Wow absolute treasures - we get the most incredible clothes sent out here via a Charity called DAPP from Europe. I am always in there finding the most amazing treasures for my kids and for me :-) I am a great thrift lover :-)
Reminds me of those scary movies where the she-ghost wears flowing white dresses. These look like they have been made for extra tall clients. Lovely capture of them.
This is great Babs, I am smiling....the light, the darkness, and dresses without bodies. Looks like a ghost shot. Something old......wondering the stories behind those dresses.
The wedding dresses look lovely hanging there...I really like the look of the one on the left. One of my daughter's in law bought her dress recycled...cleaned & altered it was beautiful....she brought it all the way back to the UK on the plane for her wedding. I did admire her for being so frugal. They were saving to buy cows at the time! 🤣
@zambianlass We used to have Thrift Shops on RAF camps when David was in the RAF and I have bought many items from there, especially when we were overseas.
@happypat I am all for recycled wedding dresses because the price of a new one is horrendous but not so sure I would get one from this recycle centre, it is at the local Council tip and the next step is across the road to landfill.
When David was in the RAF we both bought and sold things in the Thrift Shop on camp. Got plenty of bargains, as people don't want to take some of their belongings with them when they are posted. I bought one of our girls bikes there, it was a real bargain.
@tinley23 I have to admit I did think of Miss Havisham when I saw these dresses too.
Oh goodness I wouldn’t want to buy one from there either....that’s a very sad end to them....like the marriages too perhaps plus the DIL who is no longer a DIL from the end of this week.!! 😳
@happypat There were quite a few wedding dresses on display as I walked through the sheds. Shame about your DIL, marriages seem to be easily recycled these days too don't they.
LOL - I'd love one of those as a wedding dress! But I wonder how many of today's brides would hit into those waistlines? And your image is so good with that vintage feel to it. ::)
Depending on the bride, it's a trend here in the US to buy vintage or used dresses and alter them to suit your taste. It costs WAY less than buying new ones which run in the thousands! And if you're only going to wear it once- why "waste" all that money on a gown when it could be spent on your honeymoon instead? The other thing they do is buy last year's "floor model"- the one everyone tried on before they ordered their own. So it seems to be a popular option. I like how you've set them off to the side- it really draws our attention to them. good shot!
September 11th, 2020
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@zambianlass We used to have Thrift Shops on RAF camps when David was in the RAF and I have bought many items from there, especially when we were overseas.
@happypat I am all for recycled wedding dresses because the price of a new one is horrendous but not so sure I would get one from this recycle centre, it is at the local Council tip and the next step is across the road to landfill.
When David was in the RAF we both bought and sold things in the Thrift Shop on camp. Got plenty of bargains, as people don't want to take some of their belongings with them when they are posted. I bought one of our girls bikes there, it was a real bargain.
@tinley23 I have to admit I did think of Miss Havisham when I saw these dresses too.