Birmingham Wedding Gown Care Blog

Should You Steam A Wedding Dress Before Traveling?

A Bride from Hoover, Alabama contacted me this week asking if it would be best to steam/press her wedding dress prior to leaving for her destination wedding...or should she wait until she arrives at the wedding site to do this.

I asked her two questions.  First, how was she traveling?  If you travel by plane and the dress must be placed in a carry-on size bag, there is probably no benefit to steaming out the wrinkles before the trip.  But if you travel by car, train or even boat (like on a cruise), it may benefit you to steam or press it before the trip.  It's usually easier to transport a wedding dress without adding to the wrinkles when traveling by car, train or cruise ship.

The second question I asked was how wrinkled was the dress?  If it has really bad wrinkles, you need to know how bad the wrinkles are...and where they are.  If the dress is a used wedding dress, like a second generation wedding dress, and has been stored in some type of container but not properly cushioned at the folds, you could find your gown has permanent creases.  You want to know about the extent of permanent creases before you travel to your destination.  You want to make sure

One other tip.  If you plan on having your wedding dress pressed or steamed at your destination, try to find the wedding gown specialist at your wedding site before your wedding.  Even if you don't plan on using someone at your destination, you never know what might happen.

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