Pre Wedding Dress Cleaning help/advice

dw85

Hi Guys!
Last weekend went to a few dress shops with MIL2B and SIL2B to just "go and have a look" and ended up buying my dress. It was the first one i tried on (and by the end of the day, it was between that and one at £1200!) and was a sample dress down from £799 to £75! :money:
Win!

Anyhoo, with it being a sample dress (and after researching online at home after - a 2009 design) it needs a clean, esp around the top edge around where it tucks under the arms, and some repair work/tidying up where its snagged a little and threads have come loose on the bust (from the pic taken when i tried it, these are barely noticable).
Looking at online quotes, ive seen £75-130, anyone got any advice/suggestions?
Thanks in advance

PoppyGirl

Getting a wedding dress cleaned is EXPENSIVE!! My friend paid £150 to get hers cleaned! :eek:

Some cleaners I've seen charge with regards to value of the dress - so my advice would be find one of those, they may also agree to do it for the price of an evening dress since it is a lower value dress. Worth asking!

Typical case though of the word 'wedding' adding double the cost to something! I got a bridesmaid's dress altered, the woman asked me if it was a bridesmaid's dress and I said no, it was for a work ball - she was going to charge me more for a bridesmaid dress even though it was exactly the same work!!!!

I got it altered at a place in town, there are quite a few where I live so it may be a case of asking round and getting the best price for the work!