1.- First step is sending your dress to the dry cleaner. This is one of the best option because a dry cleaner can take away all the dirty spots, even if your girl didn’t wear it for a long time, a little spot can be turn bigger after time. I have had this experience before. Get your dress dry cleaned.
In these days I definitely recommend to look for an eco friendly dry cleaner. This kind of dry cleaner uses a very mild ingredients that will keep the fabric in a perfect conditions.
2.- After you have the dress at home, you should get it out of the plastic bag. Plastic can leave some spots in the fabric. You could wrap the dress in silk paper or 100% natural muslin unbleached ( you can find this fabric in Hobby Lobby, JOANN or other fabric stores.
Also if you buy your dress at Claire’s Moments, you get a garment bag, 100% recycle and bribable material to keep in a good conditions the dress.
If you have this garment bag you can use it to keep your dress inside.
3.- You shouldn’t hang the dress because with the weight to the fabric and the decorations could fall off. The best thing is find a big box, where the dress isn’t too tightly packed.
4.- You should fold the dress in two parts. The fold should be between the top (blouse) and the bottom (skirt). If you need to make another fold to be able to fit in a box. The third fold should be in the skirt. The blouse always shouldn’t be folded.
If the blouse or the skirt has some decorations that can be damaged in folding, you can place silk paper around every decoration (like flowers), that way the decoration won’t hurt or get stock between fabrics.
5.- The place where you will storage your dress is very important because after all here is where you dress will be until next time. It should be a dry place to avoid growing mold in the fabric. Be careful if you're storing it in a walking closet next to a bathroom. Other important points are to avoid bugs or place where bugs can get in the box. Bugs can lay eggs in the fabric and ruin your dress.
Hopefully all these cleaning tips can help to keep your dress for years to come.
These steps can be use to take care of First Communion Dress, Baptism Gowns or any other special dress that you want to keep in a good condition.
If you know other tips to take care of dresses and want to share with us, feel free to write me or comment.
Also let me know if you have any questions or any other comment.
Thank you!
Fabiola Drerup
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First Communion day usually include large family gatherings and parties to celebrate the event. One important aspect of this celebration includes wearing special clothing and accessories (first communion dress, halo, veil, etc).
Moms are the ones always taking care about all the details like invitations, where to celebrate, decoration, favors, food, etc, and the most important part “the dress”.
Finding the perfect First Communion Dress is one of the most challenging decisions, like where to buy it , when to buy it, color, style, quality, cost, etc., for you and your daughter. It will take time because you want to make sure it is the right one for that unforgettable day!
Where to buy it:
You can spend hours and days in boutiques and department stores trying to find your percent dress but some of the department stores and boutiques carry very limited styles and sizes.
The second option are online stores. Now it is easier to research online to find thousands of First Communion dresses from different retailers. It can be overwhelming, sometimes too many choices. One important point to consider is where the dress in coming from, because in a majority of the online stores, the dresses come from China, and sizes can be a little tricky, they run a little bit smaller than American sizes.
When to buy the dress.
First communion season usually runs from first week of May until third week of June. After Christmas and New Year are gone, January is the best time to begin looking for First Communion attire and if you find it, buy it. I hear some moms question what if she will grow and it won’t fit, normally it won’t happen. If you buy it in January for the communion season, it definitely will fit. The later you wait, there is less selection, because providers won’t restock their inventory until next year with new collection. My recommendation is don’t wait until April to buy it.
Quality:
Quality is important if you want to buy a dress that will be passed to other generations, like your other daughters or even when you have granddaughters, you want a dress where the fabric will be good for 50 years or more.
If you are just looking for a dress for a day, quality might be not that important, you can find more options where prices range between $30.00 to $55.00 dlls.
Now it is a new option on the market, “Rent “. Rent a dress for First communion is available in some online stores, like Claire’s Moments. This is a great idea when you are looking for a nice dress but your intentions aren’t keep it for ever.
Claire’s Moments is one of the first online store to offer beautiful dresses for rent for First Communion with great quality for 4 or 7 days. You can visit our website www.clairesmoments.com to read more about “rental dresses”.
Here are some examples for Rental First Communion’s dresses
Colors:
Traditionally first communion dresses used to be white, but these days it is acceptable to have Ivory or Pale Pink. Some churches still recommends only White, but it isn’t very common anymore.
European style is adding color to their dresses attaching belts, flowers to give you little bit or unique style.
What is important is that your girl looks elegant, confortable and if you can try to keep it modest and don't make it too colorful.
Style:
These days there are a lot of different styles for First Communion dresses. Most important points to consider are:
Claire’s Moments has all kind of styles you have in mind.
Cost:
Cost will determine where to buy it or quality to buy. Also If you want to keep the dress to pass down to other generations or just for one the time.
I would love to hear your comments about this post, if it helps you, etc.
Thank you,
Fabiola Drerup
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My name is Fabiola Drerup, I am a stay at home mom with one daughter, I am always active and looking for something to do in the community. A few year ago I had the need to find a dress for a special occasion for my daughter (9 years old) with good quality and appropriate for her age, I searched without success. The major retail stores and boutiques in the area and online did not offer the quality and style I was looking for.
And here I am 3 years later, after a lot of hard work, presenting my dream of creating age appropriate beautiful and unique outfits and accessories with high quality, very unique and handmade, for any special occasion like First Communion, Baptism, Christening, Flower girls, Pictures, Parties, etc.
Claires’s Moments is an online business located in Prosper, Tx. Our goal is to sell and rent beautiful clothing and accessories, with the highest quality materials. They are soft, comfortable, breathable and skin friendly while looking unique and elegant.
I am new to this process so please message or email me if you have any question, I will love to hear you!
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