Customer Reviews

Always A Bridesmaid: 89 Ways to Recycle That Bridesmaid Dress

5 star:		(16)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This gift was the most popular that I gave my bridesmaids. From the start of my wedding planning, I knew that they would never wear the dresses again. So, I picked the most affordable dress that I liked and admitted right up front that I knew that they would never wear it again. (Coming from someone with about 5 bridesmaids dresses hidden in my parent's home.) At the rehearsal dinner, I gave the girls this book along with jewelry to wear at the wedding. They loved the book! The girls kept laughing and pointing out some of the unusual places that the author wore the dress. It certainly helped everyone put a smile on their face and relax before the wedding. :)

What a hoot! From the sublime to the ridiculous, Rebecca has captured it all in this amusing little book chronicling the many lives of a bridemaid's dress! No one is immune from the author's gentle barbs (including herself), as she and her dress venture into new territory. I especially loved the "tips." Just gave it to a bride-to-be as part of her shower gift; she said it was wonderful! Helps you look at life through a slightly skewed, but brand new prism.

This book was absolutely wonderful!!!! Having been in a few weddings myself - fully equipped with HUGE butt bows - I really appreciated the humor. Also, I would be honored to see the bridesmaid dresses that I chose for my wedding to be used for any one of the ideas!! This really is the best kind of recycling I can think of. I applaud Ms. Whitlinger and her creativity. I look forward to a sequel!!!!! In the meantime, I'm going to see what I can do with my lovely bridesmaid dresses.

My friends and I enjoyed every page and picture. Rebecca has taken a fun,lighthearted approach to an age old dilemia, what to do with a bridesmaid's dress once the wedding is over! And, not only do the readers benefit from the book, but so does the Cancer Caring Center!

Nyuk, nyuk! A very humorous look at one of the inequities of traditional weddings. I've been in my share of wedding parties and took my tux back to the rental place after each one. Meanwhile, my wife has amassed a small collection of dresses that will never see the light of day. Thanks for giving voice to her frustration. Laughter is good medicine, and this phenomenon is obviously bigger than my wife's closet!

I gave this book to my bridesmaids, along with a more traditional gift. The two who had already been in 5 or more weddings loved it! They both have the closet full of pouffy tafetta and chiffon in a rainbow of colors they didn't look so great in and will NEVER wear again. I tried to keep the dress I chose for them simple and not "bridesmaidy" but if they will never want to wear it again, at least this book will give them ideas of what they can do with it. A fun gift for your bridesmaids and to keep the bride in touch with the fact that no matter what she thinks, her bridesmaids will more than likely not like the dress she chooses. But at least now, they have recycling options.

Now I know what to do to spruce up my home for every major holiday...Use my gowns from the 5 weddings that I've been in! Thanks Rebecca for making me laugh. I'll now be able to say yes to the next friend who asks me to be in her wedding (and secretly know that I'll be able "use that awful dress again"!) I've recommended the book to all my friends.

This book is written as a funny joke. The dress is awful and I thought it was funny when she wore it in different situations. Some of the people who didn't like it sound like they were uptight brides who were worried their bridesmaid didn't like the dress they picked out. If one of my bridesmaids wore her dress to get her driver's license picture taken, I'd laugh (...) off.

There isn't much (if any) real advice for what to do with a bridesmaid dress, so if you are looking for such a book, you might not like it.

I bought this book for one of my bridesmaids, in whose wedding I was also a bridesmaid. She kept assuring us that we would be able to "wear that dress again," so when it was my turn I thought this would be a funny gift for her at the rehearsal dinner. The book is not quite what I was expecting. I thought the pictures would illustrate the funny suggestions, but the pictures were just wierd. They were just pictures in the dress in different places, not what I had in mind, but it was too late to return it and order another.

I'm sure I'll get more of a reaction after giving my bridesmaids this book than after they open the jewelry I'm also giving them.

This is hilariously funny and I would recommend that any bride with a sense of humor consider giving it to their bridesmaids along with the more "traditional" gifts.