Creased dresses!

Hang them up in the bathroom when you have a shower, after a bit the creases should start to drop out. It really depends how bad the creases are tho.

To be perfectly honest, I would take them back and complain. You shouldn't have been given dresses that are unfit to be worn!

Depending on the dress fabric you aren't likely to remove the creases just by hanging in a steamy room. However i've yet to find a dress that can't be ironed (I used to own a bridal shop). In fact, its more likely that a dress can't be steamed, than to find one that can't be ironed! You just need to be very careful, take your time, don't use any steam if the fabric is silk or taffeta, and if there is the slightest chance of anything melting (any plastic beads/sequins/tulle) then make sure you use a clean cotton towel (like a tea towel or muslin) between the iron and the dress. Be prepared to spend upwards of an hour or two on each dress as you are likely to need to do each bit a little at a time, and keep going over the dress until each crease has gone.

Otherwise, contact your local dry cleaners/bridal dress shops. We used to charge from £15 per dress to steam them. With a steamer (depending on the dress fabric/style) it would take anything from 15 mins, however you need to leave the dress in place overnight before packing into a dress bag to allow it to fully dry. If you put a dress into a dress bag immediately after steaming, any folds from being put into a bag will end up as deep creases.

I was gonna suggest the shower thing too. My FG dress arrived really creased and I hung it up and put the tumble dryer on without the ventilating hose. It's now crease free and beautiful

Do you have, or know anyone with a steam cleaner?

Thanks ladies. I'm a bit nervous about ironing them as they are satin with lots of ruffles on the bodice, but i'm going to give one a go today and see how I get on.

Steam them yourself carefully, borrow a steam iron dont touch the fabric with the iron