One of our customers sent us her damaged wedding gown for a wedding dress repair. She had taken the bridal gown to her local dry-cleaners for cleaning. But when she picked it up she could hardly believe that the cleaners had ironed out and removed all of the “pick ups” (little poofs) that made the [...]

Who thought that wedding ambiance may later require bridal gown restoration!  One customer’s wedding venue included a beautiful fireplace.  A glowing fire added to the atmosphere of her special evening.   What she didn’t count on was a spark from the fireplace landing on her lovely wedding gown. Wedding Dress Repair Needed So it is Heritage Garment [...]

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Petroleum-based solvent Your wedding gown may have a tag that states “Clean with petroleum based solvent only.” This recommendation is usually based on protecting your wedding gown’s beads and sequins from melting during cleaning with perchloethylene (perc) a common dry-cleaning solvent.  Stoddard solvent is an older solvent that is petroleum based, safer for beads and [...]

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We had the opportunity to work on three beautiful vintage dresses, circa 1940 – 1950 recently.  They were all different styles and fabrics and so had three different treatments. The first is a yellowed wedding dress that we did restore (whiten.)  It really looked beautiful after our treatment. The second appears to be a flapper [...]

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Excellent News!  We were just notified that Heritage Garment Presevation has been awarded the Bride’s Choice Award for 2013. This award is given to the top 5% of highest reviewed vendors on Weddingwire.com    We are  listed on Weddingwire.com under the Dress & Attire category because they do not have a wedding gown cleaning and [...]

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This  beautiful wedding gown was worn  by Patricia Lee DeJoy on Sunday June 3rd, 1956,   when she married her true love Ensign Armand Tise Eyler Jr., USN.,  The gown was   purchased at Garfinckels in Washington, D.C., from the Saks 5th Avenue collection. The ceremony was held at Christ Episcopal Church, Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Tise’s [...]

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Only days until Christmas, and it may seem that there isn’t much time to find a special gift for everyone on your list. But if someone on your list is a new bride, Grab this opportunity to give her something she will never forget: Wedding gown cleaning and preservation! Order today and then download and [...]

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We recently finished this beautiful restoration for Cindy D. She hired us to restore her mother’s wedding dress as a surprise Christmas gift for her mother. The dress had been hand made by someone in the family, although no one can remember who it was. Nevertheless, the dress is very sentimental. The fabric is a [...]

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For a very limited time, one of our expert seamstresses will add a bustle to your wedding gown for only $50 (plus any shipping charges.) We are in the process of putting together a new ebook entitled “Bustle It! Six Easy Elegant Wedding Dress Bustles” To complete our project we need some great photos. The [...]

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We were concerned about the delicate nature of the vintage lacewhen we received this vintage wedding gown from June S.  Occasionally these old laces are very fragile and may not hold up well to the whitening chemicals. The dress was not severely yellow, and quite evenly colored.  But we took great care with it due [...]

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