Buying a bridal gown can be a pretty hefty expense, but some brides eschewing¹ tradition and selling their used wedding dresses online instead of storing them for the next generation.

 

买婚纱花费相当高昂，但是有些新娘却抛弃传统，将自己穿过的婚纱在网上出售，而不是为下一代保留婚纱。

 

Dalia Rhodes from Austin, Texas, has no regrets about sending her wedding dress down the aisle³ twice. After she wed² in 2015, she sold her gown to a stranger online a year later.

 

'I just wanted someone else to enjoy a pretty dress,' said Dalia, who used the website Once Wed to sell it for $800, about half of what she originally paid.

 

Instead of holding on to wedding dresses for decades, many new brides are willing to swap⁴ them online for cash. Several websites cater⁵ to them, including Still White and PreownedWeddingDresses.com.

 

And other online marketplaces, such as eBay, Tradesy and Letgo, are filled with thousands of wedding dresses looking for a new bride.

 

Just the idea of buying a used wedding dress was 'shocking and horrifying⁶' before 2008, said Tracy DiNunzio, the founder⁷ and CEO of online clothing and accessories marketplace Tradesy.

 

She noted⁸ that began to change about a decade ago during the recession, when cash-strapped brides were looking for a deal, and now millennials, who seemingly are not as attached to material things as past generations, are putting up their dresses for sale.

 

'The money is worth more to them once the wedding is over than keeping a dress,' she explained.

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