Thursday, June 24, 2010

Wrinkles in my wedding dress...?

I am going to be traveling with my wedding dress and do not have time to take it to a cleaner again when i get there. I thought about using a mini hand held steamer at the hotel the night before. What would you recommend?Wrinkles in my wedding dress...?
call the hotel you are going to if you are and ask if they do it if you are going to familys house take it out of the bag and when u get there run a hot shower for a while to steam up the bathroom and then see how it looks if it is still wrinkledWrinkles in my wedding dress...?
I would suggest taking it to the cleaners or a specialist now who can ';preserve'; the dress in a wedding dress box. I know that it sounds as if this would crease the dress even more and this is usually done after the wedding however, they fold and stuff the dress in such a way as to prevent creasing. They do this as wedding dresses are often kept forever and the material can become permanently creased if left crumpled or folded in the wrong way. Make sure that they use non-acidic tissue paper and a dress box without a window. The window would allow the patch of dress that shows to become damaged by light and if you go for this option then you will probably want to keep your dress in this following the wedding.
I would be very careful about the steamer. My dad has steamed a suit before and ended up ruining it, some fabrics to not react well to steamers. I'm not sure if it's worth it to bring the steamer. You can always put it in your bathroom at the hotel and turn on the hot water, close the shower curtain, and close the door to the bathroom. Let it steam itself in the bathroom then smooth it out with clean hands. Get it out of your luggage as soon as you can once you get to the hotel and do this process and you should be great!
if you are going to hang it in the bathroom with the shower on hot, it will take a while, but if you take the time to continue tugging on the fabric to kind of help the straightening along, then that will be best. the very best thing to do is see if you can possibly have a professional do it. congratulations on your wedding, and i hope this helps
Ask your concierge at the hotel if they offer any services for steam cleaning the dress, or just hang it in the bathroom with the shower on hot. It should make the wrinkles disappear that way.
I think a hand held steamer is a great idea. Make sure there is time for the dress to dry because it may be damp after using it.





Good luck!
store it in one of those clear plastic zip up bags. it will not wrinkle like this. good luck.

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