I don’t like when people ruin vintage wedding dresses just to make them look completely modern. It destroys the value of it, and if you want a modern dress, just buy one.
Exactly! I hate that some of these people will destroy an absolutely gorgeous and hard to find vintage dress that you’ll probably never see anywhere else! If they want something “in-trend” and modern, they can just buy a more modern dress. Completely agree with you! 🙏
Every time I stumble across a video of a girl showing a wedding dress, I am HOPING they don’t cut it up... these videos traumatized me. And now, I have anxiety watching a video with a wedding dress in it.
My mum died when I was 10. My dad is so protective of her wedding dress (understandbly) he has offered it to us to use for occasions (neither I or my sister have as its too important to us as well) but never to take apart. If we ever destroyed her dress like this I genuinely think he would disown us. So I can't imagine ruining your LIVING MOTHERS wedding dress.
This reminds me of that movie 27 Dresses. I'm glad your family values your mother's dress. My dad passed away when I was 7, so I can't imagine trashing or cutting up any of his things either.
3:27 "Look how beautiful my mom is in her dress! Let's ruin it." I'm a 23 year old guy, don't have kids and I'm not married. But if MY daughter did this to my wife's wedding dress, I'd be so pissed. That's SO wrong.
Yeah, I think it's better to just buy a new one. Esp when your mother prob had to fight with extended family's opinions so she could keep that dress :/ That dress has history
Honestly, it's not a big deal .if it was grandmas dress then yes. once you give something away it's not yours anymore. As a mother, we know our children might have different tastes & 70s& 80s were tacky so most mothers wouldn't care. It saves families thousands & their daughters still get their perfect dress that also has sentimental value. If they didn't repurpose it'd just sit in a closet.
@@AlysiaPetak-dh4yo my mum would care purely because it's a memory of the happiest day of her life, tacky or not. Me personally, I wouldn't wear it on my wedding in like "honour" of my mum. Instead I'd find one that looks similar (or completely different) and the tie it has to my mum is that her and I exclusively chose it together. The memory attached to my wedding dress won't be that its hers, but that my mother helped me find my perfect dress for one of the happiest days of my life. I understand the financial side of it, but if you know you don't have the funds, then you can have a smaller wedding that doesn't require so much, like my mum did, and she still said it was one of the most beautiful things she witnessed, not because it was expensive, but because of the meaning behind it. Weddings don't have to be expensive because it's a wedding, it simply has to satisfy you and your partner and make both of you happy. That's how I see it at least.
If someone took the time and effort to store their dress in an archive box for thirty years, they more than likely didn’t want to see it get trashed. There are plenty of 80s wedding dresses at the vintage stores without the sentimental value attached to them… this just strikes me as cruel.
i remember seeing a tiktok years ago about future mothers won’t pass down vintage wedding dresses (or dresses) to their daughters because of fast fashion (shein) has taken over. i remember reading comments saying “they’ll be getting shein dresses” and i highly 100% agree
Okay, so what happens when Mom dies? The kids are going to get the dress, and they're either going to make it into something else, or give it to Goodwill, or pitch it in the trash. Better to make something usable with it now!
That vintage wedding dress at 3:00 is my DREAM dress. I want an autumn wedding and that is my ideal design. That handmade and hand-beaded lace....destroyed.
It would literally save you money, too. What's even the point, is there some kind of medal or praise that comes with destroying beautiful, sometimes one of a kind, dresses??? Surely these ladies and their tailors don't think their dresses are better. More to their tastes, sure, but better? Not by a long shot.
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” - Thomas Bertram Lance It pains me that they’re doing this with WEDDING DRESSES! These dresses are NOT cheap. But you know what is cheap? The outcome of the dress. IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE SOMETHING YOU COULD BUY ON AMAZON! Whoever’s cutting their mothers wedding dress, please stop messing with these dresses...
@@ville__not to be rude or anything, but u have 3 videos and over 2,000 subs. You comment on a bunch of her vids saying this and it’s not true. Please stop doing this😅
5:30 physically pained me. like that is basically my dream dress, SO beautiful. i cant believe she RUINED it, after being blessed to even have it?! GOD these women piss me off, they made it look so cheap, when they could've looked gorgeous and timeless.
2:58 THIS HURT MY SOUL I WANNA CRY...THIS IS THE MOST GORGEOUS WEDDING DRESS I HAVE SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE, I LOVE IT OH GOODNESS WHY'D YOU DO ITTTT TwT
I can understand some of them wanting to take off/change the sleeves, and I could even understand them making the dress less poofy, but chopping it off to be so short is horrendous!
