It is never an easy task for anybody to preserve their wedding dress for sure unless they have the right knowledge of it. If you do not know how to do it, then things might go wrong for sure. But Preserving Wedding Dress will be very easier if you follow these steps.
One first thing before we keep on adding the steps, you should be very careful in selecting the shop for the same. Also make sure that the preservation company has decent and sufficient experience in the field and that they are in the industry for a good while. It will cut short the risks involved.
If the company does not have sufficient experience, then there are more chances that it might hamper your dress. So it is always wise to choose a trusted company for preserving your dress.
How to Clean a Wedding Dress?
Before thinking of preserving a wedding dress, let’s see how to clean your wedding dress first. Preservation of your wedding dress should ideally start even before the wedding. To be precise, it should begin or you should have this in mind while you start shopping.
When you pick the dress for your big day, ensure to ask the salesman who le about the material and how it should be cleaned. Look for the adorning items there and see how you could clean them.
Special care needs to be given for all sorts of these items as they all require special attention while preserving. If we don’t give them proper care, then they could be damaged making your dress good for nothing. What if you can’t wear it again?
When to clean?
You should clean your wedding dress as fast as possible. Even if it doesn’t look soiled, it should be cleaned you store it anywhere for more than a few weeks. The dress could be damaged by perspiration or by food and drink stains. It is also difficult to remove any makeup stains if not cleaned immediately.
As the weeks gets over, it will become much more difficult to remove the stains. So, hand over the gown to the professional dry cleaner who also does preservation. Point out to him if any stain is spotted. Also show him all loose buttons and trims which all require special attention. Some trims are attached to the gown with some sort of adhesive that dissolves during the preservation process.
You should remind the shop owner about this, if any you have come to know, for making sure that the dress is as good as it was before. You should also check the dress before you pack it for storing. Inspect every bead and trim to ensure that they are there in the right spots.
How to store?
Once preserving wedding dress is done, now it is the matter of storing. Pack it well in an acid-free box. It will help prevent contamination. If you don’t store it in a well-sealed pack, contamination might affect your dress. You can open your dress to see how well it is maintained after few years.
