by Robyn Orr | Jan 23, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Cleaning
Coni D.’s Maggie Sottero wedding gown is breathtaking! With a skirt of lace and organza alternating layer by layer and a folded lace bodice ending in a waist area embroidered with crystals and beading, this dress dress combines classic with funky! The back has a...
by Robyn Orr | Jan 21, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Stories
Janet Cardinell Lewis’s Wedding Dress Story I purchased the dress from Haute Bride in Los Gatos, CA. I found their site while browsing online for dresses last January. I was looking for a dress that had a very low back line. I didn’t like any of the...
by Kathy Wright | Jan 17, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Cleaning
So which wedding gown cleaning method is best? Wet cleaning or Dry cleaning? It really all depends on your wedding gown. Here at Heritage Garment Preservation we hand clean with water about 95% of the wedding dresses that we clean. We find it cleans better and...
by Robyn Orr | Jan 16, 2014 | General, Wedding Gown Cleaning
We recently fell in love with Amy H.’s gorgeous James Clifford wedding gown. The embroidered details on the bodice and along the sides of the dress were the perfect touch to the classic A-line. It is lined with beads, crystals and flowers that subtly lifted away...
by Robyn Orr | Jan 15, 2014 | Famous Wedding Dresses, General
When Victoria chose to wear a white wedding dress she began a new trend. Prior to her marriage in 1840, brides would often wear wedding gowns of any color they wanted. Afterwards other brides soon had the arduous task of choosing between a traditional red dress or the...
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...
