TechWife Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yes. It's boxed & in a closet at my parent's house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yes, I still have mine, hanging in my dd's closet. I don't know what I'll do with it, but I am sentimental. When I look at it, all I think is I can't believe I was every that small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yes. It is professionally sealed and in a box in my closet. It was also my mom's wedding dress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I got married in jeans at the county courthouse, and yes, I still have them. Our marriage has lasted almost 21 years, and I'm still crazy about DH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yes. I could still wear it before this last baby too. It is a white cotton sundress with little satin rosettes. I got married in a casual ceremony on the beach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yes, I still have mine, but every couple of years, I think it's pointless to keep. It is preserved and would probably fit dd beautifully, but I think it's very unlikely that she wants to wear my dress. It is absolutely beautiful and I've never regretted it, but you would still have no difficulty imagining it was bought in 1994. Long sleeves. Victorian neck. Beads galore. I doubt I could fit into it, not that I'm big, but I was freakishly skinny then. I think my waist was something like 24" at the time. I also have my mother's gown. Hers actually fits in better with what is in style currently, but her dress was not preserved and is damaged in multiple areas of the skirt. ETA: And I really wish I could figure out posting photos on here. I would happily show you the gown if I wasn't a techno-dunce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I have mine in the front closet. I'm going to let my grand-daughters play dress up with it when they're older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yes and I let dd play dress up with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lea1 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 No, dropped it off in one of those bins outside of a Walmart around 5 years after we were married. Still have my dh and still love him dearly but we have two sons and I am one of those people who throw things out if it hasn't been used in a year or two or, in this case, likely will never be used again. I was hoping someone else might get some use out of it. I have the pictures of me in it which I will always keep and enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Hmmm, I don't know. I did have it preserved and kept it for years but after 26 years and several moves I'm just not sure where it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I think so. I thought it was quite pretty at the time, but I don't anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 yes. We were in grad school and poor, so we did not want to waste money on a white poofy dress, but bought a turquoise colored knee length cocktail dress that can be worn many times. I wore the dress on our 20th wedding anniversary this year, and we took "twenty years later" redos of our wedding picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momofeat Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yes. My middle dd(10) wants to wear it one day. Her older sister (14) has been too tall for years. Side note: I also kept my prom dresses. My oldest dd and her friends had all kinds of fun dressing up in them for her 13th b-day party. I'm glad we pulled them out then, because none of those girls would be able to wear them much longer. I was smaller than I realized, lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renthead Mommy Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Sort of. I cut it up and made a christianing outfit for my son. I wanted the long flowy dress that would look so good in pictures with his godmother, but the dress was A lined panel tea lenght dress, so I didn't have enough material for that, so I just made him a little jumper with a jacket. I used the three little rosets as cufflinks on his jacket. My friend is a designer and he designed a beautiful dress that he was going to make for me. We ended up have a quicky wedding instead of the big wedding a year later as normal. (No, I was not pregnant, it just made more sense to do it then for taxes, insurance and other financial reasons.) I don't know if I could have cut that one up as easily as I did the one I wore. My orginal plan was to rent a designer one from this great place in the city when we were having the big wedding, but my friend put the kabosh on that. Plus he really wanted to design one for me. He had just done his sisters dress, all 8 bridesmaids and all the flower girls, plus his mom's outfit. Not only was mine so drastically different, it was going to be so much easier to do as I had fewer people. It was more elegant hippie style. And he nailed it, it was very me. Much more so than the one I wore, but that was just off the rack because I neeed something in about two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yes, my mom made mine. It was a vintage style, timeless really. Dd couldn't wear it because despite being Quite thin, she is almost two inches taller and she weighs 110 lbs. I weighed 99. My mom has hers so does my mil, aunt, and niece. Dear son inlaw's mom and aunt have theirs too, so we did a family wedding dress display at the wedding reception and it was absolutely gorgeous. We put pictures of each bride and groom with each gown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maplecat Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yes. I wore my mother's dress which was made of 1970's polyester. It washed it, wrapped in a clean cotton sheet, and it lives in my cedar hope chest. Hopefully, it will last another 30 years. I'm also saving my MIL's veil which I also wore. Someday, my daughter or grand kids might want to use the whole thing or dismantle it for parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoot Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I still have mine. A few years ago I wanted to get rid of it but DH said "absolutely not." Clearly, he is the more sentimental one. