Gown Preservation

LauraM737 · October 2010

Who is doing this? Is it worth it? I am totally torn about it. It's quite a bit of money which could be used for other things. But I also want to keep my dress and don't want it to disintegrate. What do you guys think?

emilyann21 · October 2010

I plan on doing it but not right away. It's just not in the budget and will stay in it's cloth bag until I can put away the money to get it done.

jchristel · October 2010

I saw some good reviews about Wedclean.com, that's the least expensive I've seen. I paid $249 for mine, which I know is on the high side, but I brought it back to where I brought my dress and that included some repairs it needed (a large rip in the hem- the dress is silk and one of the cups fell out). If it hadn't needed repairs I would have totally used one of the online places.

LauraT25 · October 2010

I think mine is $150-$200, with a coupon my bridal salon gave me. I still haven't gotten off of my bum to get it done. I feel like it's worth it to get it preserved, though I don't think there's anything wrong with shopping around for a better price!

steffiel · October 2010

I haven't even thought about this yet. I still need to have mine cleaned, but never planned on preserving it since I want to donate it at one point (I am not ready to part with it just yet though).. Would I also be a bad bride to say I don't see the point in preserving a gown?

To be honest, it's still hanging in my closet at my parent's, unwashed, dirtyass train, without the bag & all.

kijpost · October 2010

Davids Bridal has a special for $99. I haven't heard anything good or bad about using them. Its where I got my dress so I am thinking about using them.

diablesse · October 2010

Mine is in a trash bag on the floor of the closet right now. I'm pretty happy with that right now. It already served it's purpose.

eMiLee920 · October 2010

steffiel:
I haven't even thought about this yet. I still need to have mine cleaned, but never planned on preserving it since I want to donate it at one point (I am not ready to part with it just yet though).. Would I also be a bad bride to say I don't see the point in preserving a gown?

To be honest, it's still hanging in my closet at my parent's, unwashed, dirtyass train, without the bag & all.

This is mine. Although it's in a bag. I keep meaning to call my bridal salon and get a quote.

LauraM737 · October 2010

kijpost:
Davids Bridal has a special for $99. I haven't heard anything good or bad about using them. Its where I got my dress so I am thinking about using them.

Ooooh thanks. How did you hear about that? I just went on their website and didn't see anything about a special. (although I do see that they offer the service).

tbearsangel · October 2010

I can basically ditto Stef. It's hanging up, dirty as all get out, no plans currently to change that. I am actually debating on selling it.

I can't handle that right now though, so there it sits.

LauraM737 · November 2010

I called them and they said $185 I think. Not terrible, but not too great either. I think I might do it. Then I can stop agonizing about whether to do it or not. Stick out tongue

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