Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Premium Preservation Box Neutralizes Impurities

Posted on January 19th, 2012, by Kathy Wright

We are really excited to introduce our new Premium wedding gown preservation box that absorbs and neutralizes air impurities inside the  box protecting your wedding gown or other heirloom garment from potential damage. Archival Intercept® is the high tech solution that does all of that!  It neutralizes oxidizing gases in the air such as ozone, carbonyl [...]

Can This Dress be Restored? Test and See

Posted on November 18th, 2011, by Kathy Wright

One of our customers, Joan M.,  wanted her aged and yellowed wedding dress restored, but was afraid to spend the money on it without being certain the restoration process would be successful. Joan came up with a great plan – Test it before committing. Ms Miller’s wedding dress has a detachable train, so she sent [...]

Cleaning Your Wedding Dress Between Events

Posted on October 3rd, 2011, by Kathy Wright

 If your wedding was like my daughter Robyn’s recent wedding, there were many opportunities to get your wedding gown very dirty: the wedding, photos, the reception, etc.  We also had a luncheon after the wedding featuring red italian pasta sauce – just daring my daughter to keep her gown clean.  But that was not all, [...]

All Wedding Gown Cleaners Are Not Alike

Posted on August 26th, 2011, by Kathy Wright

After you spend good money to have your wedding gown cleaned and preserved, you would assume that you had done everything you should to care for your gown and you can relax. Right? Maybe not. There is a great deal of difference between dry-cleaners, especially when it comes to wedding gown care. In particular, silk [...]

We’re in the Wall Street Journal!

Posted on July 12th, 2011, by Kathy Wright

It’s nice to be noticed. We knock ourselves out every day to provide the most thorough wedding gown cleaning and the very best preservation.  Our customers appreciate our work.  But we seldom get any special attention. But last week we were featured in a Wall Street Journal article by Deborah Blumberg. That’s exciting!  Several months [...]

Start Your Own Heirloom Tradition

Posted on May 18th, 2011, by Kathy Wright

Something old, something new…Passing down heirloom garments is a wonderful tradition that you can start yourself. A simple bridal handkerchief can be turned into a baby bonnet, and then back into a wedding handkerchief when the baby grows up. Simple and sweet. We recently cleaned and preserved a precious christening gown with several bonnets for [...]

Vintage Veil Beautifully Restored

Posted on April 19th, 2011, by Kathy Wright

We restore quite a few wedding gowns, which is always exciting. But we don’t often get to restore the veils. The truth is, many vintage veils cannot be restored. The tulle from veils from the 40′s and 50′s is so fragile that it completely disintegrates when immersed in water or any chemicals. Tulle from the [...]

Museum Method™ Strapless Gown Preservation

Posted on March 17th, 2011, by Kathy Wright

A question we are often asked is how do we preserve strapless wedding gowns with Museum Method™ (hanging) wedding gown preservation? Or what about a gown with thin spaghetti straps, or straps made of delicate fabric? Are those small straps supposed to bare the weight of the whole wedding gown? Excellent questions… Gravity – it’s [...]

Are Wedding Gown Restorations Art or Science?

Posted on February 16th, 2011, by Kathy Wright

One of our most popular services is wedding gown restoration. It is amazing that an old and yellowed (sometimes brown) wedding gown can be brought back to a white or ivory color and regain it’s former beauty. Often it can be worn again by a daughter or granddaughter for a new wedding. Some gowns have [...]

Save $20 on Your Wedding Gown Care!

Posted on February 16th, 2011, by Kathy Wright

Would you like to wear an heirloom wedding gown to your wedding?   Please take a moment to take our survey to give us your opinion and we will give you a $20 discount code that you can use for our services when you finish.