by Robyn Orr | Jan 14, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Stories
A wedding dress story by Maris Cavanagh, mother of the bride I come from a long line of seamstresses. Both my mother and grandmother were excellent seamstresses. In the 1980’s, I worked in the costume shop of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. So when my daughter asked...
by Robyn Orr | Jan 7, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Stories
A Wedding dress story by Danielle Golding I never grew up imagining what my wedding would be like, let alone any of the details, like my dress. I only started flushing out what I really liked and wanted after my husband proposed. I saw myself in a white, all white,...
by Robyn Orr | Jan 2, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Cleaning
After Staci’s wedding she had her dress dry-cleaned. However, afterward she discovered several problems. There were still several spots, including a greasy black mark on the back and yellowed shoulder. One of the buttons had also been mismatched. So she sent it...
by Robyn Orr | Dec 11, 2013 | General, Wedding Gown Restoration
Like many brides, after Patricia was married, she put her her wedding dress in a closet and enjoyed her new marriage. Years later, she found that her silk dress had yellowed all over and particularly on the bodice. Several parts of the dress also had rust-colored...
by Robyn Orr | Nov 14, 2013 | General, Wedding Gown Restoration
When Ann Meuel bought her wedding gown, she was not planning on needing a wedding gown restoration. She was looking forward to her wedding day. After the wedding, her dress was put away with new things to plan and do. But her dress was still a treasured garment, which...
