by Kathy Wright | Oct 15, 2010 | General, Wedding Gown Care, Wedding Gown Cleaning
Metal rusts. Unfortunately many wedding gowns have metal backed or metal shank buttons. Consequently rust stains are a common challenge in wedding gown restoration. We recently restored a beautiful 1940’s era wedding gown that had severe rust damage. All of the...
by Kathy Wright | Sep 16, 2010 | General, Wedding Gown Care, Wedding Gown Cleaning
We love the beautiful dresses that come into our shop each day. They are all different and each has a story and a unique bride behind it. We are often able to tell quite a bit about that wedding by the wear and tear of the dress itself. Outdoor wedding dresses are...
by Kathy Wright | Aug 11, 2010 | General, Wedding Gown Care, Wedding Gown Cleaning
We found it definitely pays to persevere when it comes to removing tough stains. We recently received a plea for help from John Ardoin in Louisiana whose daughter had borrowed her cousin’s wedding gown for her wedding. Everything went beautifully, and the dress fit...
by Kathy Wright | Jul 5, 2010 | General
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...
by Kathy Wright | Jun 3, 2010 | General, Preservation Products
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?...
by Kathy Wright | May 10, 2010 | General, Heirloom Garment Restoration, Wedding Gown Restoration
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...
by Kathy Wright | Apr 6, 2010 | Wedding Gown Care
One question that we are often asked is how we preserve strapless gowns with Museum Method Preservation. It’s a good question, as so many gowns are strapless today. Many others have thin “spaghetti” straps, which certainly should not bear the weight...
by Kathy Wright | Mar 31, 2010 | General
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...
by Kathy Wright | Mar 11, 2010 | General
Have you got a question about wedding gown or heirloom garment cleaning, restoration, or preservation? Add your question as a comment and we’ll see if we can help you out.
by Kathy Wright | Feb 25, 2010 | General, Heirloom Garment Restoration
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 with box wedding dress preservation. Now Ann is hoping her daughter...
