People are rewearing their wedding dresses at home to do chores and entertain their kids

• People are finding creative ways to entertain themselves while social distancing.
• Some women, for example, are taking their wedding dresses out of storage and wearing them around the house.
• Speaking to Insider, one mom from Ohio said it felt "incredible" to wear her gown while playing with her young daughters.
• Another mom from Canada chose to wear her dress while doing household chores and riding her indoor bike.
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Most people only wear their wedding dress once: on their wedding day.

But for some women, self-quarantine has proved to be the perfect occasion to wear their special gowns again. While some have donned their dress while playing with their children, others have put them on before doing household chores.

Here's what inspired three women to dig their wedding dresses out of storage while staying home and social distancing.

Some people are using social distancing as a time to show their wedding dresses to their children

LeAnn Sabatini, a mom from Ohio, has been self-quarantining in her home since March 13. While playing with her young children last week, she became inspired to show them the dress she wore on her wedding day.

"We were going through Barbie clothes and my 4-year-old picked out a wedding dress for her doll," Sabatini told Insider. "She then asked when she could see my wedding dress."

"My girls have asked in the past, but there always seemed to be something that got in the way," she continued. "I figured it was as good as time as any! The squeals they let out after I said yes — it was very exciting for them, and for me too."

Sabatini's family seemed to love the occasion as much as she did. She said her husband and five children "gathered in the living room" and expressed "oohs and ahhs" as she walked down the staircase "like a queen." She ended up wearing her dress for about an hour afterwards.

"My 4-year-old quickly told me she wanted to put on her 'wedding dress' too," Sabatini said. "This was followed by my 18-month-old running to the playroom, picking out an Elsa gown, and my 6-year-old dressing up too. My two older boys were over it after I cascaded down the staircase."

"Honestly, it felt incredible to wear my gown again," she continued. "I didn't professionally preserve it knowing full well that, someday, I would like to show it to my future children, other than just in pictures. My gown and veil were handmade by my grandmother, and it's just such a gift to share it with my kids." 

Others got creative, and wore their wedding dresses while doing household chores

Kerry Godbout, a bicycle mechanic from Canada, had worked her "dream job" for five days before being laid off as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. She began to social distance on March 13, and one day decided to organize her tools and bike equipment in her at-home workshop. That's when she came across her wedding dress.

"I've lost a lot of weight, so I wanted to see if I could wear it again," Godbout told Insider. "I gained a lot having two babies, and I've been married for 11 years, so it's been a long time and I thought it would be fun."

"I put the dress on and it was too big, so I was super excited about that — it was one of those weight-loss achievements," she continued. "It actually made the dress comfortable to wear."

Speaking to Insider, Godbout said she "cleaned the house top to bottom" in her dress, including vacuuming, scrubbing toilets, and dusting. But because she's a cyclist, she also wanted to attempt a bike ride in her gown.

"I have a very expensive bike set up indoors to train on, and I thought it'd be really funny to see if I could get a leg up over it wearing the dress," Godbout said.

She set a 10-second timer, and was able to get on the bike after approximately "20 attempts." Amazingly, she "didn't get a spot of grease" on its hem.

It's worth noting that Godbout wasn't always as enthusiastic about her dress. She describes herself as "a bit of a tomboy," and says she doesn't always keep things if they don't "have a purpose or practical use." Over the years, she's tried to sell the dress, donate it, and repurpose it. Now, however, she says the dress shows how she's a "different person" than when she first wore it.

"I like the juxtaposition of the fact that I'm wearing my mechanics baseball hat for the bike shop I worked at, and I'm not wearing any makeup, and I didn't make a fuss about it," Godbout said.

According to Godbout, she "didn't dare look" at her dress before her wedding because she was afraid of it getting dirty. Instead, she kept it wrapped in plastic and "treated it like crystal." 

"And then you get married and you spend all day wearing this thing, and what do you do with it?" Godbout said. "It goes to the cleaners and it goes back in plastic and back in the dark. This is probably one of the most expensive garments of clothing I've ever owned, and it's trapped. It just seems like such a waste."

"Wearing it around the house doing casual things with it breaks down its mystique and made it accessible — and kind of just takes away some of the worry about it too," she said. "Like who is it for? It's not for anybody but for me and my enjoyment, so why not wear it?"

You don't need a wedding dress to feel glamorous while social distancing

Liz Mace, a musician and influencer based in Nashville, has been self-quarantining for three weeks after testing positive for the novel coronavirus. She's since recovered and is feeling better, leading her to find her wedding dress while reorganizing her closet.

"I was looking at it like, 'You know what? I haven't tried it on in a while, I'm not going anywhere, I literally have nothing else to do,'" she told Insider. "I love my dress so much, and obviously I paid a lot of money for it."

She ended up wearing the gown for "half the day," as it made her feel "really pretty and special."

"It just reminded me of my wedding day," Mace said. "It was my dream dress from the beginning and it holds a lot of memories, but it also just makes me feel really good. After being sick and not being able to go out and feel like that, putting on the wedding dress made me feel extra special."

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However, you don't need a wedding dress to feel the same way. 

"A lot of people were commenting, 'Oh I can't fit in my dress anymore,' or 'It's preserved,'" Mace said about the responses she got after sharing photos of her dress on social media.

"My note to that would be: any fancy gown will do," she said. "Feeling really glam for a moment will do wonders."

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