We`ve all followed this thread and we`ve seen some stunningly beautiful dresses and some weird and wacky ones too.
Most of us have been lucky enough to choose and afford the dress of our dreams but whilst I was watching the BBC news this morning there was a news article where they set someone the challenge of either buying or creating a wedding dress for just £10 ( $16 ) and she did it, not once but 3 times over.
Some people may have strong green beliefs and I`ve noticed a rise in green websites offering recycled fabrics or wedding dresses made from "green " fabrics. Other people may simply want an off the wall dress made from something unusual or vintage fabric and some people may either simply choose not to spend a large part of their budget on the dress or simply can`t afford to.
The 3 dresses this morning consisted of one made from a pair of damask curtains, another made from several items of clothing from a charity shop which had been taken apart and then re made as a dress and a dress which had been found on a street market and revamped.
It got me thinking about how times had changed because when I married for the 1st time in 1973 it was nothing unusual for wedding dresses to be passed through families or borrowed by friends. My own wedding dress which was new was later used by my sister to make a dress for my young niece to wear in a Church parade.
My parents married in 1941 during the height of the War and my Mother`s dress was made from a parachute silk because wedding dresses were impossible to buy in those years.
Does anybody know of someone who`se had a really unusual dress, possibly sourced from somewhere unusual or someone who wore something completely out of the norm ? Maybe you know of someone who`se worn a dress passed from generation to generation or who`se had an ingenious way of dressing for a bargain price.