Bride Proves It’s OK to Wear Your Wedding Dress After the Wedding

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One woman loves her wedding dress so much that she breaks it out every year on her anniversary — even if she’s golfing or eating pancakes. (Photo: Gallery Stock)

After your wedding ended, you probably never wanted to take off your dress. Between months of searching for the right gown, endless fittings, and hundreds of dollars spent on your dress, we don’t blame you. And you aren’t the only one who struggled to part with such a special gown.

One bride, Samantha Burns, from Cambridge, Mass., is so attached to her wedding dress that she has worn it repeatedly, including during everyday activities. Whether its golfing, fudge tasting, eating pancakes, or river cruising, no activity is too mundane for Burns’s gown. Every year on her wedding anniversary, she breaks out her wedding dress, because, what better way is there to channel the feelings from that day and reminisce about it than by getting back into that gown?

“As my husband and I wrapped up our wedding celebration, I did not want take off my dress. … It was in that moment that I turned to my husband and told him that I intended to wear my wedding dress for every anniversary as long as I could fit in it!” the 30-year-old wrote in an article for Brides magazine. “I envisioned myself doing the activities we enjoy as a couple, frolicking around restaurants, parks, and ice cream shops in my white gown. As we embarked on our happily ever after, I felt giddy about the idea of celebrating each milestone with such a fun and sentimental tradition.”

A relationship counselor and dating coach, Burns loves the extra attention her white strapless gown — with a sweetheart neckline and flower detailing on the skirt — attracts. “It’s a great endorphin rush that makes for fun stories and laughter with your mate,” wrote Burns, founder of LoveSuccessfully.com. “It’s collected some stains on the bottom, but I much prefer this than keeping it in a pristine box that will never see the light of day, or my husband’s adoring eyes.”

Burns married in 2014 and has celebrated two anniversaries since, doing everything from brunching to dancing, gown and all. “Playing golf was probably the most entertaining, because we love to play together and I drew quite a crowd at the driving range!” Burns told the Daily Mail.

And the best part is, rewearing your wedding dress actually has scientific benefits: "Though it may seem like a silly tradition, there’s actually science to support why creating fun customs like this helps you keep that spark burning bright in your relationship,” Burns said. “Spontaneity, surprise, taking risks, and exploring the unknown, all of which happen when you have an adventure in your gown, activate the reward center in your brain.”

Finally, a reasonable excuse to wear your wedding dress whenever you want!