At Strut we know that brides who are very environmentally conscious face the difficult decision whether to buy a new dress or find something gently used. We understand their desire to help reuse and conserve. But for those brides that want to buy new but use a natural fiber (as opposed to synthetic), we recommend looking at silk wedding gowns.
Silk shantung is machine made. It looks finer and has fewer stubs (little nubbly parts). You can see this kind of silk on our Anjolique wedding dresses. Silk dupioni is made by hand. It looks rougher. Our Justin Alexander dresses use this type of fabric (NOTE: we expect prices for silk gowns to rise quite a bit this fall).
But what if you love a dress that doesn't come in silk? Just ask us! We work with a couple of brands, Allure and Eden Bridals, that can do quite a bit of customization. One bride loved a taffeta wedding dress but had it made in silk for just $400 more (yep–silk is the most expensive fabric we carry for our bridal gowns).
So if you end up buying a new wedding dress, why not try and offset some of the manufacturing energy used by handing out an eco-conscious wedding favor? Here are a couple of really cute ones we saw on treebeginnings.com:
I love, love, LOVE the idea of a tree seedling. These come in super cute packaging. They're so cool they can do double-duty as both a place card AND a favor. How's that for saving?!
Or what about this plantable bookmark?
They even have plantable place cards! Let us know what you're doing to be "green" for your wedding!
