How can one just let lay your bridal dress anywhere after the wedding? Outfit for which you were excited since your childhood and have seen so many dreams should be kept like a priceless treasure in your closet. Even if you are not going to wear it again just keep it as a lasting memory with you.
You have put in a lot of effort in finding your dream wedding gown for your big day. Thus after the wedding it should be kept in well maintained condition so as to remind you of your D day as happiest moment of your life. Now next thing to think is what to do in order to preserve your wedding gown. There are various options. This article mentions three of them, which are simple and easy yet effective enough for increasing the life of your bridal outfit and make them look young and fresh forever.
Here are those three possible ways to go about preserving your bridal gown.
Hire wedding gown preservation professional
This is one of the simplest methods to hand over your wedding gown to specialized wedding gown preservation services. These specialists are trained professionals and have all the required tools with them for cleaning bridal gown and bridal accessories properly. They also guarantee that no harm will cause to your bridal gown and accessories. After cleaning they ship back your outfit to you. They do charge for that, thus not affordable to everybody.
Dry clean your bridal gown
Another option for preserving your bridal gown is to give it for dry cleaning. This method is quite cheaper than the above one. But before giving for cleaning make sure they are good at this work. No such situation should arise that later you have to repent.
Self preservation or DIV
If you are not contended with the above two written options, then best is to go for DIV i.e. ‘do it yourself’ method. In this you have to give your bridal dress to dry cleaner for cleaning. Do this within six months after your wedding. As soon your attire comes back remove its plastic and fold it. Wedding gown should be stuffed with acid free tissue paper or unbleached muslin in between folds. And then wrap the dress and keep it in an acid-free box. It helps to prevent permanent wrinkles, besides stabilize the environment of the box. Store the box in a dry, dark and cool place, away from places with high humidity or extremes in temperatures. Once in a year take your wedding gown out and keep it in sunlight for little time. Refold the dress along different lines so that creases do not occur. Self cleaning is the best and easiest method.
Thus you see preserving your wedding gown is not at all a difficult chore. Just it needs care, attention and initiative. Do not let your bridal gown fell prey to time, as it is your highly prized possession. Take its care to the same extent as you did in choosing it, so that you can enjoy its flavor for generations.

bridal gown care is very easy. after you use them you wash them right away with a lukewarm water and a laundry soap( bleach if possible). after drying you iron it and put it in a box or cellophane with a naphthalene balls. this way it will be ruined by cockroaches or any insects.

great! so simple and very economical i think..thanks for the tips..i think i really cant comment on how to preserve it since i only borrowed my wedding dress from my sister..and its her who kept it after the wedding