Why hello there! I’m Lexi, and I write over at Tea and Crumpets, but thought I’d venture into the world of guest blogging for the very first time! Yes folks, this is my first ever guest blog! Want to know a secret? I’m also new to blogging anyway- my own blog is less then a month old! Luckily, Heidi is pretty fabulous and didn’t seem to mind my lack of blogginess, so on we go!
So Heidi is away at a wedding shower this weekend, I believe. I guess that Memorial Day weekend officially kicks off both summer and wedding season, eh? I have five, yes five weddings this summer; that I know of. Of course, there could always be one lurking beneath the surface that I am unaware of right now. My first wedding is next weekend, coinciding with the premiere of the Sex and the City Movie. Noooooo!!!!! So Friday night, rather then basking in the glory that is Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha, I will be on a flight to Des Moines, IA. Yes, that’s Iowa. Joy. I’m sure the wedding will be lovely…I just hope the cake is good!
Right, so Iowa next weekend, then I have a break from weddings in June. Then we have one in July in NH and August in NH (Labor Day weekend! gahhh!). Then there is Boston in September and Florida in October. Ugh. While I say “ugh” in a light-hearted way, I can be pleased that I’m not in any of these weddings! I think my bridesmaid days are over! Well, my sister will be married someday, but no time soon. This is better then three years ago, where I was a bridesmaid in three weddings (NH, NH and NJ).
This leads to my question and our topic of discussion- what have you done with your discarded bridesmaid dresses? Like I said, I have three. Ironically, they are all the same color, which meant that I could wear the same pair of $150 sandals three times! This was good. Each dress is a light green, a sage-ish color. The first was a tea-length with spaghetti straps, and there is a slight chance I could wear it again, to a summer wedding. The second one was full-length and strapless, and if I had it hemmed to a tea-length, I could wear it again. The last one was my least favorite and I could never wear it again. It was full-length, halter-style and the top was heavily beaded. It was pretty, but not my style. Ironically, I am no longer friends with that bride, but that is an entirely different blog post.
Each of these dresses hangs in my closet, wrapped in plastic, but gathering dust. What should I do with them? One of my BFF’s has sold several dresses on ebay. That could be a possibility. Or, I could also donate them to the Salvation Army or one of those organizations that donates prom dresses to high schoolers. I think that is what I am leaning towards.
What do you think? Where should my dresses go to die? What has happened to your former bridesmaid dresses? Most importantly, what sort of dress will you choose for your bridesmaids? Will it be something they can wear again? Or will it hang in their closet, silently mocking them from the back of the shelves?
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When I chose my bridesmaid dresses for my wedding last September, I had my girls in mind. I wanted them to look nice and also be able to wear them again. I chose a sage green (must be a popular choice!) tea length dress. I hope they are able to wear them – maybe dye them black or something?
You could always donate that dress you hate (especially since you no longer are friends with the bride). I know there are organizations that collect dresses so girls less fortunate can go to prom and there are even some that accept wedding dresses…I’m all about recycling. Unfortunately I don’t have a link to some of these but a simple google search should find them.
Good luck with your dresses! And good luck blogging!
I say go all “27 Dresses” and make the bridezillas wear the dresses at your wedding. Barring that, I think donating them to an organization who passes them on to girls to wear to prom is a fabulous idea.
Nice guest entry!
My bridesmaid dresses have gone to the high school prom dress organizations. I’ve been a bridesmaid twice and neither dress was really my style, so I was fine with letting them go!
My friends got together and had a Prom/Wedding Hotel Bar Crawl so we could finally use those bridesmaids/prom dresses we could never really wear again. It was a lot of fun and good use for the dresses, even if it’s just to wear them once more.
My bridesmaids and olf prom dresses sit in a closet at my parents house. I should look into donating them. One of my cousins (who is graduating high school in June) has borrowed some in the past for dances and such, but other than that…they are collecting dust.
For my wedding (T minus 38 days) I picked a dress color (fresh aloe), fabric (umm I don’t even remember what it is),and length (tea) from J Crew and then let the girls choose the style that would look best on them. Hopefully this way they can wear them again!