The 48-year-old actress, who plays Patty Tolan in the all-female reboot of the 1984 classic, is planning to sell or donate the red bardot gown to make the younger generation "feel good", People magazine.
Speaking about the plans for the garment, fashion designer Christian Siriano, who responded to Jones' Twitter plea to find someone to make her dress, said, "She's going to auction the dress off I think or donate it to - she works with a bunch of young theater kids.