Extend your wedding day bliss by knowing when to wash (and preserve) your wedding day gear.  Here are some recommendations from our local cleaning experts.

When Should You Clean Your Wedding Gown

Your wedding gown may look clean at the end of the day, but it’s those invisible stains that leave your gown with yellow spots.  If you have visible stains, wash and preserve your wedding gown within seven days after wear.  If you have invisible stains, drop it off at a reputable dry cleaner when you return from your honeymoon or within a few weeks.  Now, every dry cleaner in town has a wedding gown in their store window.  That doesn’t mean you should trust them with your gown.  Treat your wedding gown like an investment — Research the dry cleaners; ask them about their cleaning methods; and talk to them openly about their treatment of stains.  You may get a little sticker shock, but it is well worth it in 20 years when your future daughter is glowing in your gown.

How Often Should You Wash Your Hosiery

You should wash your hosiery after every wear. I recommend hand washing your hosiery or placing them in a net bag in your washer’s gentle cycle.

 

Does Your Shapewear Need to Be Washed After Every Wear?

Well, the experts say you can wash your shapewear after one or two wears. I prefer to wash mine after every wear.  This is another item that I recommend washing in the gentle cycle.  A gentle cycle wash extends the lifetime of your shapewear.

When to Clean Your Gloves

(at the end of the season).  If your gloves are white, you consider getting them cleaned after you wear them at a wedding. If you are wondering about driving gloves or your winter gloves, you hand wash your knit gloves at the end of the winter season. Take your leather driving gloves to the dry cleaners.

How Often Do You Need to Get a Pashmina Cleaned?

The experts say you should get your pashmina cleaned after two to four wears. To keep mine soft, I hand wash our pashminas.