by Kathy Wright | Aug 15, 2013 | General, Wedding Gown Restoration
I bought the wedding dress at Miss D’s of San Carlos. It was a quaint little store, packed with thousands of beautiful dresses. It was my dream dress. I had tried on literally hundreds before I found this one. I was a little worried about the price of the dress. ...
by Kathy Wright | Aug 7, 2013 | General, Wedding Gown Restoration
Recently we performed a wedding gown restoration and preservation on this vintage gown. It is made of lace and tulle over satin acetate, with a lace bodice and lace appliques on the skirt.It also has pearls on waist and neckline area. This vintage wedding gown is...
by Kathy Wright | Aug 1, 2013 | General, Wedding Gown Stories
I bought my wedding gown from Davids Bridal in Hampton, Virginia. It’s a Vera Wang design. I was attracted to its unique style and it worked perfect with our wedding and reception venue, which was at our home, in our backyard, in Newport News, Virginia. The organza...
by Kathy Wright | Jul 24, 2013 | General, Wedding Gown Restoration
We recently performed a wedding gown restoration for this beautiful shantung silk wedding gown, with removable train, and veil. The wedding dress had beautiful pearl and sequins on the neckline, waist area and hemline as well. It was worn in 1995, so it was not very...
by Kathy Wright | Jul 16, 2013 | General, Wedding Gown Stories
I dragged my fiance to a wedding expo and while there received a gift card to David’s Bridal. While home for Christmas, 18 months before the wedding actually occurred and before we had even set a date, I went dress shopping with my sister and my mom as the gift card...
by Kathy Wright | Jun 28, 2013 | General, Heirloom Garment Restoration
We recently had the opportunity to restore several vintage garments for one of our customers. The garments were quite old – between 80 – 100 years. The group included a child’s christening outfit, a unique bib of sorts, a beautiful lace vest and a simple white...
