Horrible idea

I'm not 21. Haven't been 21 in a long time. I still look pretty good - height/weight proportionate, not too many wrinkles, really good "young" genes, and all that. Even so, a big pouffy wedding dress is out of the question. I'll probably wear a two piece suit designed for women my age, something one would wear to a very nice ladies' tea or daytime symphony event.

Even so, I would like the outfit to look a little "wedding-y." Is that too horrible? Probably not, but on the list of horrible things...

Horrible thing #1: cutting up my old wedding dress (it's designer, it's silk, it was gosh-awful expensive, it could be easily worn by another bride with minor modification to the butt bow)... in order to do...

Horrible thing #2: make the beautiful bodice into a tank to wear with whatever suit I end up getting.

The bodice is just gorgeous. It's off-white raw silk with hand beading and imported lace. Stunning. It would make a fabulous top to wear with a long formal skirt or with a suit. I don't know why I haven't thought of this before except I was saving the dress for a female relative on my X's side of the family who, naturally, doesn't want my dress anymore. And yes, the dress still fits me to a "T."

Is it invoking the wrath of the "wedding gods" to wear part of my old dress? Is is truly tacky?

There's lots of time to ponder this and get input - and recover from the shocking looks that are sure to come.