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Nope. My mom took it to get cleaned after the wedding and I never saw it again. I wasn't too fond of it anyway, though :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSurprise Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Its in the closet of my mom's sewing room. She combined 2 patterns, added a train, and sewed it for me. Its very simple, kind of like something Jane Austen would be married in. No plans to keep it or get rid of it. My repurpose it some day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 I still have mine. Not professionally preserved, but cleaned, wrapped in a sheet, stored in a Rubbermaid bin, along with the too big bouquet ( was not impressed with my fake flower lady!) and other various stuff. After umpteen moves, though, and trying to be a minimalist, I can't decide whether I should keep it or not. It probably still fits, but it is very obviously a wedding dress and would need serious reconstruction to be repurposed. I also have a few formal gowns hanging in my closet for the Marine Corps ball. I am a t-shirt and jeans or Yoga pants type girl. I only get dressed up, or wear make-up, when absolutely necessary!!! My closet does not reflect that! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I wore my mom's wedding dress, and then my sister wore it as well. My grandmother made it back in 1959 when my parents got married. It is simple but classic, lace over organza. I wore it in 1980, and my sister wore it in 1984. It's in storage at my mom's house, and I haven't even seen it in years. I doubt EK will want to wear it to keep the tradition going, but that's fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yes, mine is a Gunne Sax prarie style wedding dress, very late 70's. I don't know what to do with it. I don't think anyone will want it and I've seen it for sale on Etsy for $15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 No, but only because it was lost in a house fire. Otherwise, I would definitely still have it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 No, but only because it was lost in a house fire. Otherwise, I would definitely still have it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yes, and I don't know why. I've been thinking lately that I should sell it. We have sons and a grandson. There are no girls in our extended family who I think would want it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Sure. I wear it all the time. :D We had a civil ceremony, and my wedding dress was a fifties-style blue and white dress. Very cute. I don't regret not having the big white floofy thing at all, now that I think about it. It's sort of nice to be able to wear my wedding dress on a regular basis. It's a good reminder of how far we've come since the first time I wore it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter's Moon Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I wore my sister's dress, so she has it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaS Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I still have mine. I made it because I hated the current styles when I got married. I'm a big girl and wearing a fluffy white dress just made me look like a hippo in Fantasia. My pattern was actually a costume Renaissance style dress. It took me so long to make that thing there was no way I was going to get rid of it and I'm not terribly sentimental for the most part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yes. Mine was tea length and a regular dress. I loved it. It's in my closet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksr5377 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I still have mine. I'm thinking of having it chopped up to make lace handkerchiefs, one for each child, that they or their bride could carry on their wedding day. I also adore the idea of using it to make a christening gown, but I didn't hear of that idea soon enough for my own children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Big sigh....no. In our old house, we had a finished basement that was part dh and I's bedroom, and part laundry room. We had a dog that liked sleeping in her crate and being near us, so the crate was downstairs with us. One day I took the dress out of storage so that I could bring it to the cleaner and have it boxed up. I got busy...left for work, and forgot about it. Dh left for work, and crated the dog for a couple hours till my kids were off school and the sitter (my mom) was there. Only problem was that he moved the crate to a different area so that he could vacuum before he left for work. Unfortunately that area was right under where the dress was hanging. She apparently got bored and tore the bottom of my dress where she could reach it. Don't even ask where he put the the blanket I crocheted for dd while pregnant after he took it from the dryer. Good thing I love him, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemommy Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yes. It got dirty on my wedding day and I never bothered to clean it. My dh took it to a taylor, had it cut short, and taken in and gave it my dd's for Christmas one year. Love that man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Strawberry Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yes. It's hanging on my wall, holding hands with my dh's wedding shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yes. It was a pink floral print summer dress meant for wearing around town or to the beach or wherever. I was 19 years old and it was 1992. Claire Danes would have worn it with combat boots in "My So Called Life.". I can still squeeze into it, but my tummy is all flabby and the fabric stretches over the tummy. At 40 years old I look utterly ridiculous in a 21 year old summer dress designed for a teenager. But it sits in the closet anyway. I'll keep it forever, just because. