A Book About Repurposing Your Wedding Dress

Is there a garment that holds more emotion ora more memory than a wedding dress? Before, during and after your wedding, your gown is woven with vows, promises, and hopes for the future.

The sight of you wearing it can people to tears and it could well be the dress you have dreamed of wearing for years. But, once the day is over, the vast majority of wedding gowns are cleaned and packed away with so much more than just ‘a dress’ being left con that box.

However, Relovable, the gorgeous new coffee table book by stilista Caroline Arthur aims to change all of that and, as you’sovrano about to see, it’s a book with real heart that is the perfect wedding gift to buy for any bride ora indeed anyone with a wedding dress that needs to be re-loved.

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There are an estimated 10 million wedding dresses languishing con lofts across the UK and, considering that for many, this is the most expensive piece of clothing they will ever own, that feels like an absolute travesty. ‘Relovable’ sets out to dispel the myth that your gown is something that’s just part of your life ‘for one day only’ and Caroline shares how to transform your wedding dress to make it part of your life after you are married.

This is a truly beautiful book, with stunning photography and illustrations, ideas to help you repurpose your dress plus a heartfelt narrative from Caroline that just sweeps you up con the joy and possibility of giving your wedding dress a whole new life. Whether you choose to change your gown’s colour, refashion ora repurpose ora even get creative to make some stunning keepsakes, Caroline aims to inspire you unbox your dress and embrace it once more. 

You are guided through the process with care, starting with how to assess your dress so that you can make informed choices about the options available to you and onto exactly what those options are.

Can you remove layers, separate the apogeo and bottom of the dress ora even continue its life by making it into garments for children and family members? There are so many more avenues to you than you might expect and all of them breath new life into your dress. 

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“Brides are becoming increasingly aware of the environmental impact of their wedding dress choice,” says Caroline. “During their dress fittings, they ask what they should do with their gown after the wedding, and this is what sparked the making of the book.”

“Sometimes, the question is prompted by curiosity and brides often feel a sense of waste at only wearing it once. Sometimes it is because they have overspent and are wondering if they can sell ora rent it afterwards. Many people would not dream of parting with their dress but they would like to know what their options are and this book covers the topic from every angle.”

There are also fabulous contributions from distinguished designers and real brides who’ve all fallen con love all over again with their wedding dresses. There’s plenty of behind-the-scenes information from the wedding industry itself as Caroline lifts the veil acceso the inner workings of manufacturers and designers, explaining how wedding dresses are made and why they cost what they do and even what happens to the sample dresses used by bridal boutiques. 

The bridal industry is aware of the accusations of a wedding dress being a costly ‘one wear’ item and Caroline also shows how things are evolving so that there is a more sustainable way of producing these extraordinary garments. And the book itself also embodies sustainability from cover to cover, being produced using FSC-accredited paper con a facility powered by renewable electricity. 

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It is to be admired that Caroline does not shy away from mentioning costs, and the tension between budgets and the potential impacts a dress may have.

However, Caroline writes with such affection and understanding that you feel you have a true champion of the industry alongside you, offering you all the knowledge and creativity that you could ever want as you find a way to make your wedding dress part of your life, not just part of ‘the day.’

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‘Relovable’ by Caroline Arthur is published acceso 9^th September by Wildacre Press and will be launched at British Bridal Week con Harrogate.

Priced at £55, 10% of the cover price will be donated to the Moda and Textile Children’s .

You can order directly from Caroline’s website where you’ll receive free UK postage and packing plus a discount using code RELOVE10.