Personally, I wouldn't be interested in it simply because I don't buy dresses. Skirts, on occasion, yes. ;P
Like Mike's having, your issue in making money at it would be marketing. Just putting up stuff to buy on Etsy doesn't mean it's going to sell, so you'll have to do some legwork to stir up interest. Find blogs for ecofashion, etc, and write the bloggers, make your own, advertise, and other things like that to make sure that people know your product's out there. It's hard work, and you never know what's going to be a big thing, but you can't ever tell until you do it.
Give it a shot, and see. Most you'll be out is a few bucks for someone's unloved prom dress.
I think that this would be an awesome idea, but I also agree that you need to market the hell out of it. However, you have to market the hell out of anything you try to sell over the internet, as I've learned the hard way ;-)
Tho another expense may be dry cleaning, because dresses in second hand shops can sometimes pick up some nasty smells. I've bought prom/bridal dresses at Salvy Army in NYC for really cheap (yay larps), and then paid twice over for dry cleaning. NYC is weird like that, tho. And would you be making dresses to sell "off the rack" or custom fit pieces?
Reminds me of a friend's story, about how her sister was a seamstress, and part of her business was to take family wedding dresses and turn them into christening dresses :-)
I think this in an interesting idea and you might want to expand it to brides maid dress as well as wedding dresses. I would be willing to wear one when i get married. Like you said it would be cheaper then buying a new dress plus it would be more personalized then the manufactored ones out there.
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Like Mike's having, your issue in making money at it would be marketing. Just putting up stuff to buy on Etsy doesn't mean it's going to sell, so you'll have to do some legwork to stir up interest. Find blogs for ecofashion, etc, and write the bloggers, make your own, advertise, and other things like that to make sure that people know your product's out there. It's hard work, and you never know what's going to be a big thing, but you can't ever tell until you do it.
Give it a shot, and see. Most you'll be out is a few bucks for someone's unloved prom dress.
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Tho another expense may be dry cleaning, because dresses in second hand shops can sometimes pick up some nasty smells. I've bought prom/bridal dresses at Salvy Army in NYC for really cheap (yay larps), and then paid twice over for dry cleaning. NYC is weird like that, tho. And would you be making dresses to sell "off the rack" or custom fit pieces?
Reminds me of a friend's story, about how her sister was a seamstress, and part of her business was to take family wedding dresses and turn them into christening dresses :-)
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Thus the comment about formalwear/evening gowns in general...already thought of the bridesmaid/prom/other formal event angle.
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