A girl spends nearly half her life imagining what her wedding dress will look like and what her bridesmaids will be wearing. When the day finally arrives, you feel like a princess in your dress but what do you do with it after the day is over? Some let it sit in their closet for years and years until they take it out and give it to their daughter for her special day. Here are some ways to help you decide what to do post-wedding.

Sell

You can put your wedding dress on I Do Gowns who pick up used wedding dresses after the big day and sell it again to people who can’t afford an expensive dress. This is the easiest way as someone will be able to have their own fairytale wedding even though they do not have the money to buy a brand new dress. With the money, you can always keep it and put it towards something that means a lot to you or you can donate it to charity.

Donate

A good idea is to donate it to an Australian charity group called Dress A Girl who wants to provide dresses to young girls who cannot afford them because they live in a poverty or disease stricken country. You can submit your dress to the charity who restyles every dress to be worn by girls around the world.

Keep it

For old times sake, keep the dress in your closet for you to look back on your magical day. Preserving the dress means you can give it to your future daughter or daughter-in-law for her to wear down the aisle when she gets married. Even having a themed birthday party like wearing your wedding dress, with all your friends wearing theirs or even wearing something similar.

Make something

If you do not want to do any of these, you can always alter your dress to make it into a cocktail dress for formal parties or even another wedding. Some brides have altered their mother’s and grandmother’s dresses to suit the time.