Who's actually reworn a bridesmaid dress?

Question

We all tell ourselves "but they are so chic they can definately be worn again!"

Seriously though, who has actually done so. Prom doesn't count.

Answer 1

Never. The problem is that they are all satin and that fabric makes most of the dresses too fancy to be worn again. I can't wear them to a formal wedding because I'll look like I'm trying to be a bridesmaid!

Answer 2

i have. they were cute summery dresses. nothing wrong with it.

Answer 3

I have...

I was Matron of Honor for my sister's wedding...she selected a beautiful halter style A line dress with an empire waistline...the material was a soft knit that draped beautifully and the color was a deep burnt orange...since she had a winter wedding, we wore long sleeved bolero jackets in chocolate velvet and had matching feathered headpieces and hand muffs....

I wore the dress part of the outfit at several dif formal events (not anyone's wedding and dif people with each event)...I had purchased gold dress sandals and a gold & black knit wrap and no one could tell it was originally part of a bride's maid outfit....lol

Answer 4

I have, but it shouldn't really count because our "bridesmaid dresses" were actually black cocktail dresses of our own choosing. I've never reworn a bridesmaid dress that actually looked like a bridesmaid dress.

Answer 5

I haven't but a few of my bridesmaids have!  My sister picked out the dress - it was a dress from Banana Republic.  It was a strapless party dress that they were selling around christmas.  It is a nice soft jersy fabric in a cranberry color.  I few of the girls have worn them to parties, and one of the girls lent it to her sister to wear at a formal dance.  By not buying at a bridal store, they really did get dresses they could wear again!

Answer 6

I rewore one of my bridesmaids dresses. It was Black & Red & I wore it for a Christmas dinner....I also have worn it to work a few times.....

Answer 7

Some of my girls had them shortened to party length or tea length and rewore them.

Answer 8

My MOH did.  The dress she wore to my wedding she wore as a bridesmaid at another wedding.

We wanted to buy her something she would wear again but she it not a dressy girl at all, and she had this one in her closet and it matched perfectly!

Answer 9

I used the skirt to make a spaghetti strap shirt to wear to evening parties.  It was not a dress I could have worn to some other occasion.  Too flashy for my normal dress style.

Answer 10

I haven't but the bridesmaid dress I wore looks more like a mother of the bride dress, not a dres a 20 something would wear.

Answer 11

I have two really ugly ones I've since parted with and two really cute ones that I've worn.

One was a cap sleeved, light and airy, chocolate dress that I wore on three job interviews, a family reunion, and a church picnic.

One was a jet black cocktail dress with a hot pink belt around the middle.  I wore it out a few nights, on a dinner date, and on the night my beau proposed.

The other two were horrendous and are likely still sitting on a Goodwill rack.  One of them was this puke colored green and the other was 90% mesh.

Answer 12

I did more than once actually. It was a burgundy & pink bridesmaid dress that my ex sis-in-law had picked out for all her brides maids to wear. & I needed one for a dance. Not the prom tho, cuz I didn't go to it. So I figured since the darn thing cost so much, why not wear it again?! The dances & formal events I wore mine to were church youth functions. No one ever knew. LOL!

Answer 13

Not myself, but three of my four bridesmaids did - a few more than once. It's because it was a pretty summery dress, tealength, sprigs of flowers patterned on it, short sleeve, criss-crossed back, low vee-front, basque waist and nice full skirt. It's just a lovely dress, and I often thought it was the type of dress I would have loved to have!

Answer 14

How about a prom dress as a bridesmaid dress??? I got sick before my BF's wedding and couldnt fit in to the dress I was supposed to wear, I was her only bridesmaid and my prom dress was the right color so I ended up wearing it!

Answer 15

I have.

But to be completely honest, I wore it again for Halloween.

When I went as Carrie at her prom. (ahem).

: )

Answer 16

I did when it was a black dress I bought on my own. I think its over-rated. I know you want it to look good but all girls complain about it. I am going to have my girls find a simple black dress so they feel comfortable and confident in themselves. Instead of me picking out a horrible color and making them wear something they hate.