To Clean &/or Preserve your dress?

Re: To Clean &/or Preserve your dress?

• Maggie0829 member

  

  September 2013

  It took me a whole year before I got around to getting my dressed cleaned and preserved.  I really contemplated selling it or donating it or chopping off the train to put in a shadow box.  But I couldn't bring myself to do any of that.

  
  

  As far as if it is worth it...well I at least know that if I ever decide to do anything with the dress I know that it will be clean and protected in its box if that time ever comes.  Right now my dress is in its preserved box on the floor of my closet.  It is being used as a temporary shoe rack.

  
  

  I would, however, get your dress cleaned no matter if you decide to preserve it or not.

  
  

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• harper0813 member

  

  September 2013

  I have no idea what I'll do with mine. Someone spilled red wine down the back (without telling me) and I don't know that I want to bother paying to have it cleaned and preserved. The humidity kind of killed the dress that day, as it rained all morning and hovered around 95 that evening, so it's pretty shot. And I wasn't terribly in love with it. So I may just donate it to Good Will.

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• [Deleted User] member

  

  September 2013

  I still have yet to do anything with my dress and it's been 11 months. I know it needs to be cleaned due to sweating while dancing and some of my tanner rubbed off a little on the inside of the dress. But to be honest, toying with the idea of spot treating dress and putting it in the washing maching on gentle. I know a photographer who put two dresses (both satin w/not too much embellishment) that has been used for a trash the dress photo session (mock brides, she wanted to do a demo shot for her portfolio) and she had the models in the mud, water and paintballs, they dresses came out clean, but she did wash them the same day which may have helped.

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• KatWAG member

  

  September 2013

  Maggie0829 said:

  It took me a whole year before I got around to getting my dressed cleaned and preserved.  I really contemplated selling it or donating it or chopping off the train to put in a shadow box.  But I couldn't bring myself to do any of that.

  
  

  As far as if it is worth it...well I at least know that if I ever decide to do anything with the dress I know that it will be clean and protected in its box if that time ever comes.  Right now my dress is in its preserved box on the floor of my closet.  It is being used as a temporary shoe rack.

  
  

  I would, however, get your dress cleaned no matter if you decide to preserve it or not.

  
  Yup, it took me a year also. I wanted to donate it, but now I cant seem to part with it.

  

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• lhannahs315 member

  

  October 2013

  Thanks!!!

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• ranzzo member

  

  October 2013

  I just had my year anniversary and still have not had my dress cleaned.  We also bought the guys' vests and ties off eBay, and we have H's, and my brother's have theirs.  One day I would like to have my dress and the vests and ties made into a quilt.  However, I have a feeling that day won't be anytime soon.
  

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• WedReMix13 member

  

  October 2013

  zobird said:

  I have no idea what I'll do with mine. Someone spilled red wine down the back (without telling me) and I don't know that I want to bother paying to have it cleaned and preserved. The humidity kind of killed the dress that day, as it rained all morning and hovered around 95 that evening, so it's pretty shot. And I wasn't terribly in love with it. So I may just donate it to Good Will.

  I got my dress from the Goodwill.

  
  

  
  

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