Wedding Dress/Bridesmaid Dresses - Survey.

[FetidFlowers]

Just a question for the Brides and Bridesmaids on this site, aswell as the Grooms and Groomsmen if they'd like to join in.

How do you feel about renting a wedding dress and/or bridesmaids dresses?

Feedback will be appretiated! :yesnod:
Thank you very much,
FetidFlowers.

[WebLady]

I don't think I would rent a dress myself. I always wonder about how it works with all the alterations and such that normally go into having a wedding dress fitted.

There was something on OneWed not too long ago about renting BM dresses; I had never heard of that until then.

[gwenshack]

I'm not comfortable with renting dresses.

[Ninedays9]

I don't think I'd do it.. I needed alterations on my dress, and I don't think I'd want to trust the pinning or whatever they do for tuxes. All the bridesmaids also had alterations done.

There might be a small chance I'd consider it if I fell in love with a dress, and it was really expensive to buy, but I didn't really seriously consider any dresses that were really expensive when I looked.

[girlggc]

I don't think I would do it.

[hleef]

i wouldnt want to rent a wedding dress im to much of a sentimental person and would love to hang on to mine (doubt my daughter will wear it, if i even have a daughter lol) but my bridesmaids might have rented their dresses, im not sure depends on the price i guess

[cyoung35]

as expensive as the dresses may become I could not see renting the dress. This is suppose to be a special moment and some sacrifices your friends need to make for you. We all know as we are growing up that these days would be coming so everyone should rise to the occassion. Beside if you save the dress it's kinda fun to look back and giggle or better yet try to get back into it!

[Salayia]

I would never rent my wedding dress. Ever. BM dresses - if they wanted to, to save money, I can see that. I have 3 BM dresses that have been worn exactly once. If I could have cut the costs on those, and rented them, I would have been happy. But MY dress? Never. :coolblue:

[Salayia]

as expensive as the dresses may become I could not see renting the dress. This is suppose to be a special moment and some sacrifices your friends need to make for you. We all know as we are growing up that these days would be coming so everyone should rise to the occassion. Beside if you save the dress it's kinda fun to look back and giggle or better yet try to get back into it!

I have to disagree with this statement. I had one friend get married last year, I'm getting married this year, and another friend that there's a 99.9% chance that she'll get married next year. So, by then, one of my poor friends will have been a bridesmaid 3 times in 3 years! :eek: And then if she and the other girl in our group find suitable husbands and get married soon thereafter as well, then that's 4 weddings that each of us will have been in (there are 5 girls in our group and we're all extremely close). And, having to spend $100+ on each dress, plus the shoes, I can see how renting bridesmaids dresses would be very advantageous.

I mean, if everyone in your group of friends is roughly the same age, they're probably going to be getting married somewhat around the same time frame (such as the case with my group of friends). I feel bad making my bridesmaids spend that kind of money on a dress, KNOWING that they JUST did this less than a year ago! And I'm only the SECOND in the group to get married! By the 5th time we do this, we're all going to be BROKE! LOL!

So, I certainly hope that by the time the 5th one gets married, renting bridesmaids dresses has come into style and there is a good selection in a store close to us!!! ;)

[dfwvases]

I would probably never rent a wedding dress, just because I used to work in tuxedo rentals and the way the companies recycle the tuxedos over and over and seeing the quality and wear and tear after so long. I think a bride wants to look fresh and new on her special day. You don't want the dress to be the borrowed item in the "old, new, borrowed and blue" saying. I do believe bridesmaid dress rentals are the way to go though. Unless the dress is just absolutely gorgeous and you ask all the bridesmaids if they could possibly re-wear it and they are honest and say yes. I have owned and rented before and one bridesmaids dress I was able to re-wear as a formal gown to an event. It was beautiful and I was lucky the bride had such amazing taste. I have also had not so beautiful dresses that got sent to the Goodwill after all was said and done.