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-2-7 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Nope. I kept it for a few years then donated it. I figured I would never have a need for it again and it was taking up space. I'm not a real sentimental person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paz Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yes, I still have it. Doesn't fit. The last time I tried it on I weight less than I did when we got married but it still didn't zipper. I guess weight redistributes a little differently. It will not fit my dd and she would not want to wear it most likely. I was just thinking about it the other day and whether I should keep it or not when I clean my closet out this fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yes, but only because every time I try to throw it away, I think, "What kind of hard-hearted woman throws out her wedding dress?" Clearly, however, I have some company, and this is encouraging to me. Someone mentioned making Christmas ornaments out of it, which intrigues because Christmas ornaments are the one thing about which I am sentimental. Any suggestions on how to do that? It was very plain, no lace. Organza over satin or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awisha. Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yes I did keep my wedding dress. It is a red evening gown type dress and I've also kept the suit DS wore and the white dress DD wore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSong Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I kept it for a few years, but then got rid of it. Now, thirty years after we got married, I don't regret not having it. It's nothing my girls would want to wear, and we have photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yep and amazingly it still fits after 3 babies. I was surprised because I am about 15 lbs heavier than I was 10 yrs ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annandatje Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I gave it away to Goodwill long ago when I was on a decluttering binge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 PHN Nope. My mom has it in a closet with a bunch of other gowns - baptismal, wedding, first communion. PHN Yes and no. It's actually at my mother's house and I don't fit it. However, it's not a bridal dress. I was married at our local ren faire, so it's a tailor made ren dress for upper middle class wear. As dresses for weddings at the time was the best garment you had, we went for that. It's a kind of bluish-hunter green wool with matching doublet and a tan embroidered foreskirt. OK, people. Stop messing with my head. I finally figured out what AMDG means, and now there's PHN. Is it some sort of anti-AMDG? And why haven't I been informed about it? You know I hate being the last to know about these things! :D Pretty soon, I'm gonna make up something really confusing and start putting it on top of my posts, too, but I'll put the definition in my signature line or something so people won't have to sit around wondering what it means. Although I have to admit that there's a certain sense of mystery doing it your way... And I'll probably keep making the letters mean different things as the whim strikes me, just for variety, so I guess I'll sort of be messing with people's heads, too, but I figure it's my prerogative to change my mind about stuff, so everyone will just have to get used to it. :D And if PHN just means something like PHONE, please feel free to make something up that will make it seem cooler. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yes, and my dd just wore it for her wedding on August, 9th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbug Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 OK, people. Stop messing with my head. I finally figured out what AMDG means, and now there's PHN. Is it some sort of anti-AMDG? And why haven't I been informed about it? You know I hate being the last to know about these things! :D I wondered this too, and I hope it isn't an anti-AMDG thing, because that just seems like stirring the pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbug Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yes, and my dd just wore it for her wedding on August, 9th. She looks beautiful, and the dress is lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 No. I had it drycleaned and supposedly secured but it yellowed anyway just like Tammy K's. As it is, both my daughters are shorter than me and both are different sizes than I was. One daughter has a large ribcage due to swimming and trumpet playing so she wouldn't fit plus she is much more muscular than I was due to all her sports. The other is skinny like I was however, not only is she shorter too but she has long legs and short torso and I am the opposite. Neither of them could have worn the dress anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yes. I hated it, too frou frou. Oldest dd just removed the sleeves and it is gorgeous now. Wish I'd thought of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yes, but only because every time I try to throw it away, I think, "What kind of hard-hearted woman throws out her wedding dress?" Clearly, however, I have some company, and this is encouraging to me. Someone mentioned making Christmas ornaments out of it, which intrigues because Christmas ornaments are the one thing about which I am sentimental. Any suggestions on how to do that? It was very plain, no lace. Organza over satin or something. Quoting my own post, I just wanted to pass along an idea I found for making Christmas ornaments out of your dress. Somewhere on her site are examples of ornaments she's made for other people out of their wedding dress or bridesmaids' fabric. I am definitely going to spring for the pattern and give it a shot. I still have, as an ornament, one of my little net bags of bird seed, and this was 17 years ago. I always figured critters would find it, but not so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yes, and my dd just wore it for her wedding on August, 9th. Gorgeous! Lovely photos, lovely dress, lovely bride, just lovely. I hope you enjoy your new son in law as much as I enjoy mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I have mine all sealed up in some box that's supposed to protect it. But I'm seriously thinking I'm going to get rid of it. I have boys after all and it takes up a lot of space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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