how do you store wedding dresses?

[BigBeeristheBigBeer]

I'm about to put mine in the loft. Was just going to stick it in a bin bag , but suspect that's a bad idea. How do you ladeez store yours?

[MrsPuddleduck]

Mine is hanging off an ariel which is attached to a rafter in our loft!

It has an old double duvet cover over it.

[pinkbubble]

Think someone told me black tissue paper, although I cant remember who it was. So please don't quote me, has anyone else heard this?

[Jacaranda]

I bought a box from the place were I bought the dress (wasn't much) and it came with the right kind of tissue paper that won't mark the dress or deteriorate ....apparently!!

[Nip]

In the drawer under the bed

[DUSTIN]

In a vacuum bag.

[funnypeculiar]

In a hanger bag
But then I havn't actually washed it yet.
And before you ask, we were married 5 years ago.

[BigBeeristheBigBeer]

I at least got mine dry cleaned!

[freakypenguin]

I had mine dry-cleaned and they offered for a small additional fee to fold it in tissue paper and store it in a big cardboard box. This is on the top shelf in a wardrobe.

But if I was putting it in a loft, like Dustin I would probably go for a vacuum bag which protects the clothes against mould etc.

[janinlondon]

Sell it!! You'll only weep over it when you find a) you don't fit into it any more, b) you find it is covered in mould, c) you find its been eaten by moths or d) your daughter rejects it for her own wedding when you've saved it for her for years. We had a lovely honeymoon on the proceeds of mine (oooh what a hard faced cow I am!!).

[Meeely2]

funny peculiar, ha ha, mine is still in a hanging bag unwashed, 4 years later!

[Meeely2]

wonders just HOW mouldy her dress is now!

[BigBeeristheBigBeer]

I couldn't sell it. My DH would think it was a bad sign.

But I already wouldn't be able to fit in it. I've had two kids and put on a stone since we got married (4 yrs ago).

Where do you get vacuum bags from?

[MadamePlatypus]

Um, you put it on a hanger in the wardrobe. Be careful not to wash it or you might loose some of the original wedding day mud from the hem...

[BigBeeristheBigBeer]

platypus, it takes up too much room in my titchy wardrobe so its got to go in the loft.

[NAB3]

I had mine professionally cleaned and it came back in a box like the All Gold chocolate box, but a lot bigger. You lift up the lid and it has a viewing window which shows the top of the dress. It is a bit scary tbh. Like a mannequin without a head. The box is then wrapped in bin liners to protect it in the loft.

[DontCallMeBaby]

On a hanger in the spare wardrobe. Carefully covered with a bag, of course. Unwashed - on the plus side, it was December (nearly eight years ago, ahem) so it wasn't like I sweated in it. On the minus, it definitely has sticky toffee sauce on the bum.

[BigBeeristheBigBeer]

Shudder, NAB3

[BigBeeristheBigBeer]

So many skanky mares on this thread

[NAB3]

Which is why I don't look at it often......

[NorthernRockCod]

shove it in a next bag nad leave for 11 years

dirty

whocares i aint wearign it again

[wildpatch]

wrapped in muslin, in the box it came in

[BigBeeristheBigBeer]

but what if you want to give it your DD

or DD in law