I found my gown in 2019, and I had no idea that we would have such a journey in the years to follow. I met the Tori gown by Casablanca at Wine Country Bride Boutique in Santa Rosa (I cannot recommend the shop enough). As...
Read MoreI found my gown in 2019, and I had no idea that we would have such a journey in the years to follow. I met the Tori gown by Casablanca at Wine Country Bride Boutique in Santa Rosa (I cannot recommend the shop enough). As a previous bridal consultant, I had worked with the ladies that own the shop now and wouldn’t trust anyone else to do a better job. She was the very first gown picked and tried on. If only the rest of it were so easy.
We all know what happened in 2020, and every bride handled it differently. For me, we decided to make lemonade out of lemons - and my wine country dress became a backyard wedding dress for better or worse. It was also during that backyard wedding that we announced to our immediate family that we were expecting our son. It was nothing like I imagined, but so much more.
We did still have our wine country wedding in 2021, though we hadn’t previously imagined we would have our three month old son on the guest list back when we started planning our wedding in 2019. (Nor did I ever think I’d have pictures of me breastfeeding a baby in my wedding gown, but that’s just how the wedding cake crumbles).
When it comes down to it, this dress gave me so much more than I had planned for it. And, when all was said and done, I wanted to do what I could to protect it (and the memories) for the years to come. Not to mention it’s also massive and I had no good storage solutions for it in our small condo.
I did some googling and came across Elegance preserved. I had fully prepared myself to have to lug my massive ballgown to another dry cleaner, but when I read about their pick up and drop off procedures, after a couple of years of difficult decisions I found myself making an incredibly easy one. Sending my dress to be cleaned and preserved after all we had been through was a no brainer, and the team at Elegance preserved made it so convenient and easy. And I am eternally grateful for an easy conclusion to my wild wedding ride.
Just do it. Get your dress cleaned and preserved. It’s worth it. Trust me, and trust Elegance preserved to be that final step. I’m so glad I did.
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