by Jordyn Crowley | Oct 11, 2016 | Heirloom Garment Restoration, Heirloom Garments, Vintage Weddings, Wedding Gown Cleaning, Wedding Gown Preservation, Wedding Gown Restoration, Wedding Gown Stories
Note from HGP: We love how Melissa’s gown has the crystal beading down the center – front and back. It adds the perfect sparkle! Her pearl buttons are also a rare sight- most dresses we work with use cloth buttons. We’re so grateful Melissa took the...
by Jordyn Crowley | Sep 27, 2016 | Wedding Gown Stories, Wedding Planning
by Jasmine Davis I loved my dress from the moment I put it on. I purchased it from Always Elegant Bridal in Yuba City, California. The girls there were so awesome and helpful in every way. When I started alterations, I had to have it altered 3 times because I kept...
by Jordyn Crowley | Sep 20, 2016 | Do It Yourself, Wedding Planning
Many brides choose to ditch the traditional wedding gown by making adjustments to sleeves, necklines, hemlines, and patterns– but most often, the dresses remain white. We already talked about this summer’s wedding dress season trend that strayed from the...
by Jordyn Crowley | Sep 13, 2016 | Before and After, Garment Rescue, Heirloom Garment Restoration, Wedding Gown Cleaning, Wedding Gown Preservation, Wedding Gown Restoration
If you need to be convinced to restore your wedding gown, look no further than our amazing before and after dress transformations. Some of the dresses seriously go from rags, to, well, this: This dress transformation is certainly no exception!...
by Jordyn Crowley | Sep 6, 2016 | Wedding Gown Stories
by Rachel Bean I purchased my dress and veil from Blossom’s Bridal in Dublin, CA. It was my first shopping experience and I found my perfect dress on my 3rd try– they say third time’s a charm. I think I started crying once the veil was put on my...
by Kathy Wright | Sep 1, 2016 | Before and After, Wedding Gown Cleaning
A phone call from a customer alerted us to a Good Morning America program in which two wedding dresses that we had cleaned were spotlighted. The first was a very full, Maggie Sottero satin wedding gown we cleaned and preserved in June. The second wedding dress was a...
by Jordyn Crowley | Aug 23, 2016 | Before and After, Heirloom Garment Restoration, Heirloom Garments, Vintage Weddings, Wedding Gown Cleaning, Wedding Gown Preservation, Wedding Gown Restoration, Wedding Gown Stories
It’s not often that we can see a dress come to life quite like this– we’re so fortunate to have Lisa Seago share some of the history of an amazing dress that we had the privilege to preserve for years to come. The first time this gown...
by Jordyn Crowley | Aug 15, 2016 | Before and After, Garment Rescue, Wedding Gown Cleaning, Wedding Gown Preservation, Wedding Gown Restoration
Most of the gowns featured in our “Before and After” blog series have something obviously wrong– it’s completely yellow, or there are noticeable tears in the fabric, or the bottom few inches all around the dress are covered in dirt; this dress,...
by Jordyn Crowley | Aug 8, 2016 | Before and After, Heirloom Garment Restoration, Vintage Weddings, Wedding Gown Cleaning, Wedding Gown Restoration, Wedding Gown Stories
We couldn’t have been more delighted to restore this beautiful and unique vintage gown. As if it couldn’t get any better, this sweet customer sent us photos a year and a half later, after her wedding, showing the gown in its full glory. It was a pleasure...
by Jordyn Crowley | Jul 24, 2016 | Wedding Gown Care, Wedding Gown Stories
by Kathryn WHO: Kathryn and Jamie WHAT: A September wedding WHERE: Lost Mission in Spring Branch, TX WHEN: Sept. 19, 2015 WHAT: Kathryn’s perfect dress! (by) WHO: A Monique Lhuillier wedding gown (from) WHERE: Casa de Novia in Houston...
