by Kathy Wright | Oct 26, 2018 | Before and After, Heirloom Garment Restoration, Vintage Weddings, Wedding Gown Restoration
A Wedding Dress Story Kathleen and Kerry were married 34 years ago in Leavenworth, Kansas. It was typical at that time to have a newspaper article written to announce weddings. Also typical were bridal books which are scrapbooks of the wedding planning and wedding...
by Kathy Wright | Jun 9, 2018 | Heirloom Garment Restoration, Heirloom Garments
Heirloom Uniform Preservation Story By Kirk Harrington This old Knoxville Railway and Light Company Uniform was worn by my great, great, grandfather, Henry Dallas Harrington in 1915. He died of pneumonia while running a streetcar on 6th Avenue in 1915. Mr. Henry...
by Kathy Wright | Dec 28, 2017 | Before and After, Heirloom Garment Restoration, Wedding Gown Restoration, Wedding Gown Stories
A Wedding Dress Story By Abigail Greene I have been close with my grandmother my whole life. It is my dads mom and we call her ‘Gwag’. My grandmothers dress spent most of its life inside a trash bag. The only time it was out was when her grandchildren...
by Kathy Wright | Dec 20, 2017 | General, Heirloom Garment Restoration, Wedding Gown Cleaning, Wedding Gown Preservation, Wedding Gown Stories
Katherine wore this Luly Yang “Spring Glow II,” ball gown style wedding dress when she married Mark Caldwell at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, in Seattle, Washington, July 1, 2016. Her reception was at the Inglewood Gold Club, in Kenmore, Washington....
by Kathy Wright | Oct 11, 2017 | Before and After, Heirloom Garment Restoration, Vintage Weddings, Wedding Gown Preservation, Wedding Gown Restoration
Mary Anne brought this very old and very fragile wedding gown to us to restore. What a treasure for her to own this 1870’s vintage brocade and peau de soie wedding dress with lace cuffs. This tiny gown also had pleats and lace at hemline. It had yellowed...
by Jordyn Crowley | Apr 24, 2017 | Heirloom Garment Restoration, Heirloom Garments, Wedding Gown Preservation, Wedding Gown Restoration, Wedding Gown Stories
“I received my gown and it is beautiful!! Looks like new! Thank you so much for your expertise! Thank you again!” – Pat Parmer by Pat Parmer On April 7, 1957, at First Baptist Church in Pinckneyville, Illinois, I married my high school sweetheart...
