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I have my grandmother's. She laced and had a sixteen inch waist! But it's so gorgeous. All handwork. A pin tucked underslip with lace insets. And the dress in a fine material with lots of hand-made lace.
I had my own preserved, also. It's now nearly fifty years old. There was no way my more sturdily built daughter could have ever worn it. But it also was hand-made by a favorite aunt.
I see people selling them on Ebay and various places on the net.
Now and then the Historical Societies (museums) of various localities have exhibitions of how things have changed through the ages. They will take donations of old items so I'm contemplating donating the dresses to them.
I am debating if I should sell my wedding dress while I can still make some $$$ off of it seeing as it is still in style. I would keep the veil to pass on to my daughters. I just feel like the minute I sell the dress I will have regret. What if they wanted to at least have the option to wear my dress, you know? On the other hand, my mom sold her dress and I didn't care (it was quite hideous too lol)....
Moms, what are you planning on doing with your dress?
I'm not, I never had one. But hypothetically speaking if I did, I wouldn't save it because style change, size changes, what if she's pregnant? And so forth! I might keep it as a souvenir for myself, but I wouldn't offer it to my daughter. Different generations...
My parents were married in 1973 and my mother wore a very flow-y, hippie-ish dress. None of us (three daughters) wanted to wear it when we got married, and mom was a little disappointed. We all fought over who got to wear our maternal grandmother's 1950s Grace Kelly-inspired gown. My sister won that honor as the oldest, and I got to wear my paternal grandmother's 1940s dress.
The funny thing is that my 12 year old niece thinks my mother's dress is the most beautiful thing she has ever seen! She has given my mother hope.
So if you really hope someone will wear your dress, maybe it will be your grandchild or great-grandchild. There is no guarantees but I think it is a nice tradition, especially if the marriage is a happy one. My paternal grandparents will celebrate their 70 wedding anniversary in 2016 (God willing) so I feel like wearing her dress was good luck!
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