wedding dress cleaning/preserving... hmm

hollycase

Hi ladies,

Anyone have any good recommendations on where to get the dress cleaned and have it preserved? I'm leaning towards doing this instead of selling the dress (it's a Maggie Sottero) but am curious about what your opinions are. Plus I just checked with where I bought my dress (Ventura's) and it's $270 to get it cleaned ($150) and preserved ($120) there.

I'm also wondering whether to preserve or just sell it. What are you planning to do (for brides-to-be) or have you done (for the wives)?

Thanks ladies

icekitty37

It's been almost six months since my wedding and I still am asking myself what to do with the dress. I haven't gotten it cleaned/ preserved and I think I want to keep it for sentimental reasons though the cash would be nice if we sold it. After alterations and everything it was almost $1500. 

I do know that Weddings by Debbie was going to charge $250 to preserve it and clean it, but I don't want to use them after all the hassle I had with everything there.

If I did sell it, I think I'd go to Marry Go Round. I heard they have a 50% consignment, but you'd have to check for sure.

MdniteMustang00

If you pop over to the nest for a minute and search the first page or two or three, we were discussing this over there last week.

been married almost 2 years now. I did a TTD session almost a year after the wedding and my dress is wadded into a ball on the floor of my closet still filthy. LOL

lauralee1

Mine is hung in my closet and I look at it everyday and think "Hmm, I wonder where I could wear this again..." 

icekitty37

In Response to <a href="http://houston.weddings.com/Sites/weddings/Pages/main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-houston_wedding-dress-cleaningpreserving-hmm?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:121Discussion:51bd7360-127c-46f6-a8e3-fc792e95d7b8Post:8f8f7bc7-a8dc-460b-83c1-7663a3b14b87">Re: wedding dress cleaning/preserving... hmm</a>:
[QUOTE]Mine is hung in my closet and I look at it everyday and think "Hmm, I wonder where I could wear this again..."  :)
Posted by lauralee1[/QUOTE]

<div>lol that's good. mines at my parents, but i think about it often still! I wonder if I can wear it on our one year anniversary and eat wedding cake :P</div>