You want the perfect wedding dress, so you have to make a major focus of your pre wedding planning. There are a few things you need to find from the bridal shop, before you even look at your first gown. Do you need to make an appointment to visit the store? Do stores carry dresses you can afford Can you browse the whole collection, or do you just get to see the dress sales people vote for you? If the store does not carry the dress you love, can it be ordered?
Once these questions have been answered and you find a dress or two that you like, there are many questions you need to ask. Can a particular dress be ordered with different sleeves, or neck? What changes can be made and what will it cost? You can get a written estimate of the change? If we order the bridesmaids dresses here, can we get a discount or free change? Do you have headpieces and or veils that will go with my dress? How much is the deposit and balance due when? Any cancellation and refund policy? Can we get a Rush on this dress if necessary? This is the most important question to ask, but you will probably have some of your own. Beware of any shop that will not give you straight answers or written estimates. If you think you've found just the right dress, ask if they can hold it for a day or two, then go home wait at least 34 hours and come back to see it again. If you still love it, then go right ahead and buy it.
On the other hand, if your mother, companion, sales clerk or friend thinks the dress is perfect and you're not sure, use the same strategy. Wait a day, come back for a second look before you reject it. If the dress just does not feel right or you just do not like it do not give in to pressure from the store staff, friends or even Mom. It is your dress, your day, you decide.
Once you have chosen your wedding dress, the clerk or tailor shops will take measurements, bust waist and hips, and determine if the dress needs to be taken. Almost every wedding dress needs some changes. You will also need to go for equipment, usually at least three times. Make sure, if the change is not free, that you get a written estimate. Find out if you will be able to "borrow" your dress to sit up, and returned to press afterwards. Pay with a credit card so that if anything goes wrong, you can dispute the payment.
You have a big decision to make. How the headpiece and veil? The sales staff should be able to assist you in choosing the helmet that goes with your dress. Veils come in several lengths and styles, and again the staff can help you decide which is best for you.
The veil you choose for your wedding depends on the dress you choose. If you are wearing a street length casual style dress you would not choose a cathedral or chapel veil, both of which trail the floor. By the same token you would not wear a veil wrinkled, barely brushes the shoulders, with a formal dress with a train.
Do not forget you need to get the right lingerie, shoes and jewelry, to go with your beautiful wedding dress.
Before we leave the bridal salon, there is one more detail to attend to, your bridesmaids dresses. When choosing these dresses, you need to consider the age, skin, and body type to your aid. Fortunately bridesmaid dresses is no longer the cookie cutter dresses all in the same color, no one will ever wear again.
Some options for bridesmaid dresses is to choose a color and fabric suitable for all women and let each choose a style that she is comfortable with. Or you can choose a dress-line or empire waist dress that flatters all figures simple, and let the kids choose from a color family, say purple, the options could be lilac, lavender, plum, mauve and orchid. If you choose to have all the officers wearing the same dress, they can personalize the look with small beaded purses, scarves, jewelry, or scarves.
Please also note that bridesmaid dress colors and you must complete
The color scheme of your reception, you do not want a red plan for your reception in red if your maids wearing green, unless you are going to see Christmas.
Wedding is over, now you have to decide what to do with the beautiful dresses, expensive. You can put it on a hangar in the back of your closet, where any stains will set and be very difficult to remove later. You need to ask the bridal shop or wedding consultant in advance for the name of a gown preservationist. Many dry cleaners claim to clean wedding gowns, but most are not experts in preservation.
There are two cleaning methods used by preservationists. Some use the wet cleaning method, this requires washing clothes by hand with a mild cleanser, that removes visible and invisible stains (champagne and sugar) Other companies use the dry cleaning method, where stains pre-treated and then put in a dry cleaning machine. Once the dress is cleaned, it is wrapped in white acid free tissue paper or unbleached muslin. Regular tissue paper has acids that can stain and eventually eat holes in your clothes. Then the dress is placed in a box wrapped in acid free or paperboard. Sometimes the box has a viewing window of acetate. Store the box in out of direct light to keep the dress from becoming yellow.
Once your gown cleaned and packaged by a reputable preservationist can cost between $ 200 - $ 400 depending on where you live. Before sending your dress should be done, ask if the work is done on site. Also find out if you have to sign a disclaimer and sometimes say that the company is not responsible for any damage done during the preservation process, you have to find a preservationist who will guarantee her or his work.
To help preserve your dress never wrap it in plastic, do not hang on ordinary wood or wire hangar, because the dress could stretch and distort from its own weight. Do not try to clean stains, this could cause them to set.
