Wedding Gown Care Post Wedding
Preserving Your Wedding Dress
If you’re like most brides you’ll want to preserve your wedding gown for the rest of your life. Use the following tips to ensure your gown stays in great shape for many years to come.
- Wedding Dress Cleaning: After your wedding, have your wedding dress professionally cleaned as soon as possible. A lot of stains from dirt and sweat won’t show up until days after your wedding and could cause permanent stains if not treated immediately.
- Storage: You have two options with wedding dress storage. You can either hang your dress or store it in a box. Hanging is the best option but takes up a lot of space. If you store the dress in a box, make sure you do so with acid-free tissue paper. Line the box with the tissue paper and then fold the dress into the box. Fill your traditional wedding dress with crumpled tissue paper to preserve the shape of the dress.
- Hanging Instructions: If you choose to hang your dress, find either a padded hanger or pad it yourself with cotton. Once your dress in on the hanger stuff the bodice with crumpled acid-free tissue paper. The last step is to cover the dress with a garment bag and ensure it has plenty of space on either side to prevent wrinkling.
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