After your wedding, there are many tasks to perform, from sending thank you notes, to taking inventory of your numerous wedding presents. This is the best time to decide what your options are concerning the future of your wedding gown. While many brides wish to keep their dress to wear at a future wedding anniversary or vow renewal, others may want to have their bridal finery cleaned and preserved for their successive generations. There are also those of you who do not intend to keep their gown and, after it is cleaned and/or preserved, there are many possibilities for its next appearance. In this posting, Winzer Cleaners, renowned for our services including wedding dress cleaning in NYC, will provide a range of choices, both traditional and unconventional, so you can make the best decision for the future of your bridal gown.
Post Nuptial Wedding Dress Cleaning in NYC
Whether you are keeping your gown, repurposing it, or giving it away, having it cleaned and preserved is the first step to take. Winzer Cleaners can arrange to pick up your gown at your premises at your convenience. Once we have it in our possession, it will be carefully scrutinized to determine its current condition. Stains will be spot treated, missing findings such as hooks and eyes and/or buttons and broken zippers replaced, embellishments such as laces, beading, sequins, palettes, or embroidery will be restored as needed. The best method for cleaning your gown will be determined by the fabric(s) it is made from. If photos have been taken outdoors, the hemline is likely to be grimey and also require pretreatment. Once your wedding dress has been thoroughly cleaned, here are some options:
Preserving Your Gown After Wedding Dress Cleaning in NYC
Through the years, thousands of Manhattan brides have contacted Winzer Cleaners to clean and preserve their wedding finery. Once your dress has been cleaned, our professionals gently fill the bodice with acid-free tissue paper, wrapped in additional acid-free tissue paper, then covered in a muslin wrapper. It will be returned to you in a museum-quality preservation box, itself wrapped in muslin, to provide protection from UV-rays, dust, and other pollutants which over time will yellow the fabrics, and cause embellishments and threads to deteriorate. A closet shelf is the ideal home storage location, however if you plan to sell, donate, or repurpose your bridal dress, know that you are giving the next wearer their gown in optional condition.
Alterations and Repurposing Your Wedding Gown:
Consult with Winzer Cleaners’ dressmaking and tailoring experts, who can offer suggestions on how you can have your dress altered to create a more functional formal garment. For example, some brides consider having their dress made into a First Holy Communion gown for a niece or friend’s daughter. Other possibilities include having the dress dyed and tailored into a sheath, altered to just below the knees. Still other brides prefer to have portions of their dress used to create a casual top to wear over jeans. The choices are endless.
Sell or Donate:
A percentage of today’s brides decide to sell or even to donate their bridal gown. There are a number of specific websites to accommodate you if that is your wish as well as numerous locations near you where you can drop off your gown, and take a receipt for donation purposes. Either way, when the new owners receive their gown, thoughtfully cleaned and preserved in like-new condition, you will be glad that you opted for Winzer Cleaners wedding dress cleaning in NYC. Remember, our territory includes the New York TriState, so wherever you live and whatever your dry cleaning requirements, Winzer Cleaners, the dry cleaners of choice since 1908, is here to serve you!