That what I was hoping for the one with the pearls hanging in the back; that they'd just remove the sleeves and adjust the skirt but no they destroyed it
@@melodyandbryanphillips8304 yeah and the hideous mistake that they made out of that beautiful dress is gonna be something they regret making in a few years time
Honestly I would have removed the sleeves and wore the rest as it is (keeping the sleeves in case someone wants them put back). I don't understand why you'd completely destroy it if all you wanted were the pearls in the back! Just take a normal backless dress and put pearls in it! 😭
Is that even a wedding dress anymore if it’s that short. Also every “recreated” wedding dress not only look like it’s something a girl would wear to a normal party, it’s also doesn’t look anything like the old wedding dress is still there. I mean, at that point might as well custom order a brand new wedding “dress”.
I cannot imagine ruining a family members LITERAL WEDDING DRESS for myself. my sister used my moms dress and she just… used the dress 🤷♂️ she got extra fabric for anything she wanted added but didn’t sew it on do it wouldn’t be ruined. like a normal respectful person. 😐
One of my sister's friend wore her mom's wedding dress for prom (it's perfectly normal where I live, the difference between a prom dress and a wedding dress is just the price tag). It was a bit too long, so I helped to sew it up a bit, THEN LET IT BACK DOWN after the prom! If you don't want to wear an "outdated" wedding dress, then don't wear and antique wedding dress.
As a seamstress, this video broke me. Like, seeing them turn those beautiful and (most likely) HAND BEADED dresses 'Temu chic' is heart breaking. If you hate your mom's dress but want to use it, there are plenty of ways to do it, take a discrete piece of fabric and incorporate it into your bouquet. Use the veil , or have the person you paid to kill it just recreate a bit of it and use it as a belt.
Most of them weren't even fitted properly. They didn't seem to take into account how the specific fabric stretches and moves. That one with the transparent veil sleeves is embarrassing. It looks like she bought it straight off the rack in the wrong size.
I wish I could of worn my mom’s and my Grandmother’s dress (same dress) and I had permission to remove the sheer (no lace or beading) sheer cover for the neck line and sleeves to open up the arm holes but also make it a bit more modern while keeping the same look. I could not do it. I was too big for the dress so it would of have to be hemmed to tea length (hem was already an inch or two above the ground without shoes) and then a corset back would have to be done. Instead, we took the extra that was removed during my mom’s fitting from the 80s to do in a ring pillow.
@christophg.6339 Yes. The job is to meet the clients' wants, but these dresses are NOT something to be proud of from a business standpoint. They're all ill-fitting and genuinely LOOK like D.I.Y projects. I'd give them a discount JUST so they wouldn't tell anyone I made. It's why I love recommending other options like accessories, especially if you're going to change the dress to the point where it no longer looks like the orinpginal. If the only purpose of using it is "free fabric." I recommend just going for a custom dress. That way, you get exactly what they want, and elements can be replicated or incorporated without ruining a gorgeous dress and relegating 70% of this sentimental item to the trash
@@alicegaiba Right?? T-T Add that to the fact that the pants seemed ill-fitting, it had a horrible "design" altogether, it made her proportions look weird AND the terrible wrinking made it look like it was just dragged out from a heap of laundry. Just why?????
what's worse is that most of (if not all of them, honestly) used their mothers' wedding dresses to repurpose them because they know how EXPENSIVE they are. Like, if I was a woman borrowing any of these wedding dresses, I wouldn't even dare think about accidentally ripping them on my wedding day cuz I just know the repairs would be costly.
This was a plot line in the movie “27 Dresses”. The sister getting married ruined the mom’s dress which made the other sister (not getting married) completely lose it.
Yes that tremd of ruin dresses reminded me of 27 dressess and what it was funny is that the sister Who ruined the dress couldnt marry because of a lot of photos and videos showing her being trashy
Although the dress would have looked better as a skirt instead of pants, the client wanted pants so they turned the fabric into pants. They’re doing what they customer tells them to do for money 🤷♀️
I'M SO GLAD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HEATED ABOUT THIS! My dreeeaaam is to get married in a vintage wedding dress... but here's the thing: I'm just going to make my own inspired by vintage wedding dresses instead of taking apart a vintage dress so I can get exactly what I want in my dress. LEAVE PRICELESS ITEMS ALONE!
Some people really clueless about what they have. Vintage things or things that have historical value should be preserved. Not every country, society or people have that option to preserve it due to various complicated reasons. If you wanna save money, just buy a cheap one and "renovate" that.
But then, how many wedding dresses do you want to preserve? Most people want a new dress. Here in Germany, it is quite impossible to sell your used wedding dress; my sister got her 2000 € silk dress for 100 € - no typo! - and it sat months in the digital shelf before she bought it. If my sister hadn't bought it, probably no one would have, not even for that price. Millions of people get married every year, that means millions of dresses. If all of them keep their dress, what should we do with all of those dresses in the future? We can't preserve _everything_ forever. I'm very happy that my mother sold her dress right after the wedding.
