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no_more_rolls
on 5/14/11 8:04 am - Jackson, MI

Wedding dress styles come and go, just like regular fashions. Get rid of it! Besides even the best cared for gowns often turn yellow over time (10+ years)...and most people don't want a yellow gown.

cmebducks
on 5/14/11 8:31 am

RNY on 05/25/10

1. Not sentimental at all (I end up having to keep things just cause my husband is - gotta love em)
2. Sold my wedding dress years ago - I bought it to small cause I knew I could lose weight before the wedding - didn't happen - had to have emergengy take out the week of and I thought I was about to die all day cause I could barely breathe in it. I was glad to see it go - I would have enjoyed my wedding day better without it.

VictoriousSecret
on 5/14/11 8:32 am

I sold mine on ebay the week after my honeymoon. It just takes up space!

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(deactivated member)
on 5/14/11 8:41 am

VSG on 02/22/11

I am a sentimental fool... I still have my wedding dress, too. (It was an informal thing... so it doesn't take up space in the closet.)

One interesting note... I got married in December 1973 and my dress was a size 12 back then... a friend of mine was at my house a couple of weeks ago. She wears a size 7 now... the dress fit her perfectly. So sizing has changed a LOT over the years... a 7 now was a 12 back thrity seven years ago!

Janine P.
on 5/14/11 9:07 am - Long Island, NY

DS on 05/03/11

I'd get rid of the wedding gown too. But... before you donate it to your garage sale, please make a phone call or two to an Army consignment shop and see if there is a particular shop that handles just wedding apparel for those in need. A wedding dress to a woman in need would bring tears to her eyes.

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Karen M.
on 5/14/11 9:20 am - Mississauga, Canada

RNY on 03/21/06

I feel so bad. After several years and an ex later, I just threw mine out.

Karen

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Still Fawn
on 5/14/11 9:24 am - SIERRA MADRE, CA

That's a great idea. The proceeds of the garage sale are going into my kids piggy bank to pay for their dance classes next September, so I am trying to sell anything of value. They are really trying to save, because otherwise they won't be able to go back in September. That is why I am selling it for $5 or $10 though... Figured it would still be a great find for someone..

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Funin AZsun
on 5/14/11 9:18 am - AZ

RNY on 02/02/09

I am somewhat sentimental and did hang on to my first dress through the married years. About a week after we went our seperate ways, I turned it over to a consignment shop. I believe it was a size 20 with added panels. I am now preparing for my August wedding and although I really like my dress.... for some reason, I am no longer "In Love" with it....... think I am watching too many Bridal dress TV shows and second thinking it. Not really sure what I will do with it after the wedding. No daughters to save it for................ and I m guessing my 22 year old soon to be step daughter will have very different tastes then this 48 year old!

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Elisa K.
on 5/14/11 9:24 am - Lumberton, NJ

RNY on 01/10/06

I still have my gown, shoes and vail after 19 years. I had the dress preserved, so it is packed away in a giant box in the closet. My shoes and vail are in my hope chest.

I often thought if I had children, I would use the fabric to make a christening dress. We never had children, so I am not sure why I still have it?

(deactivated member)
on 5/14/11 9:25 am

oh give it away or donate.

i eloped in my favorite jeans & tee - and NEVER tried on a wedding dress. my husband would have fainted if he saw me in a flowing white gown, or dress for that matter.

it's the marriage that counts.

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