Small ceremony and bridal party

Hi! My original wedding date was April 18 and we postponed to December. We’re now not sure that the big December wedding will happen and will probably postpone it again to next year. So, we decided to do a small ceremony and a lunch or dinner afterwards in September. It will be about 30 people, including immediate family, bridal party and their SOs, and aunts and uncles.


I don’t plan to wear my dress and am going to save it for our postponed wedding when we do a vow renewal ceremony and big party. What I’m not sure about is whether the bridal party should wear their dresses and stand with us while we get married. Originally, I was thinking they would sit in front of us like everyone else and wear what they want because there’s so few people, and also to save their dresses for the reception And second bigger ceremony. My fiancée also doesn’t want to make his groomsmen rent a tux twice, which is fair.
However, I don’t want to make them feel like they’re not important and don’t get to stand with me when we get married like we planned. They also paid for the dresses, so I don’t want them to feel like I’m telling them they can’t wear them.
Has anyone else had this dilemma? What did you/would you do?