Wedding dress storage

I too have heard about the acid free box and acid free tissue paper for storage. It may seem expensive but it depends how much you want to preserve your dress, I know people who haven't done this and their dress has become discoloured over time (several years though I think). If you have somewhere to hang it I think Cotton dress bags are also good and keep it out of the light.

All theory for me though - mine is still hanging on the back of my bedroom door waiting to be cleaned since October. I have seen somewhere online that clean and pack it for you ready for storage for around £80 so I may look into that.

Lots of ramble but HTH

Thanks. Will look into the cotton dress bag idea. My dress came back from the cleaners in plastic and I know that's a no-no for storage so I'll have to find something else. Dress is hanging on back of bedroom door at the moment so I need to get it packed away!

Hmmm, if you find out can you post it? Mine's still under a duvet cover on the wardrobe at my mums! Oops

Hi,

I store my wedding dress in a cotton quilt cover and it has been stored for 5 years this year, had a look the other week and it is as good as new.

Hi,

After I got married in '05 I used this company for cleaning and boxing up my dress. http://www.ukweddingdresscleaners.co.uk/ My SIL and my sister have also used them and their service was fab. There are several choices of boxes for dresses depending on your budget.

Su