If you are all tapped out after the wedding, you can do things to prolong the life of the dress. Wrap dress in unbleached muslin, or a white sheet, and store in a sturdy box under your bed. Then as soon as you might be able to take the gown to a professional preservationist. One day you might want to wear on her wedding day.
Once these questions have been answered and you find a dress or two that you like, there are many questions you need to ask. Can a particular dress be ordered with different sleeves, or neck? What changes can be made and what will it cost? You can get a written estimate of the change? If we order the bridesmaids dresses here, can we get a discount or free change? Do you have headpieces and or veils that will go with my dress? How much is the deposit and balance due when? Any cancellation and refund policy? Can we get a Rush on this dress if necessary? This is the most important question to ask, but you will probably have some of your own. Beware of any shop that will not give you straight answers or written estimates. If you think you've found just the right dress, ask if they can hold it for a day or two, then go home wait at least 34 hours and come back to see it again. If you still love it, then go right ahead and buy it.
On the other hand, if your mother, companion, sales clerk or friend thinks the dress is perfect and you're not sure, use the same strategy. Wait a day, come back for a second look before you reject it. If the dress just does not feel right or you just do not like it do not give in to pressure from the store staff, friends or even Mom. It is your dress, your day, you decide.
Once you have chosen your wedding dress, the clerk or tailor shops will take measurements, bust waist and hips, and determine if the dress needs to be taken. Almost every wedding dress needs some changes. You will also need to go for equipment, usually at least three times. Make sure, if the change is not free, that you get a written estimate. Find out if you will be able to "borrow" your dress to sit up, and returned to press afterwards. Pay with a credit card so that if anything goes wrong, you can dispute the payment.
You have a big decision to make. How the headpiece and veil? The sales staff should be able to assist you in choosing the helmet that goes with your dress. Veils come in several lengths and styles, and again the staff can help you decide which is best for you.
The veil you choose for your wedding depends on the dress you choose. If you are wearing a street length casual style dress you would not choose a cathedral or chapel veil, both of which trail the floor. By the same token you would not wear a veil wrinkled, barely brushes the shoulders, with a formal dress with a train.
Do not forget you need to get the right lingerie, shoes and jewelry, to go with your beautiful wedding dress.
Before we leave the bridal salon, there is one more detail to attend to, your bridesmaids dresses. When choosing these dresses, you need to consider the age, skin, and body type to your aid. Fortunately bridesmaid dresses is no longer the cookie cutter dresses all in the same color, no one will ever wear again.
Some options for bridesmaid dresses is to choose a color and fabric suitable for all women and let each choose a style that she is comfortable with. Or you can choose a dress-line or empire waist dress that flatters all figures simple, and let the kids choose from a color family, say purple, the options could be lilac, lavender, plum, mauve and orchid. If you choose to have all the officers wearing the same dress, they can personalize the look with small beaded purses, scarves, jewelry, or scarves.
Please also note that bridesmaid dress colors and you must complete
The color scheme of your reception, you do not want a red plan for your reception in red if your maids wearing green, unless you are going to see Christmas.
Wedding is over, now you have to decide what to do with the beautiful dresses, expensive. You can put it on a hangar in the back of your closet, where any stains will set and be very difficult to remove later. You need to ask the bridal shop or wedding consultant in advance for the name of a gown preservationist. Many dry cleaners claim to clean wedding gowns, but most are not experts in preservation.
There are two cleaning methods used by preservationists. Some use the wet cleaning method, this requires washing clothes by hand with a mild cleanser, that removes visible and invisible stains (champagne and sugar) Other companies use the dry cleaning method, where stains pre-treated and then put in a dry cleaning machine. Once the dress is cleaned, it is wrapped in white acid free tissue paper or unbleached muslin. Regular tissue paper has acids that can stain and eventually eat holes in your clothes. Then the dress is placed in a box wrapped in acid free or paperboard. Sometimes the box has a viewing window of acetate. Store the box in out of direct light to keep the dress from becoming yellow.
Once your gown cleaned and packaged by a reputable preservationist can cost between $ 200 - $ 400 depending on where you live. Before sending your dress should be done, ask if the work is done on site. Also find out if you have to sign a disclaimer and sometimes say that the company is not responsible for any damage done during the preservation process, you have to find a preservationist who will guarantee her or his work.
To help preserve your dress never wrap it in plastic, do not hang on ordinary wood or wire hangar, because the dress could stretch and distort from its own weight. Do not try to clean stains, this could cause them to set.
If you are all tapped out after the wedding, you can do things to prolong the life of the dress. Wrap dress in unbleached muslin, or a white sheet, and store in a sturdy box under your bed. Then as soon as you might be able to take the gown to a professional preservationist. One day you might want to wear on her wedding day.
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