Wedding Dress Storage Preservation Box White - LARGE  

Let Us Look After Your Special Wedding Dress

Our Wedding Dress Box has Proven to be the Best in the Business

We have been selling these boxes to Dry Cleaners, Wedding Shops and Retailers for NOW over 30 years throughout Australia

**We only use Acid Free Tissue paper, it is the only way to preserve your Dress

**Dont Take a Risk on Your Dress, use Acid Free Tissue Paper, we include this with your box 

**Beware of Immitation boxes 

Make sure your Special Dress is Preserved for many years to come by placing it in our Wedding Preservation Box

 Features:

• Designed to maintain and preserve wedding gowns

• Great for christening and formal dresses

• Made in Australia

• White Acid Free (ph neutral) cardboard inside lining

• Wedding designed Printed Box 

• Recommended and used by many Dry Cleaners

• We are the Australian wholesaler

• Only Made For Us

• Guaranteed to solve all of your dress storage concerns

• Well known in the industry as the premium storage box

• Yes, peace of mind that your dress will be well looked after 

• Plastic carrying handle for easy pick up

• Over 10,000  sold through Australia and overseas 

• Proven to be the best Wedding box for the last 30 years

• Fits most large wedding dresses

• We ship each box in a safe and secure outer box to avoid any damage

• Included is 20 x Extra large sheets (750 x 500mm) of White acid free tissue paper 

Product Details:

• Box size is 700mm L x 470mm H x 250mm D

• Colour: White

• White Acid Free (ph neutral) cardboard inside lining

Wedding Dress Storage Instructions

• Place two sheets of tissue paper on the bottom of our box

• Lay two sheets of tissue paper on each 4 sides of the box, making sure the tissue paper hangs over the side of the box

• Place the dress face down on a wide flat surface such as a double bed

• Lay sheets of tissue paper on the centre line of the back of the skirt

• Fold over one side of skirt to line up with the centre back

• Lay a sheet of tissue paper on the fabric

• Fold over other side of skirt to line up with the centre back, laying a piece of tissue paper over the fabric

• Keep folding towards the middle so the folded dress width is approx the width of our box

• Fold the bodice back over the top of the skirt, so that the bodice is facing up

• Fold any remaining train under the skirt

• Place the dress into the box to check that it fits

• Whatever tissue paper you have left, lay over the top of the dress

• Fold the paper hanging over the edges of the box back onto the dress ensuring the dress is completely covered with tissue paper

• Please access video link below if you require help assembling the box

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t210XaF8NPo

9 Reasons Why You Should Clean and Preserve Your Bridal Gown?

1. Your Treasured Dress

You spent a great deal of time and thought selecting your wedding dress. You may hope that a younger sister or perhaps even a daughter will someday wear your gown. Or you may want to hold onto your beautiful gown for sentimental reasons. Either way, your wedding gown is a treasured keepsake that if properly cleaned and preserved, can last for years to come.

After the wedding, many bridal gowns are left in the plastic garment bag with good intentions of cleaning and preservation sometime soon. That soon often turns into weeks, and then years. This procrastination poses some serious risks to the gown:

Oxidation of stains, seen and unseen. Your dress may have noticeable stains from food or make-up, or the hemline may be soiled. Or your dress may look clean to you, but don't be fooled, spills from alcoholic beverages or clear soda may dry clear, but oxidize with time, turn brown and become more difficult to remove later. Body perspiration may cause the dress lining to turn brittle over time. Your dress needs to be cleaned in order to keep it in the best condition possible.

Plastic fumes: Gowns kept in plastic gown bags are exposed to the most harmful environment possible: plastic fumes. Most plastic gives off chemical fumes that cause the yellowing of bridal gowns. Some brides take the initiative to get their dress cleaned, but still leave their gown in the dry-cleaner's plastic wrap or garment bag.

Cleaning and preserving your bridal gown as soon as possible ensures that your gown remains in the best condition possible. Ideally, your dress should be cleaned and preserved within days or weeks of your wedding.

2. Bridal Gown Preservation Goals

Once your gown is clean, keeping it in the best possible condition is your goal. You will need to protect it from:

Yellowing, Permanent creasing

Mildew and mould

Oxidation spots, Light ,Dust

3. Preventing Wedding Gown Yellowing

One of the leading causes of bridal gown yellowing is the plastic bags that many brides keep their gowns in. Most plastics give off damaging fumes that actually promote yellowing. But, even with proper care, some fabrics will yellow more than others and it may be impossible to prevent all yellowing.

Generally, silk fabric yellows more than synthetic fabrics, such as polyester, rayon and acetate. However, nylon, which is a synthetic, has a tendency to yellow more than other synthetic fabrics. Gowns that can be wet cleaned have an advantage, in that if they do yellow, they may be able to be whitened for future use with a fabric whitener.

Preserving your gown in an acid-free environment is your best protection against yellowing. Padding your gown with acid-free tissue will help to prevent acid migration. Acid Free tissue should be used for gowns made of synthetic fabrics such as polyester, rayon, and acetate. The buffering agents in the buffered tissue gives added protection against acid migration.

Keeping your gown in the best overall condition should be the primary concern in preserving your bridal gown. So, protect your gown! Get it out of the plastic bag and have it cleaned and preserved in an acid-free environment.

4. Permanent Creasing of Bridal Gowns

Flat storage is recommended for textiles and garments when possible. However, because of the size and dimensions of wedding gowns, it is impractical. Some compromise must be made, either by folding or hanging the gown. To help prevent permanent creasing, boxed gowns should be refolded into a different position every 2 - 3 years. (Cotton gloves should always be worn when handling preserved gowns.)

5. Mildew and Mould Risks

Keeping your gown in a breathable environment will protect it best from mildew and mould growth. When fabrics can breathe, the humidity level remains constant around the garment as excess moisture dissipates into the air. But, if moisture can condense inside a box or any container, then the gown is at risk for mildew and mould growth. 

6. Preventing Oxidation Spots

An oxidation spot can occur when a substance that was not properly cleaned on the dress oxidizes and turns brown. This can happen even if your dress has been cleaned as dry-cleaning solvents do not remove all substances. Spills from clear soda or wine may go unnoticed at the time of the initial cleaning. Unless these spills are pre-treated, it is likely they will oxidize over time. Inspecting preserved gowns periodically ensures the gown remains in the best condition. The sooner an oxidized stain is caught, the more likely it will be able to be removed. 

7. Light and dust

Keeping your gown covered will protect it from the damage caused by light and dust. 

8. Wedding Gown Preservation Options

The best option for wedding gown preservation offered today is boxed Preservation.

No matter what type of preservation you choose, you should keep your preserved gown in a climate-controlled area. Do not be tempted to put your preserved gown in an attic or damp basement where temperatures and humidity levels will fluctuate dramatically. Fluctuating temperatures increase the deterioration rate of textiles.

Remember, museum conservators recommendations are:

Keep it clean, cool, dry and wrinkle free.

9. Boxed

The Boxed Preservation method requires your dress is first cleaned and pressed, and then folded into a box with an inside acid free lining. Sharp creases are avoided, and acid free tissue is used to buffer the folds. The box is not sealed, and you are encouraged to open and inspect your gown.

Because the box is not sealed, the fabric can still breathe. And you will be able to refold your gown periodically. This will help protect your gown from getting permanent creases.

Wedding Dress Preservation? What is that?

Preservation of a garment in the proper sense simply means to prepare for long-term storage by making sure the item is free of dirt, stains and any other foreign matter that will discolour or otherwise damage the fabric over time, then store it in an environment that will minimize damage from light, temperature and humidity changes, mildew and mould, and insects.

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