Eco Friendly Wedding Dress Ideas

In today’s fashion climate, eco wedding dresses are easy to find and give you many beautiful options. Green fashion includes everything from vintage to hip new designers working with organic fabrics.

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If you’re interested in a traditional or romantic look, a vintage gown may be your best eco friendly option. Even in weddings without a green focus, vintage gowns have recently become popular. The beauty and style of the past is being embraced by both women seeking formal dresses and designers creating formals.

Though a well-preserved wedding dress from the mid-century or earlier may cost even more than a new design, you can scour charity and thrift shops for dresses that are equally beautiful but in need of some loving care. Many thrift stores even have a wedding section now, so you can browse for the dress of your dreams more easily. For another vintage option, you can keep the dress in the family and have a local dressmaker customize your mother’s wedding dress—or even your grandmother’s.

Eco chic is one of the newer fashion buzzwords, and if you’re not interested in vintage, it’s the best way to go green. Eco chic designers work exclusively with sustainable fabrics and often create cutting edge designs out of such fabrics as hemp. You can even pick up something green for the groom, as organic hemp suits abound for men. If you go the eco chic route, seek out something that you’ll want to wear after the wedding so it isn’t just a one-purpose dress.

Another option is to rent your dress rather than to buy it, which is something that grooms have been doing regularly for decades. Though renting the dress just leaves you with memories of it, your memories will be good ones and you may just save a bundle, too.