Gown cleaning & preservation

[giffy231]

Where will you be having this done? I know Carolyn Allen's offers it for 250 and David's Bridal offers it but heir price keeps changing. Anyone have experience to share? I just do not know what to do with my dress now post wedding. It is really dirty do it needs cleaning but not sure if I want to keep it.

 

[lurkyloo]

I had my dress professionally dry cleaned but not preserved, since I think the prices are a ripoff and I've read that most of the services pushed by dress shops and dry cleaners will not actually preserve the dress and may even harm it.

Instead, I researched archival textile preservation and did my own gown preservation for cheap-as-free! I did a tutorial with photos here: http://disneytravelbabble.com/how-to/wedding-gown-preservation/