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How to Preserve Your Wedding Gown

How to Preserve Your Wedding Gown

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When your wedding is over and the dust of the much-anticipated event settles, you want to make sure that you took care of the arrangements to have your wedding gown cleaned and preserved.

To properly care for the gown, you want to send it off to a specialist cleaner as soon after the wedding as possible. As in, maybe the very next day.

Many women have dreams of passing their gown to their future daughter. This will take preservation in order to make sure the dress will stay in great condition. Many things could happen to the gown if you do not properly care for it. For example, your dress may be permanently stained, it could get eaten by pests, grow mildew if trapped in a moist place, fall apart, and one of the worst ailments of them all – turn yellow.

Let me tell you, my mom pulled her dress out for me and my sister to oogle at, hoping we'd want to wear it, and it was totally yellow.

It is important to have your gown professionally cleaned and serviced ASAP. If you plan to go on a honeymoon immediately after the reception, you should look into having a trusted person take care of it for you.

There are a few things you must look for when picking a professional to help you reserve your gown.

  • Do not take your gown to just anyone. Not all cleaners are created equally. Find a specialty gown cleaner, not just any dry cleaner. Yes, there is a difference.
  • Do not simply take the recommendation of the bridal salon where you bought your gown as golden. Beware of any offers they make-you want to make sure you do the homework yourself.
  • Ask to see a copy of the salon's insurance policy. Make sure they are covered regarding loss, damage, or any other problems that could occur. If possible, have someone familiar with legalese to look it over for you. A lot of cleaners do not have coverage that would even cover the worth of the dress.
  • Do not sign any release or disclaimer before they do your gown. This should be considered highly suspect if the company is trying to get out of any responsibility should they damage your gown.
  • Get a letter from the cleaner saying that they are responsible for any damage that results from cleaning and their handling of the storage of the dress.

What to do after your wedding:

  1. ASAP, put the gown in a garment bag preferably made of muslin or some kind of fresh sheet.
  2. Send the gown with your trusted person (mom, sister, best friend, etc) to the special gown cleaner you chose and did the homework for.
  3. Have designed person check dress for spot stains (spilled beverage, lipstick, whatever) and have them point out these stains to the cleaner. This will alert the cleaner to specific areas they will work on.
  4. Store gown once clean in an acid and lignin-free paper box of archival quality. Use acid-free tissue to prevent wrinkling by putting it in the folds of the gown and bodice. Do not use boxes with a Mylar window-any box with plastic will give off gases or fumes as deterioration occasion. Boxes should be stored in cool, dry places. Many recommend under the bed. Do not vacuum seal it, as this can trap moisture in the bag and result in mildew.
  5. Remove gown from box ever 5-7 years with white cotton gloves. Gently remove it, air it out, and then carefully re-fold it with new acid free paper.

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Source by Tannen Morgan

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