I read in a mag recently about this the woman telling her story had a done a shoot where her husband drove his car through a great big mud puddle and splashed the dress with it..she had great picture mementos and she managed to save the top of the dress and made it into a nice dress for going out in! I dont know if i would do it but i guess its something original using the dress rather than it sitting in a cupboard getting dusty and grey..its not the kind of thing you pass down to a daughter/grand daughter these days as everyone wants there own original new dress.