Wedding Dress Dilema... What to do w/it after the wedding ....

May05Bride Posted: Aug 03, 2005 02:51 PM

Wedding Dress Dilema... What to do w/it after the wedding ....

What are you guys doing with your wedding dresses after the wedding?

Does anyone know of a place to preserve it in Queens or Nassau LI?

Donna Posted: Aug 03, 2005 03:15 PM

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I had it preserved by wedclean, you should do a search on newlyweds, I know they've been used by a lot of girls on here all with different experiences.

wedclean

p..s I had a good experience and the price was right for me

May05Bride Posted: Aug 03, 2005 03:20 PM

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Posted by Donna

I had it preserved by wedclean, you should do a search on newlyweds, I know they've been used by a lot of girls on here all with different experiences.

wedclean

p..s I had a good experience and the price was right for me

THanks!
How does it work?

tracie143 Posted: Aug 03, 2005 03:25 PM

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Preserve it and save it for when you can show your childern

megandj Posted: Aug 03, 2005 03:29 PM

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I am hoping to have mine made into the basinet (sp?) for our baby - I don't think my kids will want to wear my old dress..

bluesashbride Posted: Aug 03, 2005 03:38 PM

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i just signed up for wedclean. you prepay online and they ship you box. you put it in the box, slap on the label and drop it off at a UPS and should get it back in few weeks all preserved and perfect. you can mark any spots on your dress with orange stickers-just like they do at the drycleaners and include special instructions if you have any.

ETA: I'm preserving it so it won't yellow or anything, but I think i'm going to make christening gowns from it.

m&m2005 Posted: Aug 03, 2005 03:41 PM

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I am having mine made into a baptismal gown for our future children. I will never use it again, my kids will never use it... so I figured this is a way I can use it and then pass it onto my children to use for our first grandchild.

IrishBride-05 Posted: Aug 03, 2005 03:52 PM

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We're not planning on having kids, and we have an heirloom christening gown in the family in case we do, so I am going to donate it to one of the charities.

Ladybug63 Posted: Aug 03, 2005 04:39 PM

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In less my kids want to wear it or a FDIL I don't think I will be able to part with it until a granddaughter came along for a baptism dress.

candb Posted: Aug 03, 2005 04:49 PM

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I'm saving it, and then having it made into a Christening outfit for my first child.

cloddy Posted: Aug 03, 2005 05:40 PM

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Most dry cleaners offer a wedding preservation service. If you don't want to keep it, Bridal Garden in Manhattan is a shop that takes donation gowns and sells them. They use the money for a charity for battered women and children.