Wedding Gowns

Recycle the bridesmaid dress

Being a bridesmaid in the first place is exactly the honor you have to be near the bride in those emotional moments, moreover, to be part of the wedding presentation after all as the bridesmaids make their appearance earlier than the bride. How cannot this be as well a special moment for you when you are in the middle of attention at the wedding for a while? But apart from this, in some cases the honor of being in this position turns into a challenge of total submission.




The bridesmaids are under the bride’s control let’s say so and how they will look like on regards of their outfit at the wedding is related to the wishes and preferences of the bride. Nothing too strange or not to accept until one point. You have smoothing imposed to wear. And after the wedding day what to do with such a dress? It is a waste of money but there are solutions for you to gain something more from this dress: recycle the bridesmaid dress option.

First of all, this method can be applied to various others dresses that you worn them at a special event like this one. With some creativity involved and a little bit of esthetically sense you can gain a dress, a totally different one that you will have it prepared for another event.

In the first place, it is easier if you have a convertible dress from the very beginning. You need nothing more but some details to add and you have a different pattern and style for the entire look. But we must consider that at almost all the weddings the brides choose something thematic, as to match with the wedding concept. And so, what are practically the ways to recycle the bridesmaid dress?

From a long or tea length dress make the opposite. Make it shorter and informal look for a summer time outfit. You can add straps or remove them, everything as reverse order. Of course that it depends on the initially look of the dress, on how pompous or simple it looks like.

If making from it another dress type is not possible or to complicated then make practical things from it. Not to be funny but believe it or not a chair cover can be realized, a Halloween costume, a pillow slip as well. It is after all a soft fabric we speak about and it can be easily considered a material good to be used as to decorate different items.

As a conclusion, do no let your bridesmaid dress forgotten in the closet as it may turn to be a source of material for another thing to be embellished and improved as aspect.