18 Brides Who Made Their Own Outfits Using Old Wedding Dresses

For a wedding to be perfect, it is important to have the right outfit; that is why brides always pay special attention to the dress they will wear during the big day. Sometimes, their mother’s or grandmother’s dress or simply one they found in a store are the ideal ones, they just make some modifications and that’s it! There are women who end up with their dream wardrobe thanks to their talent.

At Now I’ve Seen Everything we love makeovers, so we gathered images of brides who went all out and made their own outfits. In the end, a bonus that proves you can sew a bridal gown from any old rag.

1. “Made a huge change to my dress and got rid of the sleeves... thoughts?!”

2. “Updated a $25 1986 wedding dress to my dream dress. Details in comments.”

3. “My DIY thrift-flipped wedding dress”

4. “My wedding dress! Made some modifications, including pockets! Fabric details in comments 😊”

5. “Made my own wedding dress from my mom’s 1985 gown”

6. “We lost my mom almost 4 years ago and I was determined to wear her wedding dress, so I found someone with experience redesigning older dresses. Mom was smaller than me and I wanted to clean up the style a bit, and the seamstress did an amazing job! I love it so much.”

7. “My grandma’s wedding dress. Currently being cleaned so it should be a lot whiter when it’s done. I was thinking sleeveless and some rhinestone detail”

8. “I’m getting married to this magical human in 102 hours. Here she is revealing to our moms the dress that she and a friend made from her mom’s wedding dress.”

9. “Last time I shared my wedding dress, but I added a last minute touch! It was magical <3”

10. “Made a friend’s wedding dress by taking apart and using the base for one she ordered online and hated the lace it came with.”

11. “My beautiful wife altered and made her own wedding dress. Not 100% positive because I didn’t see the before dress, but pretty sure she was working with a blank canvas dress and added everything. I knew she was talented before, but this absolutely blew me away!! Figured this would fit well here!!”

12. “I added sleeves for this gorgeous bride to her strapless wedding gown.”

13. “Just got married in mom’s dress- $200 from Macy’s- thirty years and two weddings! I only changed the sleeves and reinforced the zipper/side seams.”

14. “My grandmother on her wedding day, on my wedding day, wearing the same dress.”

15. “Just finished sewing the liner into my wedding dress! Just in time: 5 more days until ’I do!’”

16. “Refashioning my mom’s wedding dress...”

17. “Redone wedding dress”

18. “I got to wear my dream dress — my mom’s wedding dress!”

Bonus: “I sewed a wedding dress out of sweatpants...”

What would your ideal wedding dress look like? Would you like to wear a new wedding dress or an inherited one?