Bride-to-be Gillian Duffy revealed in a viral TikTok video that she repurposed and wore her mom’s wedding dress for her bridal shower. She tells PEOPLE just how she came up with the idea to do ...

A bride got grief from her family members after she decided not to wear the wedding dress that her 21-year-old stepsister handmade for her. In a post on Reddit, the bride explained that the dress ...

More brides have been upcycling their mother’s wedding dresses for rehearsal dinners, receptions, elopements or the ceremony itself. Motivating factors include sustainability, sentimentality and ...

Related: Bride Unboxes Mom's Vintage Wedding Dress With Hopes of Wearing It on Her Big Day—Only to Discover a Stranger's Gown Her mother wasn’t the only one who loved the idea.