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Wedding Gown Steaming

What is more important for a bride than the first moment that anyone sees their dress in the church? The wedding gown must be pristine and wrinkle free. That is where wedding gown steaming comes into play.

Unlike dry cleaning, wedding gown steaming is a process that is performed before the wedding. This is especially necessary if your dress was purchased from a dress warehouse where hundreds of dresses hang on racks. It is easy for the fabric to get wrinkled in several spots and you haven’t even tried it on yet.

In order for you to look your best once you have chosen your dress, steaming will be a necessity. You might be thinking of steaming your dress in your home but before you do that, here are a few reasons why a professional would be better.

• Using a regular iron to steam a wedding dress can leave iron marks and other stains.
• Ironing it wrong can result in other creases that you will have to try and remove.
• Steam irons or hanging your dress in the bathroom with a hot shower running can result in water stains on your dress before the wedding.

Professional Wedding Gown Steaming

A wedding gown dry cleaning specialist will also know how to steam a gown. Presentation is even more important than preservation when it comes to your important day. Regular steaming won’t do.

Check the instructions on your dress. Different fabrics may or may not respond to pressure steaming. For instance, a silk dress can be pressure steamed but it may take a couple of hours to ensure that there are no wrinkles. A synthetic fiber wedding dress responds better.

Steaming of the dress is done as close to the wedding date as possible. Each layer of the dress is steamed to prevent a lack of symmetry in the design when you wear the dress. Be sure that your dry cleaner does this.

There is a difference between steaming at home and steaming done by a professional. First of all, no water touches the wedding dress. Your wedding gown will be steamed under pressure. This avoids the possibility of adding stains to the dress while you are trying to unwrinkle it.

The dress will more than likely be placed on a bodice form so that it holds its shape until you slip your body into it. There may also be acid-free paper in the box as well. Transport is easier now whether your wedding is across town or five hours away by car.

After the Wedding

Steaming is also a valuable process after the wedding is over. Take the dress back to your dry cleaning specialist so that they can now preserve it for posterity. First, they will inspect it for stains and remove them by hand. The dress will be dry cleaned and steamed. If you want, the dress can be placed on the same bodice form as before, wrapped in acid-free paper or muslin and then stored in a preservation box.

Quick fix steaming for your wedding gown can leave you with an even bigger problem than a few wrinkles. For a job well done, consult a professional dry cleaner or seamstress to perform your wedding gown steaming before and after the wedding.