I Can’t Get this Wedding Out of my Brain

More wedding dreams.  Weird wedding dreams!  Things are slow on the wedding decision front, so since I can’t stop thinking about the wedding in my sleep, for my own amusement I’ve decided to go over the green choices I have for wedding dresses, all the way down to the least green choices.

Wearing something I already own

Wearing something I already own and fixing it up

Purchasing a used dress and wearing it as is

Purchasing a used dress and altering it

Purchasing a new dress made from hemp/organic cotton/organic linen/peace silk

Making a dress made from Bamboo

Purchasing a dress made from Bamboo

Making a dress from conventional fabric

Buying a new dress made from conventional fabrics from an indie dressmaker/store owner

Buying a new dress made from conventional fabric from a designer

David’s Bridal is the Devil

You may have noticed that I have a slight aversion to David’s Bridal — mainly because they are so affordable and lots of people purchase their dresses there, therefore David’s Bridal is ubiquitous.  Their version of weddings is pretty much the first version you see when you just start looking for a wedding, and it makes you feel bad to think of wedding ideas that aren’t shown in David’s Bridal.  Oh, and their customer service is bad, and they have 980129767834 dresses made from fabrics that aren’t good for the environment.  I just dislike not having choices.  So!  I’m not trying to down anyone for buying a dress there.  I’m just saying their dresses are not for me.

The option I’m going with for my wedding dress is right in the middle of my fun graphic: making a dress from Bamboo.  It’s certainly not the greenest choice ever because Bamboo fabric is almost exclusively made in China, so the shipping adds a lot to the carbon footprint.  Also, Bamboo fabric is made using lots of harmful chemicals, even though the Bamboo itself is generally organically grown.  Also, Bamboo grows like a weed, and due to the demand for Bamboo fabric, it’s taking over farmland that could be used for things like crops.  Not good.

I’ve had to weigh the advantages of using Bamboo fabric against the disadvantages, and also take my budget and comfort into mind.  So Bamboo fabric it is.  And that’s all there is to it.  Being green is about doing what you can, when you can.  If I tried to do everything as green as possible, I would go nuts — or rather, more nuts than I am already.