Wedding dress dry cleaners? South Norfolk

rosielx

I've recently bought a Maggie Sottero dress very cheaply on ebay because no one bid as the dress needs cleaning. What I need to know is who is the best company to use, what's the normal cost and are there any special offers? I'm having a fitting tomorrow to shortern the hem of the skirt but then need to arrange for the dress to be cleaned. Nothing drastic - just mud on the train.

Dress does have beadwork and lace on the bodice and also has a full gathered skirt and loads of netting underneath.... I don't shop at tesco/asda/morrisons so can't use clubcard deals etc. We are in south norfolk if the in anyone local?

coxy07

I know that a lot of the wedding dress shops wash their sample dresses in the washing machine! Dont know if you would be prepared to risk this though. Apparently you pre treat stains with vanish soap bar and then wash on the gentle cool setting. My daughters designer wedding dress actually had washing instructions sewn into it but we couldnt get it to fit in the machine!

rosielx

. I have done that before with a different dress.... but this one won't fit and my local laundrette only has extra hot washes. Mind you it might still come to that once the alterations have been done:eek:

almond

we got my daughters wedding dress a dizzie lizzie reduced from £1700 to £500 shop display and the lady told me how to clean it, vanish spray and a few white cloths was worried but it worked great.
spray vanish onto a damp cloth and run the dress use another damp cloth
and go over the area. i used my dressmakers dummy and did it a bit at a time.
the only thing is wear gloves my hands ended up dry.

mirrorimage0

i got my wedding dress dry cleaned at our local johnsons dry cleamers using my tesco clubcard vouchers and if oyu joined thier club which costs 9.99 you got an extra 20% off

oops just actaully read all your post and realised you dont collect them