Hi H-CostumeLers - If her gown is made from more than about 4 yards of
fabric, she might want to consider hanging it on a costume-made padded
hanger/torso covered with a shroud made from a clean cotton (or
cotton/polyester 60:40) sheet. I've witnessed the huge amount of wrinkling
and creasing from
I like University producst for boxes and tissue.
I am trying to figure out the best way to approach my niece about
repackaging her gown--last time I was at my sister's I spied a wedding
preservation box with big words "DO NOT OPEN" on it, with her gown in it. I
cringe that she fell for the whole
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>To: h-cost...@indra.com
>Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 10:59 AM
>Subject: [h-cost] Storing a wedding gown.
>
>Greetings Earthings,
>
>
>A friend wants to pack up her wedding gown for safe keeping but didn' like the
>price of having someone do it for her
Gaylord and University Products both sell acid free boxes as well as acid free
tissue. Well-laundered white cotton sheets (no perfumes or dryer sheets) will
also do.
>From what I understand, your friend is wise to do this herself, it's
>apparently often a rip-off industry.
Astrida
On Oct 26
Greetings Earthings,
A friend wants to pack up her wedding gown for safe keeping but didn' like the
price of having someone do it for her. The gown is not silk or anything. It's
all synthetic I think. (It's really beautiful even if it is synthetic) I told
her she just needs to stuff it and wra
