So Loreal Hemenway and Stephanie Osmundson, two elementary school art teachers in Henderson, Nevada, found a creative way to use their wedding dresses again.
While some of their colleagues wore old Letterman jackets and sports jerseys, "the idea came to mind that we should dig truly to the backends of our closet and wear our wedding gowns to school," Hemenway told Business Insider.
Loreal Hemenway and her husband, Keith Hemenway, as she tried on her wedding dress for the dress up.
AdvertisementStephanie Osmundson and her husband on their wedding day.
Reusing and preserving a costly itemAccording to The Knot Real Weddings Study, which surveyed nearly 10,000 US couples who got married last year, the average wedding dress cost in 2023 was about $2,000.
Persons:
—, Loreal Hemenway, Stephanie Osmundson, Letterman, Hemenway, who've, we're, Osmundson, Keith Hemenway, Loreal, Jaclyn Raymond
Organizations:
Service, Business
Locations:
Henderson , Nevada