September 2010 Weddings
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Gown Preservation
Did anyone get their gown cleaned/preserved? Where did you go (dry cleaners, the store you got your dress from, elsewhere)? How much did you pay? Did you include your veil?
My dress is currently lying on the floor in its bag taking up the middle of my spare room. I've been dragging my feet about it. I did a number on my veil, so I don't know if it's worth including it. Actually, I did a number on my dress, too. I ripped the sh!t out of the tulle underneath. And I'm pretty sure there's a huge vodka sauce stain on it somewhere. I totally should have got on that as soon as I got back from the HM. Oh well.
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The Princess of Anything is Coming!
Had a dream I was queen.
Woke up. Still queen.
The Princess of Anything is Coming!
Had a dream I was queen.
Woke up. Still queen.
Re: Gown Preservation
I'm currently trying to sell mine "as is" so that any drycleaning will be the buyer's responsibility. It's not that dirty and in pretty good condition, so I'm selling it for a fourth of the original price. But, unfortunately, so far, no takers.
I haven't cleaned my dress either
I want to (try) save my dress and use it for our 10 year vow renewal in Hawaii.
Same. and i should add, i have no desire to do anything with it except keep it in its bag. its not "dirty" per say, probably a little dirty around the bottom, and i know the bustle broke. but i doubt if i have a daughter she would want to wear it, i would encourage her to get her own! i just kept it so if i have a daughter, she could try it on for fun and dress up when she is a kid!
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I'm preserving mine because a) I think it's a good idea if I ever decide to sell it, and b) if I don't sell it, it will be there on the off chance that a future daughter/niece/cousin wants it. I won't be all butthurt if they don't, because I expect people to want to buy their own dresses, but some people really like the idea of wearing what their mother wore.
Personally I would never buy a dress that wasn't at least cleaned. The preservation is supposed to keep it from yellowing or otherwise deteriorating (say, over a long long period of storage).
Am I the only one who did this? LOL.
I spent $250 to have my dress cleaned and professionally preserved. I was afraid it would be ruined if I waited too long. The package I went with includes a window display box for the dress, so it is currently in our guest bedroom and I can still see it through the window box every day
. It looks beautiful.
I'm not planning to sell mine or do a TTD. I love my dress too much!
Anyway... I had a coupon for a Free Box, so the cleaning (after tax) cost just over $200.
Was it worth it? Probably not since I'm thinking about taking my dress out of the box. I hate the way that they "displayed" it, so I might try re-arranging it.