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sagapo
LIF Infant
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preserving a wedding dress
after you get your wedding dress cleaned and preserved, can you ever take it out of the box and wear it again?
ive gotten mixed reviews... please help
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Posted 11/12/07 10:20 AM  |
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VickiC
Rocking the party
Member since 5/05 4937 total posts
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Re: preserving a wedding dress
I was told that once you preserve it you can't take it out since you'd be breaking that vacuum seal. I can look at mine since it has a window.
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| Posted 11/12/07 10:21 AM |
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TreAnt427
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Tracy
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Re: preserving a wedding dress
Yes - I just got my cleaned using WedClean. They said that you are supposed to take it out once in a while and let it air out.
I got mine back a few weeks ago and haven't opened it yet. I'm afraid I won't get it back in the box! 
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| Posted 11/12/07 10:22 AM |
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CouponKT
Our family is complete
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K
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Re: preserving a wedding dress
I did mine, but It doesn't have a window....
How will I know if it's really mine in there? 
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| Posted 11/12/07 10:22 AM |
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browneyedgirl
family is all that matters
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browneyes
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Re: preserving a wedding dress
i used wedclean and they said you can take it out as often as you want. i haven't though.
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| Posted 11/12/07 10:27 AM |
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JMC1014
We got a puppy!!
Member since 5/07 1420 total posts
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J
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Re: preserving a wedding dress
I had mine done through a local dry cleaner and I can't take it out of the box since it is sealed with some sort of gases that keep it clean and white. It does have a window though.
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| Posted 11/12/07 10:28 AM |
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luckysmom
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Re: preserving a wedding dress
Posted by BabyCote2006
I did mine, but It doesn't have a window....
How will I know if it's really mine in there?
Thank god mine had a window. My mom picked it up for me since it was out by her and when i got there that nite i opened it and it was not my dress.  Thank god they still had mine the next day. I was so mad. They would have dealt with one angry bride had mine not been there
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| Posted 11/12/07 10:32 AM |
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munchkinbugs
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Member since 1/06 8093 total posts
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Lisa
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Re: preserving a wedding dress
Mine was preserved and put in a box with acid free tissue paper, acid free box, and acid free cloth cover. So I can actually touch the dress if I want to.
If you do try the dress on, you kind of defeat the purpose of getting it cleaned and preserved because now the oils from your skin could cause discoloration over time. So you would need to get it cleaned again.
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| Posted 11/12/07 10:42 AM |
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Chrisnamy
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Re: preserving a wedding dress
Posted by VickiC
I was told that once you preserve it you can't take it out since you'd be breaking that vacuum seal. I can look at mine since it has a window.
This is what I was told also.
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| Posted 11/12/07 11:26 AM |
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freckles
Love My Little Man!
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Re: preserving a wedding dress
Posted by babybug631
Mine was preserved and put in a box with acid free tissue paper, acid free box, and acid free cloth cover. So I can actually touch the dress if I want to.
If you do try the dress on, you kind of defeat the purpose of getting it cleaned and preserved because now the oils from your skin could cause discoloration over time. So you would need to get it cleaned again.
Same here! And they gave me a pair of white gloves to handle it with if I want to touch it so I don't get any oils on it but I'd rather not unfold it, they did such a nice job. I just peeled it back and checked the tag to make sure it was mine  Its the same company who preserves dresses for museums and I loved that I could still open it.
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| Posted 11/12/07 11:47 AM |
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SweetestOfPeas
J'taime Paris!
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Re: preserving a wedding dress
I think the confusion is b/c there might be more than 1 way to preserve a dress.
if it's hermetically sealed, I would say no, you can't take the dress out.
if the dress is chemically treated and put in a box, then you probably can.
hope that helps
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| Posted 11/12/07 12:28 PM |
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jjk1007
LIF Toddler
Member since 11/07 437 total posts
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Jaclyn (former '07 LIW'er)
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Re: preserving a wedding dress
I have no idea....
But you just reminded me that I need to get mine cleaned!
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| Posted 11/12/07 12:30 PM |
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Re: preserving a wedding dress
You can open the box, but you should NEVER touch it and put it on again. The oils in your skin are no good for it.
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| Posted 11/12/07 12:35 PM |
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