Why do people have to destroy beautiful, vintage things whether its a dress that your mom had or some furniture that grandma owned and turn it into basic, modern furniture or ruin something and make it look bad. Besides what if it has sentimental value?
Millenials are so bland and seem to enjoy destroying everything to make it grey and bland . I literally think being heavily medicated, on SSRIS has something to do with it lol.
I just wore my mum's veil when I got married, rather than trying to make her wedding outfit work for me when it just was not my style. She was happy that I was wearing her veil and I was happy to have something of hers I could wear
That’s what I plan to do if I ever get married, because her wedding dress is just not something I’d want to wear. It’s very pretty, and I’ll preserve it, but it’s sleeveless which is not what I’d want for my wedding dress.
@@Sarah_BraggYou could also wear a matching bolero, depending on the style of the dress and if it's otherwise something you'd like to wear. But I was about to comment about using the veil when I saw this thread. Some of those dresses look like they only used the lining it's so bad.
@@lilith75 mine kept hers, I think she was hoping I might wear it. sadly, an 80s two-piece power suit was never something I had in mind, so she let the dress go but kept the accessories
I think turning old unused clothing (even wedding dresses if the owner no longer wants them) is great and even if some people prefer the old style I think it’s okay but there is a line If you turn a gorgeous dress with a lot of fabric and delicate details where clearly a lot of work went in into a plain white dress you should just buy a new wedding dress
And the worst part is that most of the dresses didn't even look dated, as they were timeless pieces that would fit into any decade, like I love the first princess dress that was destroyed. Also, what's with the trend of wedding dresses being above the knee, cause it's honestly giving costume.
the most annoying part of these is that they could easily find dresses with the “repurposed” designs for like $15-$20 online. like there was NO need to ruin these dresses at all
I wore my grandmother's wedding dress for my wedding and it was beautiful, I didn't want anything altered and lost 20lbs to be able to wear it with no alterations, I hate seeing people ruin such beautiful dresses
My mom would kill me if I even dared to look at her pure silver embroidered wedding saree with these thoughts.. 😂 That said, this is preposterous! The fabrics, the accessories/ embellishments, the stitching styles are not even available these days with many designers! We had to scavenge from some bygone shops for these vintage stuff for my friend’s wedding. This just hurts my antique- loving soul!
2:38 calling this creature a demon is a disrespect against all the hellish community that resides in the underworld. I demand an apology with an ukelele
Tbh I love the romanticism of vintage dresses, and have found a shop on Etsy that custom designed one for me where it’s modern with vintage elements added to it
It really was, what they did to it made me physically sick. I could see redesigning it by taking off the puff sleeve part and replacing the mesh/lace as sleeves, but they completely trashed it.
1:05 My mother got married in a yellow summer dress in a garden. It wasn’t a real wedding dress. Would I still decide to cut it up and turn it into a different dress? No. Absolutely not. It’s beautiful and we treasure it. These women are crazy.
The antics and the old dress from their mother's wedding were beautiful and gives back nostalgia and rare site to see Why ruined the wedding gowns from their mother of their happiest days of their life to a shephora dress, those dresses are so cherish and full of good memories. I can't- omg..
I wore my mother’s 80s wedding dress for my own wedding. It has beautiful sequin designs and fake pearl beads from neckline to train trim. Gorgeous silk and lace as well. The only alterations done were minor, as the long sleeves were too big for my arms. I couldn’t imagine cutting anything off! It makes me nauseous to see these wonderful dresses get reduced to party city angel costumes.
My mum actually wore a mini dress at her wedding back in 1994 & looked stunning. Still don't understand why they don't get for a new one, if they want to change that much about the look.
Are you sure it was THIS mini, though? These are higher than mid thigh!! With bare legs!I would bet your moms was just above the knee. And/or she wore colored hose. I'm probably about her age and we were wearing the stretchy mini skirts but something that is fluffed up, like these dresses, will flash everyone.
@@drivethrupoet Yes I am. The skirt was like the dress at 4:05 but mid thigh I'd say :) also pretty unusual at the time but lovely. Also hat a big bow on the chest around the shoulders.
@@Kristina-xo5nx ah yes I remember that look, good times. Well, out of all in this vid, I think that particular dress was still looking like a wedding dress.
There was a tv show that did this, forgot its name, you could design a dress or repurpose your mom's dress. When they "redesigned" moms dress, the mother would be fake happy. There was even a girl who ruined a wedding dress that was in the family for generations. (Also reminds me of that scene in 27 dresses, when the sister redisigns the mothers dress.)
