preserving v cleaning dress

dvohnout · July 2010

What is the difference?

EstherS37 · July 2010

I don't know the real answer but I always thought preserving was when they cleaned it then packaged it up in the special (acid free I think) paper. So it was folded properly to minimize creasing. Then you just need to store the package per their instructions. Not sure if they guarantee it or anything - so if u check it after a few yrs and it's deteriorated, would u get u'r money back?
I might be wrong though.
(so not really much help then

!!)

RachNRich · July 2010

I'd like to know too---I asked a wedding dress store yesterday how much they charged for cleaning and preserving---and, at first, she quoted me like $325---and then, she said, "oh wait, you want it cleaned too? That would make the total $450."

I about crapped my pants. That's nearly a third of what I paid for my dress to begin with....I need to price shop, clearly.

klmbbb · July 2010

Yikes! That prices is insane. I paid to have mine cleaned and it was $250, which I thought was alot. Someone over on the attire board mentioned a place in the US where you can mail the dress and have it cleaned for around $140 but I can't recall the URL.

klmbbb · July 2010

Found it. wedclean.com

dvohnout · July 2010

I only paid like $600 for my dress. No way would I pay $400 for cleaning it! for that much I'll leave the Vegas all over it. No one is ever going to wear it.

RachNRich · July 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_preserving-v-cleaning-dress?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:91Discussion:7957b73f-a1cb-487c-b3bc-776a57e9c2e5Post:3d6e10cb-6a6a-4494-8f49-9e9fb368f063">Re: preserving v cleaning dress</a>:
[QUOTE]Found it. wedclean.com
Posted by klmbbb[/QUOTE]
Awesome--thank you!! I'm now debating between using them and using another company called "Affordable Preservation Company."

Both are under $200---but, wedclean allows you to take the dress back out of the box when it gets back to make sure it's truly clean---the other voids it's guarantee if you do the same.

vegasgroom · July 2010

FI and I have budgeted about $600 to have her dress 'preserved' which I think the PP was right about; folding it a certain way, acid free paper, sealed packaging, etc. At first I was like hmm, what's the point if you can't actually take the thing out and look at it, and how many girls actually want to wear their mother's dress?

But, I changed my perspective on it recently. When FI started dress shopping, her mom opened up her dress which had been preserved and sealed 28 or so years ago. Her mom had fun getting the dress out after all this time and putting it on again and FI is going to wear her mom's vail which is still in perfect condition. So, $600 now doesn't seem so bad on the chance FI and I might have a daughter who can have the same experience with her mom a few decades from now.

dvohnout · July 2010

I really think I'm just going to clean it. I know they didn't preserve dresses from the 1950s and I love looking at those dresses now. Of course they look old, but they should, they are 60 yrs old! I don't need mine to look like it has never been worn, I want it to look antique someday.

BrideJackie11 · July 2010

Like vegasgroom said, I recommend preserving. When we took her dress out, it was really neat for her to try it on and for me to see it in person. Plus, I get to wear her veil. It also gave us the possibility to modify the dress if I had wanted to wear it. When we went dress shopping, we took the veil with us so I could put it on with the dress I decided on. Preserving kept the dress from turning yellow (sorta like how pages in an old book do over time). When the dress and veil came out, they were the same color as on her wedding day.

mloeks · July 2010

i am looking into using the wedding preservation company. i saw it on deb's at fit for a brides website and a local story offers their service. i jsut sent an e-mail to the company and they told me where i could take it for thier service.
i had considered selling my dress until my daughter recently asked me to save it so i started considering preservation options.

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