I'm curious: who wears her mother's dress?

So funny you mention this, just last night my husband said to me that I should preserve my wedding gown for if we have a daughter so she could wear it. My answer was "No one ever wants to wear their mother's gown!" Of course I know it happens occasionally but it's highly unlikely. My dress is a fitted mermaid style so I'm sure my daughter would want a big ball gown or something! hahaha! That's so beautiful that you are doing it and if I did have a daughter I'd be thrilled if she wanted to, I'm just not counting on it! The other option that a lot of people do these days is having a baby's christening/baptism gown made out of their wedding dress. That seems more practical to me. But since I am neither Christian nor could I stand seeing my gown chopped up I don't think it's going to happen! Still don't know what to do with the dress, meanwhile I wear it around the house sometimes!

My mom doesn't have her wedding dress anymore. I wouldn't have worn it anyway! lol...

I'll be keeping my dress, not really because I think my daughter would want to wear it someday, but because my mom is making it for me!

If she should want to wear it though I'd let her.

When my sister-in-law got married, she had her dress custom made. She used the lace from her mother's gown for her dress and the ring bearer's pillow.

My mom kept her dress until a few years ago. I wouldn't have worn it anyway - we're completely different sizes, and he was married in 1980, so you KNOW that thing has way too much beading! FH's one cousin wore her mom's dress, but her mom was terminally ill and basically holding on to see her daughter get married. She had the dress altered to fit her, changed the neckline, and made some other changes to make it much more flattering. My FMIL also wore her mother's dress, but her mother passed away when she was 10, and my FMIL said that this was the reason, as well as trying to save money. I think I'll be keeping my dress, but I don't think it will be so my daughter can wear it. Every bride deserves the experience of picking out her wedding dress!

Ya know I actually might have considered wearing my mom's dress if she still had it. I thought it was classic and beautiful in her photos and that was in 1972!!! My grandmother made the dress and she was at my wedding so it would have been special for all of us if Id worn it. I wouldn't even have changed it at all and my mom was about my size then. Sadly it wasn't around to be worn. Oh well. But the PP is right, I would have at least gone out for the dress shopping experience even if I was wearing hers and if my daughter decided to wear mine I'd insist she go try some on anyway. It's too special an experience to miss out on!

I would not have worn my mother's wedding dress. Not my style, and so much would have had to be altered and hemmed since she has a good six inches on me! I am buying a dress that doesn't scream wedding dress so I can wear it to fancier occasions; if I have a daughter and I still have the dress, she's welcome to it to wear.

My daughter was half a foot taller and built so different from me that it never would have worked. I couldn't wear my mom's because she just had a small private ceremony. I believe putting the dress on bravobride.com, thegreenhanger.com, giving it to a charity (like Race for the Cure, or other options make more sense than trying to preserve it for what may never happen.

Not my mothers’ dress, but I wore my sister’s dress for my first wedding. I am so happy I did because we lost my sister just 3 months after the wedding. We lost her unexpectedly due to a brain aneurysm. I treasure the pictures we have from the wedding. Both of my sister’s were bridesmaids and it is the last family picture we have with all 4 children and my parents. I am glad she was able to be part of the wedding and see me in her dress.

My mom saved her wedding dress for me. and i had a real hard time telling her i wanted my own dress. I'm the type of girl that use to always do what i was told to do and wanted to please everyone. But in the past 3years my fiancee has shown me that i can't just please everyone i have to do what makes me happy so that was the first time i had ever said no. I felt real bad but she told me it was ok. Her dress was from 25years ago and she loves lace. I on the other hand love sparkle. I still havent decided what to do with my dress when I'm done with it because if I do have a daughter I don't want her to feel the same way I did (kinda like i really should wear it to make her happy).

Even if my mom did have her wedding dress(s) I would never ware ether one of them. I would try them on but never to MY wedding. I want my own dress something I picked out and that I love. I would never ask my daughter to ware my dress, Its something you will never forget and an experience that is a must have for a bride. I mean the thought is very sweet but its just not for me. I plan on having my dress made into a quilt a year after my wedding.

If my moms dress was actually nice (when my parents got married, wasn't a big budget..so no fancy dress..I don't even think it's a wedding dress!!!) and if we were near the same size..my mom was a bean pole and i'm pretty curvy..so it wouldn't get over my hips or chest!! And yes, I plan on saving my dress, incase I have a daughter and she wants to wear it...plus, I really couldn't part with it! lol I haven't got mine yet..but my sense of style is timeless elegant but simple..so I imagine it would be nice to wear so many years down the road..you never know!! My mom didn't buy hers with her daughters in mind..I think..if I remember corrrectly

I don't know what I'll end up doing w/ my dress but I don't think I'll be saving ti for daughter except maybe for her to play dress up in. It's a very simple but elegant dress and very me, but I look forward to helping my mini me pick out her own dress in her own style... Perhaps i would feel differently if I had spent a gazillion dollars on it, but I got it on sale for $300!!!!

I've always wondered about this too. I think its great if there is a classic style dress that can be passed down a generation. However, I think many times, dresses are dated. Everyone I know whose got married recently has boxed up their dress and I guess its the thing to do, just not sure why

My mom's dress is yellowed now. But my mom never expected me to wear it. I'm not her size from back then anyway, lol! BUT my mother knows how to sew and will be making my dress. So that will be special for us. I don't plan on saving it for my daughter though. If I have one, she'll have her own idea of what's fashionable.

I've always intended to wear my mother's dress. Partially because I think it's very lovely, partially because I hate shopping and I can't see any reason to spend over a grand on a dress that will be worn for one day (especially when I know where to find a very lovely one for free), but mostly for sentimental reasons.