by Kathy Wright | Jan 17, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Cleaning
So which wedding gown cleaning method is best? Wet cleaning or Dry cleaning? It really all depends on your wedding gown. Here at Heritage Garment Preservation we hand clean with water about 95% of the wedding dresses that we clean. We find it cleans better and...
by Robyn Orr | Jan 16, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Cleaning
We recently fell in love with Amy H.’s gorgeous James Clifford wedding gown. The embroidered details on the bodice and along the sides of the dress were the perfect touch to the classic A-line. It is lined with beads, crystals and flowers that subtly lifted away...
by Robyn Orr | Jan 15, 2014 | Famous Wedding Dresses, General
When Victoria chose to wear a white wedding dress she began a new trend. Prior to her marriage in 1840, brides would often wear wedding gowns of any color they wanted. Afterwards other brides soon had the arduous task of choosing between a traditional red dress or the...
by Robyn Orr | Jan 14, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Stories
A wedding dress story by Maris Cavanagh, mother of the bride I come from a long line of seamstresses. Both my mother and grandmother were excellent seamstresses. In the 1980’s, I worked in the costume shop of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. So when my daughter asked...
by Kathy Wright | Jan 10, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Preservation
Watch our video to compare Museum Method™ and Heritage Box™ Wedding Gown Preservation Heritage Garment Preservation is quite unique in that we offer two different wedding gown preservation methods. One question we are often asked is “Which of our wedding dress...
by Kathy Wright | Jan 9, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Cleaning
We recently cleaned Catherine B.’s beautiful Maggie Sottero lace wedding gown. Catherine’s wedding dress had some definite signs of wear. There was make-up and perspiration inside the bodice and underarms. The hemline was very dirty and there were a number...
by Robyn Orr | Jan 7, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Stories
A Wedding dress story by Danielle Golding I never grew up imagining what my wedding would be like, let alone any of the details, like my dress. I only started flushing out what I really liked and wanted after my husband proposed. I saw myself in a white, all white,...
by Robyn Orr | Jan 2, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Cleaning
After Staci’s wedding she had her dress dry-cleaned. However, afterward she discovered several problems. There were still several spots, including a greasy black mark on the back and yellowed shoulder. One of the buttons had also been mismatched. So she sent it...
by Kathy Wright | Dec 18, 2013 | General, Wedding Gown Stories
A Wedding dress story by Samantha Austin I purchased this Casablanca Dress from Williamsburg Bridal and Formal in Williamsburg, VA. I had actually tried it on at a store in Washington, D.C., a few months earlier but didn’t buy it. I bought a different dress...
by Robyn Orr | Dec 11, 2013 | General, Wedding Gown Restoration
Like many brides, after Patricia was married, she put her her wedding dress in a closet and enjoyed her new marriage. Years later, she found that her silk dress had yellowed all over and particularly on the bodice. Several parts of the dress also had rust-colored...
