If you’ve inherited your mother’s or grandmother’s wedding dress, you may be wondering what the best option is. An heirloom gown holds sentimental value, and there are several ways to honor its history while making it meaningful for you.
Wear it as-is Some vintage gowns have timeless styles and beautiful craftsmanship. With professional cleaning and minor alterations, many brides choose to wear the dress just as it was.
Redesign it into a modern gown A skilled seamstress can update the style while keeping special details like lace, buttons, or fabric from the original gown. This allows you to blend family tradition with your personal style.
Preserve it for the future If you prefer to keep the gown intact, professional wedding gown preservation protects the fabric from yellowing and damage so it can be passed down to future generations.
Repurpose it into keepsakes If the dress can’t be worn, the fabric can still be used to create meaningful items like quilts, ring bearer pillows, christening gowns, or other family keepsakes.
No matter which option you choose, caring for an heirloom wedding gown helps protect the memories and history it represents.
Wedding Gown Preservation: Protecting Your Dress for a Lifetime
Your wedding gown is more than just a dress—it’s a cherished keepsake filled with memories from one of the most important days of your life. Proper wedding gown preservation ensures your dress stays beautiful for years to come, whether you plan to save it for future generations or simply want to protect your investment.
After your wedding day, your gown may have invisible stains from sweat, makeup, champagne, or outdoor photos. Over time, these stains can darken and damage delicate fabrics like lace, silk, and tulle. Professional wedding gown cleaning and preservation removes these hidden stains and prevents yellowing, fabric weakening, and odor buildup.
Our preservation process begins with a careful inspection of your gown, followed by gentle professional cleaning designed specifically for bridal fabrics and embellishments. Beading, lace, and embroidery are treated with special care to maintain their original beauty. Once cleaned, your gown is expertly packaged in a preservation box to protect it from light, dust, and moisture.
Our Process: → Drop off your dress. → We clean it with expert care. → We preserve it for generations. → We notify you as soon as it’s ready.
If your gown needs minor adjustments before or after your wedding, our wedding dress alteration services ensure the perfect fit while maintaining the integrity of the design. From hemming and bustle creation to strap and bodice adjustments, our experienced team helps your dress look flawless on your big day.
Preserving your wedding gown is an investment in your memories. Whether you hope to pass it down, reuse it for a future celebration, or simply keep it safe, professional preservation helps your gown stand the test of time.
Contact us today by email or call 651-351-3951 to learn more about our wedding gown cleaning, restoration, preservation, and alteration services. We can’t wait to help protect and preserve the memories from your special day!
The 2020 year was rough for most people, for many reasons, and, Brides were no exception. Planning a wedding is no small undertaking. Some couples take anywhere from 10 months to 2 years constructing and finalizing all the details for the big day, so, undoubtedly, forced cancellation and postponement was heartbreaking.
A recent survey by The Knot among U.S. couples who originally planned their weddings for March through August 2020 found that 52% pushed their celebrations to a later date in the year, while 33% rescheduled to 2021 and 14% are still unsure of a new wedding date.
But guess what!? We made it! The much-anticipated year of 2021 has finally arrived! From weddings that were rescheduled to 2021 and ones originally planned for 2021 to the brand new Brides that are just beginning to plan – it’s starting to get back on track and not a moment too soon!
So, let’s dive in and help you get those creative juices flowing as we reveal the most talked about wedding fashion for 2021!
Brave & Bold
This year is all about bolder wedding fashion. Brides are feeling braver than ever with their choices and free to really express themselves on their wedding day. Many are making their statement with ball gowns, exaggerated sleeves, layers of textures, romantic ruffles, edgy jumpsuits and capes!
Kathryn Wen told Fashionista.com, “Brides are expressing themselves through more adventurous, seize-the-day approaches: “We have a lot more interest in color. Still the light blue, gray and blush ranges, but we’ve had people who’ve done mustard or burgundy. A little bit ‘out there’ colors.”
Personal Style & Versatility
Lace, bows, feathers, beading, sequins, pleats, rhinestones, and pearls – OH MY! Embellishments are dominating this year and should not be overlooked! Here’s a couple reasons why –
It’s the small details that will take a wedding dress you love to the next level and transform it into something that’s unique and personal to you.
Don’t stop at the dress… Embellishments can be added to veils, capes and shawls, matching couples’ jackets, and on the newly-trending hair accessory: barrettes and combs.
Brides want the option to switch up their looks – overskirts, capes and embellished top layers are more popular than ever.
In an effort to have a more sustainable dress, we are seeing Brides even design their own wedding gown or transforming an old one into the dress of their dreams! The possibilities are truly endless.
In fact, Treasured Garment Restoration specializes in bringing Vintage Wedding Gowns back to life. We clean and restore vintage wedding gowns, and work with you to add your own modern twist and match the dress to your unique style!
Check out this video: Twin Cities Live interviews Monica Zaun, one of our Alterations Specialists and features THREE of her most recent wedding gown rebuilds.
CONTACT US TODAY BY EMAIL OR CALL 651-351-3951 We can’t wait to talk with you about the ways we can make your big day that much more special!
Treasured Garment Restoration is nationally recognized for Wedding Gown Cleaning & Preservation, has an Award-Winning Bridal Alterations staff with 3 different locations around the Twin Cities’ metro area, and, is your Minneapolis-St Paul ‘go-to’ source for Wedding inspiration!
