Wedding Dress Preservation

[labellabonaroba.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone!

I have a wedding dress I need cleaned and preserved. I looked on Yelp for possible suggestions, but I can't seem to find anything about this specific service. Does anyone have any experience with this in the Somerville area? Thanks in advance!

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[hopkinsgranada.livejournal.com]

I used to work at a bridal shop in VT and we did the preservation there. The owner was good friend's with a dry cleaners- so she'd take it there first and then we'd stuff the dress with Acid-free tissue paper, that way the dress wouldn't crease at all and then we'd put it in a museum box- again acid free. I wouldn't trust anything with a plastic window over time plastic reacts to fabric as it breaks down. And in the case of the acid free box with acid free tissue paper it's ok to open it up and look at it I think we even suplied little white gloves you could where to handle it if you wanted.
I know this doesn't help you find a place to do it but I thought it might help to know the process and how not to get scammed.
Good luck, let us know what you find.