2:43 If I ever had a daughter and she did THAT to my wedding dress I would honestly disown her and TOTALLY ban her from entering my house,bro the og vintage dress must had been so EXPENSIVE and must had such good quality..I am honestly scared of some millenials 🤧
My mom had a beautiful asymmetrical short wedding dress and she wore these CUTE custom Lacey booties. She slayed. I have that dress today and I could wear it without modification other than whitening
Ruining something so beautifully intricate by stripping it down when you could just buy something plain and uninteresting from the get go is my villain origin story
I remember there used to be a show on TLC (or is it FOX? IDK), where the mother's wedding dress was remade into the daughters new wedding dress. Those designs were a lot cuter and wedding-ish than the designs that are circulating now. The repurposed dresses actually look like something that can be worn by the grandchildren and other future generations.
There are so many tasteful ways to repurpose a wedding dress. My mother in law returned to a very old tradition and recently had her (almost 50 year old) wedding dress turned into a baptism gown, which my youngest son (18 months) wore yesterday. It's absolutely beautiful and will be cherished. The most important part about that change is that it was HER decision to do it.
Fun fashion history: short wedding dresses were actually fairly popular in the 1960s! My grandma wore a gorgeous one to her wedding in 1962. This trend had a very distinct look though, much different than the style of these DIY dress revamps. I'm a fan of the 60s style dress because I will probably elope or have a small backyard ceremony. But I'm certainly not about to slice the huge skirt and train off of my mother's wedding dress to turn it into that! I will go get my own 😭
The way i could NEVERRRRR change any damn thing about my mothers wedding dress. That dress is too precious, it means so much to her and my dad. The most i would do, is wear my mums dress, untouched, at my wedding, as a way to honour my mother.
a wedding dress shall not be harmed bcz it all has their unique style, history, and the very significant event's memory. it's not 'redesigning' no. it's ruining and not valuing the dress and what it means by
idk I don’t agree on this one. although it’s sad that the dresses are beautiful, if we’re honest, they’ll likely never be worn again. I guess this is a way for the daughter to have part of her mom with her during the wedding, and if the mom isn’t sad about it, all is good.
Oh my goodness they do! I feel like they’re all so immature as an outfit as well? You’re getting married, you’re not a kid anymore, it’s weird to have a that type of cut as an actual woman
i personally love historical goods. i love iron wrought, old architecture, old music boxes&clocks, old stuffed toys, old embroidery, lace and beading that people spent hundreds of hours on the craft for. and it looks magical when someone spends hours on something. seeing old clothes and stuffed animals is like watching an animated passionate project that took decades to create. seeing people destroy beautiful old things makes me want to scream. we should all remember our history and where we were before the modern era that's why historic districts are important and museums but having your hands on a piece of history and spitting on the craftsman that put painstaking effort into it might as well be the act of you unburying them from their grave and pissing on em.
Absolutely agreed!!!!! There's so much cheaply produced stuff that's easier to reproduce that doesn't have this kind of artistry put into it anymore, please respect the artisans who poured decades of practice, knowledge, and finely honed skill into these precious old things... ;_;
My mom made her own wedding dress back in the 70s. It's in my closet and I pull it out every now and again. I would never go and do this to it. I love her dress and the way she made it.
There’s a lot of things I understand about this. I think the transformations are stunning when they’ve modernized it but you can still see the original dress. But like the one with the veil sleeves? There was nothing of the og dress and that’s heartbreaking. Build in the piece there don’t demolish and start over!
do i like my mother's wedding dress? not really. would i change it drastically? absolutely not. that's apart of my family history now, and deserves respect like other heirlooms passed down to me.
My mom would never let me even touch her dress, let alone do something this atrocious. And most of those redesigns don't even look like they were made for a wedding. It just disgusts me that someone is ruining someone's precious memory just to make it look like THIS.
I swear when I get married I would love to wear a dress that looks vintage that will never happen because of the people finding the most stunning vintage dress and ruin it
It might be upsetting to some folks, myself included. But at the end of the day, it's their stuff and their money, and it's none of my business what they do with it if they're not hurting anyone 🤷🏻♀️
@GM-qq1wi my mother works in a wedding dress shop. I've been to wedding dress expos and met designers before. The significant value of these wedding dresses is ruined. Also, you don't need to know anything about wedding dresses in order to know that preserved antique dresses have more value. That is common sense.
Yes this, I feel like it's ok to have casual weddings because they are about a celebration of your love and you can do that in whatever way you want, and it's even ok to use traditional things as inspiration, BUT that doesn't mean they had to destroy it like why can't they just make something NEW entirely
Personally for me , alterations are fine if there are issues with the dress, like sleeves are hard to refit bigger and easier to cut off, skirts can be hemmed up or cinched , and you can add panels but making something that looks beautiful or it’s sentimental to people within like 3 generations or if it’s something not made anymore, shelf, sell or loan it because plenty of people are looking for vintage style dresses to wear
