When you have a certain wedding dress in your mind then look through wedding magazines and choose several you like and then take parts of each wedding dress that appeals to you and then draw your design from these parts to make a complete wedding dress.
Get estimates on a good dry cleaners that advertises cleaning wedding dresses. They will clean the dress and air pack it and put it in a box for you. But be aware: because there is no air the dress...
Sell it or do some "trash the dress photos".Try to sell it on eBay or BravoBride.com If you do love that dress and it carries you memories then keep it, if not, then you can sell it.
When picking out an outfit for a wedding, you really need to think about the theme and/or venue. A nice dress is always appropriate.. but you don't want to take away the attention from the bride! Say...