Proper preservation begins with a clean dress. Between your wedding and honeymoon, have your gown taken to a professional gown cleaner or a dry-cleaning service that is well-versed in wedding gown cleaning. Ask about cleaning methods; hand cleaning and solvents like perchloroethylene -- or perc -- and petroleum-based solvents are typically safe bets.
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Design Pics/Design Pics/Getty Images. The average bride spends well over $1,000 on her wedding gown, according to statistics from TheKnot.com. The wedding gown's sentimental value and potential place as an heirloom calls for proper preservation immediately after your special day.
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Mr. Bloom, who has cleaned gowns that have been shipped to his store from 44 states, said a dry cleaner should use acid-free unbuffered cardboard boxes. (The cost of cleaning and preserving a gown at his company, Rave Fabricare, is $375 to $500, not including shipping.)
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But even if you don't call it a wedding dress, the fact remains that it is silk, lace, and BEADING, all of which might call for extra care. As far as preserving goes, there was a discussion thread on ths topic several months ago (I couldn't find it, so it must be too long ago).
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It is not recommended to hang a gown - a wedding dress is very heavy, especially the skirt - hanging the gown can cause it to stretch and weaken and/or break threads. I have heard that drycleaning a gown is not the way to go - the chemicals drycleaners use are harsh and do cause discoloration.
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Ms. Scaturro said the money spent (from a modest do-it-yourself price to up to $1,500 for a professional) to preserve a gown depends more on what the gown means to the bride than the original price of the dress.
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How to Preserve a Wedding Gown. The average bride spends well over $1,000 on her wedding gown, according to statistics from TheKnot.com. The wedding gown's sentimental value and potential place as an heirloom calls for proper preservation immediately after your special day.
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Patricia Grunebaum of Bedford, N.Y., was married 20 years ago in a gown by Catherine Walker, the London designer. After the wedding, her dress was professionally cleaned and boxed for preservation. When the box was opened recently, she learned the preservation work was not done properly.
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Preserving a dress does take a fair amount of money. Storing a preserved dress does take a fair amount of space. It isn't a foolish use of money or space, if you are getting what you want from it. However, it seems sometimes wedding gowns are preserved because it is my wedding dress with little real thought. I preserved my dress by cutting it up. I put some of the fabric and trim in a shadow box with an invitation, my mother's dried corsage, and the ribbon from the box my engagement ring came in. That is up on the wall and I look at it daily.
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Vows: Wedding Dress Preservation The textile conservation expert Jonathan Scheer shows us what not to do when putting away a wedding gown for storage. By Samantha Stark on Publish Date April 12, 2013.
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what is the cost of preserving a wedding gown
The cost of preserving a wedding gown is $1,000. The cost of preserving a wedding gown is $1,000.  