If you’ve been hesitant about whether you should use wedding dress dry cleaning and wedding dress preservation after your big day, it pays to think carefully about how you intend to use your dress in the future. Read on for some interesting choices!
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Hand It Down
Heartwarming stories abound of women who’ve gotten married wearing their mother’s or grandmother’s gown. In one case, 11 brides wore the same gown! If you dream of passing your gown to your children for use in their weddings, then preservation is an important step. Without preservation, even carefully stored gowns can become stained, develop holes, or even become unwearable. Remember, when a gown is kept for several decades, regular cleaning techniques aren’t always enough.
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Transform It
Some brides, on the other hand, take the practical view that, while they love their gowns, their future children might not want to wear it. (For example, their children might prefer tuxedos.) These women often opt to use the gown in some other meaningful way, whether that’s having it made into special lingerie for their one-year anniversary, or having it cut down to make a christening gown for their children. In this case, cleaning and preservation is doubly important, since the integrity of the fabric must be preserved in order for the gown to serve other purposes.
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Pass It Along
If you’re not sentimental about your gown, then you might enjoy seeing it used by others. After all, a wedding dress is a significant investment, and it can be nice to feel that more than one person is enjoying it. There are a number of options for letting your gown share the love, including:
- Donating your gown to be used by women who can’t otherwise afford a wedding dress.
- Sell your gown to recoup some of the cost.
- Gift your gown to a friend or relative for use in their own wedding.
- Donate your gown to be used as fabric for charitable sewing organizations, such as “Angel Gowns”.
Again, in any of these instances, it’s important that the fabric of your gown be high-quality, clean, and well-preserved.
In any case, we don’t recommend that you entrust your gown to anyone who doesn’t have experience with wedding gown cleaning and preservation. Why not give us a call today, and let us help you to enjoy your wedding dress, your way?
Sources:
Wedding Dress Preservation – www.theknot.com
From DIY To Professional – www.weddinggownpreservationkit.com