by Robyn Orr | Jul 22, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Cleaning, Wedding Gown Preservation
Featured for Clean Vintage Wedding Gowns We recently had the opportunity to clean a wedding dress that was featured as part of a marketing tool to promote bridal and formal wear for The Archive. The dress was also used as a study in cleaning, treatment and...
by Robyn Orr | Jul 16, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Stories
A Wedding Dress Story by Caroline S I wore this Maggie Sottero wedding gown for my wedding on May 17, 2014 in Albany, Georgia. It was a short engagement, and I didn’t realize how much time was needed to order a wedding dress. We were engaged in November, but I...
by Robyn Orr | Jul 14, 2014 | Famous Wedding Dresses, General
Designing For Her Own Wedding Monique Lhuillier’s rise to popularity is almost too good to be true. After meeting her future husband Tom Bugbee while she was at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Lhuillier quit her job and put all her energy on...
by Robyn Orr | Jul 9, 2014 | Wedding Gown Stories
A Wedding Dress story: By Cyndi Villalobos Teri’s grandmother, Janet Bartel, discovered this Priscilla of Boston Japanese silk gown on the cover of the 1962 mid-summer edition of Modern Bride Magazine. Janet walked down the aisle at St. Mary’s Catholic...
by Robyn Orr | Jul 7, 2014 | Famous Wedding Dresses
Our Favorite Fad: A Blush Wedding Dress Colored wedding dresses. They seem to be here to stay. These gowns add a new twist to even the most classic of fits, and yet we are having a hard time accepting them. Strangely though, there is one color that we cannot get...
by Robyn Orr | Jul 2, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Cleaning, Wedding Gown Preservation
About the Wedding Dress Nicole’s Vera Wang wedding dress is gorgeous! Made of synthetic mikado, the dress has a lovely touch of 3D organza flowers. The flowers are made of velveteen leaves and netting ribbon. There are also flowers made of organza and the dress...
by Robyn Orr | Jun 27, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Cleaning, Wedding Gown Preservation
Grandma’s Wedding Gown Martha wanted her mother’s 1951 satin wedding gown and Brussels lace veil to look perfect! Martha’s daughter was going to be the third daughter to wear the dress for her wedding. And who could blame her for wanting to do so?...
by Robyn Orr | Jun 20, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Cleaning, Wedding Gown Preservation
A Beautiful Wedding Dress Pat’s Amsale wedding dress is beautiful! With a bodice covered in beads and a veil with scalloped edges with beads and crystals, the dress is gorgeous! The gown and veil had previously been dry cleaned. There were oxidized stains on...
by Kathy Wright | Jun 16, 2014 | General, HGP Promotions
Congratulations to Carina Akers Barlow who is the winner of our Facebook gift card drawing held monthly. Carina can choose a $25 gift card from… Macy’s Bed, Bath and Beyond Target Home Depot Applebees Olive Garden and more… Claim Your Award Carina please contact...
by Robyn Orr | Jun 11, 2014 | Garment Rescue, General, Wedding Gown Restoration
The Wedding Dress is Worn Twice Claire was lucky enough to be able to get her wedding dress cleaned and boxed. Five years later she let her sister wear it but The 1984 House of Bianchi wedding dress was ruined when somebody tried to fix the sequins and pearl trim....
