ᐉ Where can you return your wedding dress immediately after the wedding - all options

Getting ready in advance

Traveling to bridal shops should not be the first or last thing on your wedding to-do list.
If you buy a dress before you've set a budget or chosen a style, it can be difficult: it's hard to fit a rustic dress into a classic wedding concept. If you put off buying a dress until later, you risk not having time to find exactly what you need. Therefore, it is best to choose a wedding dress approximately 3 months before the expected celebration.

To begin with, we recommend looking at images and photographs of brides on wedding websites, blogs, and magazines. To understand what style may suit you, what is trending now, study the styles and works of designers in your city, in Russia and abroad. Only after you have briefly outlined your preferences and images, you can start choosing a salon.

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How and where to sell a wedding dress after the wedding

What is the best way to sell your wedding dress after the event?
First, let's decide on a question that worries many girls - is it possible to sell a wedding dress after the wedding? There are many superstitions and signs that prohibit the sale of wedding attire. It’s amazing how adults can believe in such stories that a wedding dress has some kind of healing power and can replace treatment if someone in the house is sick! Similar beliefs exist regarding shirts for bathing in holy springs. In fact, neither the wedding dress nor the shirts from the source have any healing powers. If we consider the mystical influence, all the power lies in our faith.

Therefore, you can safely sell the dress and all wedding accessories, including the veil. Selling wedding items does not deprive us of family happiness. Well-being and love leave the family for completely different reasons.

Sell via Avito

The easiest option is to sell a dress through Avito. All you have to do is create an ad, post a few photos and wait for calls. If you are lucky, you will sell the dress right away, but if not, you can spend a very long time selling. Personally, I don’t like to host different strangers at home, but I will have to host them at home. Meeting at a bus stop or in a park will not work, because the buyer will want to not only carefully examine the wedding dress, but also try it on.

It may happen that a girl tries it on and says - I’ll think about it and then call. Then another one will come and also try it on and think. All this takes time and is not always pleasant, especially if they voice shortcomings and ask you to lower the price, because this concerns your wedding dress!

Popularity

It is desirable that the selected stores are popular and in demand among brides. Why? Usually you can find reviews about such salons in the public domain, which means they monitor the quality and level of service.

Good light, friendly staff, comfortable and spacious fitting rooms - this is not the entire list of characteristics that a good wedding fashion salon should have. If finances do not allow, then refrain from traveling to overly expensive boutiques - this may give false dreams of a dress that you cannot afford.

Choose a few salons with a good selection and visit them first. Too many places and dresses can quickly become boring, so it’s better to choose from several options and not spread yourself thin.

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How to store a wedding dress?

Do not always keep the bride's dress in the box or case in which it was packed in the wedding salon. It is best to hang the wedding dress in a spacious closet, where it will not get wrinkled and will not touch other things or the floor. Hang the outfit on soft hangers so that the fabric does not stretch, and the dress should also be placed in a cover made of natural material, since in polyethylene it acquires an unpleasant odor. Be sure to protect your outfit from direct sunlight so that it does not change its color, and hide it from pets, especially kittens: puffs on delicate materials cannot be hidden or corrected!

After the wedding, be sure to dry clean the bride’s dress (in case of heavy soiling, no later than 7-10 days after the holiday) and store it separately from wedding accessories in a spacious cardboard box that allows air to pass through well, so that the white fabric does not turn yellow. Line the bottom of the box with thin white wrapping paper, which must be changed every six months.

Consultants

Listen to the advice of consultants. Consult about your body type and the styles that suit it. Ideally, try on different dress models to see for yourself your preferences and see how your figure looks in each of them.

This recommendation especially applies to the first salon if you plan to go to several - at the first fitting you will already be able to dismiss dozens of dresses that definitely do not suit your figure, height or mood.

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How much can you sell a dress for after the wedding?

If you choose a consignment store, you will receive little for your outfit - no more than 25-30% of the original cost. This is due to the fact that its main visitors are people with little income.

The bridal salon may offer a good amount, but not the same amount as you bought the dress for. In this case, you can count on approximately 50% of its original cost. Another 30% will come from the intermediary services of store personnel.

When selling a dress using a newspaper, the price for a used item will be 10-20% higher than in the case of consignment stores and boutiques. Then you will not need to pay for the services of intermediaries, you will only have to spend money on publishing the ad. Often it is offered for free.

Dress for sale in a consignment store

The final cost is affected by:

Product condition. If the outfit is damaged - torn or dirty, the price is reduced by more than 50%.
Age of the dress. New dresses are bought more often because they look better.
Color. The greatest demand is for the white palette; outfits in pink, beige and other shades are 10-20% cheaper.
Brand. People are willing to pay for designer clothes with exclusive designs. If your dress, for example, is from the designer Vera Wang, then you can safely ask for 80% of the cost of the product.
Model and style. If the model and style of the dress are popular in the season, then the price for it will be quite high.
Fabrics used. Clothes made from natural fabrics are more expensive than those made from synthetics.
Availability of accessories. The fact is that additional elements (bows, brooches, belts, etc.) also increase the cost of the product.

If you want to save money, you should prepare the dress for sale yourself. To do this, you need to wash and steam it at home.

If you do decide to sell, the outfit must first be washed. How to do this at home, what to use for this and what to consider, read in another article.

After washing, you can’t do without ironing. You want to earn as much as possible on your outfit, right? Then you should find out how to send a wedding dress. Our other article will help you with this. From it you will learn how much this service costs and how to do it yourself at home so as not to spoil the thing.

Here, too, a lot has been written about what can and cannot be done with a dress after the wedding.

Textile

Pay attention to the quality of fabrics. The fabric of a wedding dress should be light and airy. It should not shine, rustle or prick - otherwise you risk scratching your skin all evening until it turns red. The higher quality the fabric, the more expensive the dress, but there are exceptions, so if you are not an expert, it will be great if you bring someone into the salon who can help, or consult with specialists in advance.

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Is it possible to sell a wedding dress?

There are some signs among the people that absolutely cannot be used to sell a wedding dress. They say that it serves as a talisman for the newlywed and has healing powers. If a husband or child falls ill in the family, then by wearing it you can cure the sick person. There is also a legend according to which a girl who sells a dress risks being left without family happiness.

If you nevertheless decide to put your wedding dress up for sale, you should know what you can and cannot offer to the buyer along with it. Thus, the following can be safely transferred for the use of others:

But in no case is it recommended to sell a veil or even just give it to someone to try on, because it is a symbol of family well-being and comfort. With its help, you can remove the evil eye or damage from children or from your husband. Another article explains even more about whether you can sell a wedding dress. You will learn what signs exist in this regard, what you need to do in order not to bring trouble upon yourself even after receiving funds.

Company

Be sure to take company with you - your mother or best friends. People who can tell you the shortcomings of the chosen dress or its advantages. But remember that the wedding is still yours. It’s worth listening to advice, but only if it relates exclusively to the style of the dress itself, price or its appropriateness, and not to subjective characteristics. First of all, listen to yourself!

Don't be afraid to ask about discounts! This is especially true in the off-season - from November to February you can buy a beautiful dress at the best price or even get on sale.

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