spotless before give it away.

flutered · 14-03-2016 11:12AM

jaja321 wrote: »

Hi ladies!

Just curious to know how many of you sold your wedding dress post wedding and if you were happy with your decision.

Before I got married, I was sure I would sell mine, but I got a little attached to it after the day itself! I'm still seriously considering it though, as I think it's such a waste to have it just hanging there and I can't imagine any future potential daughters will want to wear it as I'm sure they'll have their own style. Some people are totally horrified when I tell them this though and urge me to wait in case I regret it.

So ladies, have you sold your wedding dress? Did you you have a lot of interest in it? And are you happy with your decision?

which reminds me of the add, or the joke whichever it was, for sale wedding dress, size 12, worn onece by mistake, no reasonable offer refused

stickybookmark · 14-03-2016 12:00PM

Ms2011 wrote: »

Oh God I couldn't imagine not cleaning my dress before selling it.
I've put things up for free on Adverts & I'd still have it spotless before give it away.

I know, tbh trying on the stained wedding dresses was mank. I thought it was a strange business model myself!

MaryMD · 16-03-2016 04:04PM

I thought the exact same. Spent a few hundred more on the dress at the time as I was thinking of I'll definitely sell if afterwards but I'm attached to it now ! Wouldn't change my decision all the same, as I still love it

PhoenixParker · 16-03-2016 04:08PM

Ms2011 wrote: »

Oh God I couldn't imagine not cleaning my dress before selling it.
I've put things up for free on Adverts & I'd still have it spotless before give it away.

This is one of my issues with selling mine.

It doesn't need much cleaning but it does need a cleaning and cleaning a wedding dress is expensive. Selling a wedding dress is usually not very straight forward. I've already spent a lot on the dress and don't particularly want to spend more cleaning it before quite likely not selling it. It's also taking a Saturday to drag it into town to get it cleaned in a place I actually trust.

16-03-2016 04:12PM

If anyone would like to get rid of theirs, and not sell it. There are charities who make wedding dresses into funeral robes for still born babies. Just a thought

PhoenixParker · 16-03-2016 04:17PM

Deleted User wrote: »

If anyone would like to get rid of theirs, and not sell it. There are charities who make wedding dresses into funeral robes for still born babies. Just a thought

I looked into that but there doesn't seem to be anywhere in Ireland that does it/the ones I contacted never got back to me.

From reading websites about it in the UK and US, once it took off as an idea they were swamped with wedding dresses and had enough for a thousand years.

I'd turn mine into a Christening gown except I don't plan on having my baby christened. It may yet become a "baby welcoming ceremony" outfit of some description.

Dial Hard · 16-03-2016 04:17PM

PhoenixParker wrote:

It doesn't need much cleaning but it does need a cleaning and cleaning a wedding dress is expensive.

I stuffed mine into two pillowcases and washed it in the machine on a handwash cycle. Came out perfect!

tickingclock · 17-03-2016 08:50PM

Dial Hard wrote: »

I stuffed mine into two pillowcases and washed it in the machine on a handwash cycle. Came out perfect!

I did the exact same thing but with a duvet cover!! I was very nervous looking in at the machine but it came out perfect. I'd no lace or beads on my dress but a very long trail hence the duvet cover!

Selling your wedding dress

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