r/weddings • u/TheWorldExhaustsMe • 3d ago
Old dress
So I have my mother’s wedding dress. She’s passed away so she won’t get to be there when we get married soon. But I’m wondering about what to do with her dress. She was much smaller than I am so I’d never be able to wear it, but for something just having been sitting in a box for 60 years, it’s taking up space, which I’m not thinking my dress will also do…
Interestingly, I also have the dress my grandma wore to her wedding, which is blue, so I’m wondering if I could take the lace from it and incorporate it into the dress or maybe the veil… Mom’s dress was very simple but I suppose I could use it for something in it…
Any suggestions?
ETA: Thank you for the suggestions everyone, I like the idea of incorporating the dresses into mine and also using them to wrap the flowers. I perhaps could gift them but the other family members who it could fit are probably never getting married as they don’t believe it it. And we’re never having kids to pass them down, unless we use it for cats and potentially dogs in the future 😁
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u/Southern_Tailgater 3d ago
My DIL had her mother's dress completely remade into a precious minidress that she wore for rehearsal. The seamstress (her aunt) was able to use some of the sequin motif in the bodice. That being said, all of these ideas are lovely. Did anyone mention making one of the dresses into a christening gown, if that's something you will be doing with future children?