Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Can’t Afford Wedding Gown Care? Think Again

Posted on July 5th, 2010, by Kathy Wright

You won’t find hand cleaned wedding gowns and museum quality preservation at a more affordable price than ours anywhere. Last fall we lowered our prices without lowering our quality one bit. But if your budget is still a little tight, don’t put off your wedding gown care any longer,  because we now offer a convenient [...]

Restore – Restyle – Reuse

Posted on July 5th, 2010, by Kathy Wright

There’s more than one reason to wear a vintage, heirloom dress! But certainly most people do so for the sentimental value the dress has. We recently restored and restyled this lovely communion gown to be used for a third generation. After restoring the color, we needed to find a way to bring it [...]

Beware of Low Quality Preservation Boxes

Posted on June 3rd, 2010, by Kathy Wright

We have recently received a number of wedding gowns that had been “preserved” previously in “acid-free” boxes. These wedding gowns had some significant yellowing and we are now in the process of restoring them. So how did this happen? Shouldn’t an acid-free box protect the gown?

Beautiful Edwardian Silk Gown Renewed

Posted on May 10th, 2010, by Kathy Wright

We had the opportunity to work on an amazing dress this past week. The dress is about 100 years old but will be worn again this weekend for a new bride. It needed some alterations, repairs and light cleaning. The fabric was very fragile, resulting in hours and hours of hand stitching [...]

Gutierrez Gown Update

Posted on March 31st, 2010, by Jennifer

I am very excited to update you on the sealed box gown we received that was in bad shape from being sealed in a box for MANY years. I am so excited at the results from our restoration process and I know our customer will be very excited too! We were able to brighten the [...]

Why You Shouldn’t Seal a Wedding Gown

Posted on February 25th, 2010, by Kathy Wright

Wow, a gown arrived yesterday with profound proof that you should never seal a wedding gown. This dress was sent to us from Ann Gutierrez. It has been “safely” in storage for many years.  Now Ann is hoping her daughter will be able to wear the gown, but when she [...]

Winters Wedding Gown Restoration

Posted on February 24th, 2010, by Kathy Wright

We have been working on a wedding gown restoration for the Winter’s family in Maine.  We haven’t determined whether it is white enough.  As you can see from the photo, it is a lovely soft off white.  We can probably push it a bit further to a brighter white if necessary.  I have found that [...]

Communion Dress Restoration

Posted on February 12th, 2010, by Kathy Wright

We had the opportunity to restore this precious communion dress this week. It was sent to us from the Mosier family in Honolulu, Hawaii. They were uncertain as to whether it could be salvaged for their daughter’s upcoming communion. But the gown has historical significance, as it has been worn by two [...]