Anyone sell your dress and regret it?

I didn't sell my dress...I gave it away. I have a slight twinge when I see "Trash the dress" posts or someone will tell me how pretty my dress was. Then I think "Oh no -- it's gone."

Then I remember that I don't have kids, nobody will want the dress after I'm dead, and I don't like clutter. All is right with the world again.

I can't imagine selling my dress, but I am also realist and know I won't wear it again. I really like the idea of getting it cut and dyed to wear again- mine is a very classic lace dress. I could see that being fairly easy to do.

I saw your BAM Melissa and your dress would be a beautiful dyed and turned into a cocktail dress! (I'm in love with that idea now. Too bad it won't work with mine.) It's a size 14. I'm 5'8" and I'm not wearing heels so a 5'6 or so girl could wear heels with it or change the hem. I think I am a pretty average size to have more of a market to. Maybe I will put it up after the wedding and if it sells, it sells. And if it doesn't, oh well.

I can't decide what to do with mine. Right now it is just hanging in my closet. I actually bought mine used at a consignment store. I had planned to reconsign it, but now I'm not sure if it is worth it. I bought the dress for $575, so even if they sell it again for the same, I'll get less than $300 for it. And they may sell it for less because it is an older dress now. Mine was unique, so I don't know if my daughter would want to wear it. But it could be fun if I have a daughter to let her dress up in it when she is young.

My sister keeps joking that she loves mine so much she wants to wear it at her wedding too lol (she actually told me if I didn't buy she would haha). I'm secretly hoping she means it but I doubt it - when she gets engaged I'm sure she'll want to do the dress shopping thing!

I'm stuck on this too though. On the one hand, I love the idea of selling or giving it away and "paying it forward", but on the other hand I'm in love with it (and a packrat - I still have my grade 8 grad dress and my prom dress hanging somewhere at my parent's house). I will likely end up keeping it to be honest.

I'm gonna sell mine, but I'm keeping it for a little while. I have seen those little photo shoots with babies sitting in their mom's gown. If we have a girl, I'd love to do that for her 1st (or maybe 5th is more reasonable) birthday. However, if she turns out to be a tomboy, I'm not gonna make her do that.

I am doing that with my flower girl KT!!!

Yeah, I think I'm keeping mine as well because it's going to be hard to sell. It's not designer, I'm only (almost) 5'3" and I wore 1.5" heels, and I'm also a size 4 in regular clothes.

I'm waaayyyy too attached to my dress to even think about selling it. That dress is priceless to me. Even if it just sits around, I have to keep it. I'm really sentimental with stuff like that, though. I get it from my mom and she's worse than I am! I was cleaning to move out of the house and she kept asking me "are you sure you want to throw that out?!"

You can donate it to bridesagainstbreastcancer.com and its tax delectable and you have helped someone out.

I'm keeping mine. It's classic and I think a future daughter or one of my nieces might want to use it, or alter it into something they want. Even if they just used a piece of it, it's worth it to me. My little sisters dress was way more expensive, and it ripped during the reception - it's unrepairable. My older sister gave hers to charity - so neither of them can pass a dress on. And if they don't want to use it, oh well.

@Ktizzle that is so cute!!

I donated my dress to Brides Across America. They provide dresses to military brides. My DH spent 8 years in the Air Force, so it felt good to pay it forward to a military related cause. I felt beautiful in my dress. The thought of helping another bride feel great on her wedding day is really satisfying. I haven't regretted my decision for one second.

People that donated: Did you get to see who got your dress or any pictures?

I intend to sell my dress, as others have said, I don't see the point of it just collecting dust in my closet. I have also seen how hard it is to sell dresses on the local wedding resale FB page. I am hoping that I will still be able to sell mine and get 1/2 of what it cost. I got the Maggie Sottero Lori, and I have seen lots of this style for sale on preowned wedding dress sites, but they are usually size 0-10. I ordered my dress in a size 22, and have yet to have it altered. I am 5'7", so with my 2.5 inch heels I won't have to have the length altered. From what I have seen, it seems to be easier for plus size brides to sell their dresses, maybe just b/c there are less of us out there so less options for resale? I'm not sure, but the few plus size dresses I see for sale seem to get more attention, I am hoping that is how it goes for me anyway.

Otherwise, one of my BMs who is about my size has asked me if I would sell her my dress after the wedding. She will probably get engaged soon, and loves my dress. Does anyone think that is an odd request? I would have no problem selling it to her if she really wants it. My mom borrowed her wedding dress from a friend when she got married.

I am going to keep mine, preserved, because I'm sentimental! I don't anticipate that anyone will want to wear it again but I can't bear the thought of not having it anymore

Oooh, great question. Now I'm wondering if my dress would be a good candidate for shortening and dying -- that's an awesome idea! It would be so fun to get to re-wear the dress, and inevitably relive some of the memories, especially when out with FH.

I love surfing ebay and looking at all of the wedding dresses that people couldn't stand to part with--20 years ago! Today, you would look like Little Bo Peep in most of them--or perhaps part of Mafia wedding! And unless it's truly a masterpiece or family heirloom, it is doubtful that your future baby girls will want to be seen dead in it when they get married!

Let it go. It's going to cost an arm and leg to dry clean and preserve it. You will NEVER look at it after a year in a box. They DO deteriorate despite being preserved.

So, just let it go. Donate it and write it off on your income taxes. Pay it forward to a deserving bride. Sell it on craigslist (SAFELY!!!) or on ebay. And go on with your life.

I have no attachments and no use for my dress again. I will likely donate my dress or sell it. I've been watching the sales on the pre owned sites and eBay for about 6 months. I've only seen a few of the brands, that usually start over $3500 original, sell at 50% or less off retail. I know if I sell it, it will be a %50+ loss. However, I figure that's better than not making any money.

I wanted to hem and dye my reception dress, but right now, both dresses are still just hanging in my guest room, taking up space. I need to have them cleaned at least. Then I'll figure out what to do with them.