HOW TO SET THE PRICE OF YOUR PRE-LOVED WEDDING DRESS
The dress you chose to wear on your wedding day will always have a special place in your heart and an emotional value beyond any monetary value. So many memories are attached to it. This makes it difficult to set an objective price for your beloved dress once you decide to part with it.
In a very simplistic way the dress keeping most of its value is by a coveted brand name/designer, from the latest collection and in great condition.
Read on as we share some factors to take in consideration upon deciding on the resale value of your dress.
What was the Retail Value of your Dress?
The dress you chose to wear on your wedding day will always have a special place in your heart and an emotional value beyond any monetary value. So many memories are attached to it. This makes it difficult to set an objective price for your beloved dress once you decide to part with it.
In a very simplistic way the dress keeping most of its value is by a coveted brand name/designer, from the latest collection and in great condition.
Read on as we share some factors to take in consideration upon deciding on the resale value of your dress.
How old is your Wedding Dress?
In a nutshell, the older your dress, the more it has lost of its value. Newer dresses are still on trend and are more coveted by buyers. There are of course classic silhouettes that will always be on style. Still, consider this scenario, a brand-new dress in a wedding dress boutique might loose up to 50% of its value just by being from last year’s collection.
What is the current Condition of the Dress?
What happened to the dress since you bought it; did you eventually wear it or did you have a change of heart? Has it been dry-cleaned? Has it been altered, shortened…Needless to say a spotless dress without any alterations can be resold at a higher value.
What is the Brand of your Dress?
Some international and regional designers are in high demand and could justify a higher resale value. That is also true for brand names that are quite popular in the wedding industry.
What is your Size?
On Dress Come True 43% of the dresses are size Medium, followed by 35% of dresses in a Small size. A dress within these two sizes will have a larger pool of buyers. For example, if your dress size is Extra Small, the dress cannot be easily resized to other sizes and that decreases your pool of potential buyers. The same is true for plus sizes.
We hope this will make it easier to decide on the resale value of your dress. We are here to support you making this decision. Do get in touch.
Also read our Blog 5 TIPS TO SELL YOUR PRELOVED WEDDING DRESS