Finally after two years from my wedding day, I've decided it's time to finally wash and preserve my wedding gown! I know it's gross that I didn't get it dry-cleaned right after my wedding, but it wasn't that dirty and I didn't want to pay hundreds of dollars of getting it dry-cleaned when I can do that with David's Bridal for cheaper (plus get it preserved at the same time)! 

Usually, I would go online and check out David's Bridal website to see if there are any special. The kits are available for purchase from Amazon too. They are usually $189 to dry clean and preserve but I recently found their promotion discount so I ordered the kit online and it was delivered to me. It came in a really big box and instead you have to assemble another box for the dress. You can also find the preservation kits on eBay.

This is how the box looks like:

I was really excited when I received it. It brought back memories to my wedding. And now I'm ready to preserve it. 

This is how my dress looked like before I shipped it out:

I actually bought my wedding dress from the David's Bridal store as well and the flare at the bottom was originally an A-line but the tailor suggested that I change it to mermaid style so that is why it looks like that. In retrospect, I wish I had kept it A-line. I would've also saved a lot of tailoring money. 

Even though the paper says it will take 4-6 weeks for the dress to come back, mine came less than 2 weeks later! I guess I caught them at a slow season. 

Here is my dress dry-cleaned and preserved below. I felt like my wedding dress is now a precious antique. Be warned, it's a huge box. It's about 2.5 feet high. I had a hard time finding a place for it but I am still glad I did it. 

My wedding dress, dry-cleaned and preserved using David's Bridal Wedding Gown Preservation Kit: 

Here's a closer look: 

It looks fabulous! I totally recommend using their kit! It makes my dress so nice and every time I look at it, it brings me back to such wonderful memories from my wedding day. This preservation kit can help wedding dresses be saved for future generations. 

David's Bridal Preservation Kit:

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