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Limited edition dress

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I have a dress that I bought years ago, and never wore. I tried it on once, and it’s been in the original garment bag since. I pulled it out the other day, and I was looking it over, and it’s still in perfect shape, so I decided to see if I could find out how much it’s potentially worth.

Well, that sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole, because apparently it’s from the brand's unique crowd-funded, limited-edition apparel runs from their San Francisco design era. There isn’t a lot of info out there, aside from a YouTube video, about this particular line of dresses. Anyway, it’s a Betabrand dress, from the “Elope” line, from around 2012.

Betabrand originally launched the "Elope Dress" concept in February 2012 as an alternative for women who wanted a versatile, affordable dress suitable for quick wedding ceremonies, honeymoons, and everyday reuse. The cotton-blend floral lace overlays with removable satin sashes became a trademark of this specific crowd-funded line during that era.

It originally launched primarily in solid cream and white lace colorways tailored to the "secret-wedding" market.

Due to its immense popularity, Betabrand expanded the "Elope" silhouette into multiple vibrant colored linings—including this teal blue variation.

So, my question is, where (what platform/platforms) would/should I list this, and how do I price it? I don’t want to underprice it, but I also don’t want to go the opposite direction either. I feel like it could be worth something, due to its limited edition nature, but at the same time it’s the kind of thing that has to be seen by the right person, because it’s kind of niche? What do you all think?! Pictures included.

This is not an authentication/identification question!

u/CalmWheel7322 — 8 days ago

Finally got one!

My flabbers are gasted 🤭🤣

This is how it was shipped; literally a clear plastic ziplock bag, folded over and taped lol but with padded envelopes as packing?! 😅

ETA 2, I’m not mad about this one, it cracked me up. The second one, though 😤

ETA, I got a second item on the same day (this time from a Depop seller) rolled into a cigar shape and crammed into a teeny, unpadded envelope. Bruh. It was a silk top!

Whyyyyyyy

u/CalmWheel7322 — 1 month ago