Anyone buy two wedding dresses?

I did! I bought a red dress at first and then last month I realized I didn't feel very bridal. I tried on 4 white dresses, but they were either too expensive or the stores had crappy service. Luckily, I found a Craigslist ad from a bridal shop that was having a clearance sale. I found a gorgeous Maggie Sottero for less than $300!!

Honestly, if you have the money and you feel like you rushed it, look again. You definitely don't want any regrets on your big day! But if you love your dress and you're just curious about other dresses, I wouldn't do it. The best piece of advice is stop looking at dresses once you've bought your's.

I wouldn't. The dresses are notoriously difficult to sell. Also, what if you get the second dress and then start thinking about the third...? You love your dress, don't fix what's not broken.

I am channeling my inner Randy Fenoli here. Once you find your dress, STOP LOOKING!

If you have the budget, consider buying a different dress for your ceremony or reception...

Mrs. S is right (as always! : ) ) selling your wedding dress has been VERY difficult for the women that I have known that have tried to do it.

I know. I need to stop. I googled pictures of it online and it looks gorgeous. I don't know what my problem is. Maybe I just haven't tried it on in awhile and too many bride magazines are putting dresses in my face!

Thanks Jessica :-)

It's easy to become the victim of bridal magazines. Most brides also second guess their dress decision at least once. I think it's pretty common.

But trust yourself. You bought the gown because you loved it. You're marrying your man because you love him. You're not looking any more, right? :-)

I didn't plan to buy two wedding dresses. I got one and then found out that my fiances sister has the same wedding dress (I found out a week before her wedding). I was just going to wear my dress anyways when one day I was out with my mom and we saw this BEAUTIFUL wedding dress. It was my size. It was only $50. So...I got it. I'm not wearing the other dress now but even though I swore I would not get two wedding dresses for any reason at all (to wear them or because of changing my mind) I did anyways.

I actually bought my 2nd wedding dress today...after months of trying to loose weight I still can't get into my wedding dress. I went to a thrift store that sells wedding dresses and I got the dress I will be wearing on my wedding day for $21.60 and that includes tax and it fits great

I bought my dress at 13 months out. Too early. It was the second dress I tried on at the first shop. I second-guessed it for months.

Then- I tried it on a couple weeks ago for my seamstress so she could give me an alterations estimate, and I fell in love with it all over again.

Don't get another dress. I'm sure the dress you have is beautiful. Do you have pictures of yourself wearing it? If so, keep those handy and look at them when you're feeling unsure. Otherwise, just trust that you made a good choice and that you'll love it on your wedding day!

We bought two wedding dresses--but then again, we had two brides. ;-)

I bought the ONLY dress I actually tried on. When I put it on, I knew. When you know, you know. STOP LOOKING!

You could use one dress as a trash the dress for pictures?? thats always fun!

I did!! I purchase too early and I kept looking resulting in me wanting another one, but that's a great idea to maybe use one as a trash the dress....hum...

I’m having this same problem! On my first trip to the dress shop, it was the 3rd dress I tried and it was BEAUTIFUL. My mom ended up buying the dress and paying for the alterations. I keep looking at pictures of it to remind myself how beautiful it is but it’s also more form fitting than I ever thought I wanted so all I see in those pictures are my belly and booty getting hugged way too much and it makes me sad because I don’t want to look like that on my wedding day. I was scrolling through Pinterest and found this gorgeous dress at a steal of a price so I bought it. It seems like it will be more form flattering than my current dress plus I’ll be able to sit and hike in it (which I wouldn’t be able to do in my current dress due to how fitted it is). Now I’m stressing myself out about what to do. Again, the 1st dress is perfect but I feel like a cow and I don’t want to hurt my moms feelings nor waste her money...

This is an old thread but I’ll post a good update as I am sure someone will find solace in knowing there are still others out there like us.


I bought the second dress. Why? Because of COVID. Stop now if you’ve read enough, lol.
Our wedding was originally planned for Feb 26, 2021. Due to safety and lock down, as I started to plan about a little under a year into the big day, everything got shut down. I emailed and called our venue for months and got nothing but silence (they are now back open thank goodness but there is no wiggle room). So in August we made the call to push out the ceremony until 2022. But we didn’t want to wait to pull the trigger on the paper work. So we decided to have two weddings- a legal, small, celebration of the day we go to the court house with only a small group of friends with champagne afterward, and then a bigger, and hopefully safer ceremony and dinner reception woth music and dancing and the whole nine yards with all of our relatives and friends later on.
At first I cringed at the idea of postponing, then cringed at a court house shotgun wedding. But then I realize that this lemon was to be squeezed baby! Why not celebrate love and happiness with two celebrations? After all, love doesn’t necessarily need to be tied to one moment, but many! As I gently put the bug of doing this in my Fiancé’s ear, he started to also gravitate toward the idea. Why not have two weddings, two honeymoons, two very special days, back to back year over year? Why not keep the celebration going? One small to one big, symbolizing growth and strength in our relationship! Sound cheesy? It probably is, but so are we, and the smiles keep comings.
I bought my first dress also, way too early into the excitement and with my mom in a moment where I was pressured to make a memory. Granted I love the dress too and had tried it on in my first attempt shopping alone, and also still fell in love with it. It was the pinnacle of all things modern Renaissance that I felt embodied me. (I am an art major) I still intend to wear it. But as luck might have it, I didnt think I about how to dance in it and being that my fiancé is Latin American, dancing is a huge cultural norm.
So it started with ideas of a second dress foe the first dance. Then, as the realities of covid and shut down world began to seep in, and we got to the eventual decision of putting off the party, a second dress became even more attractive. At first I thought I might just pull together something from my closet and dress it up. But be it my insecurities told me that both days “just had to be special.” I had to look good.
Finally, I saw it. I pushed off the feeling of this nagging in the back of my head until coming home from visiting some friends, and stopping by a donut shop for some Halloween specialties, where I popped into a dress shop next store. No bridal dresses just normal ladies clothes. And there, next to the exit door was this one beautiful short, nude and white dress, flared out like saucer. I fell in love immediately, came back the next day and commuted. Come to find out it was the only one, and it fit me like a glove.
So that’s my tale of two dresses.
We are excited for both marriage 1.0 and 2.0 Reboot, as it becomes the next fun party to plan of our lives. 💜 thanks for reading.