Specialist Dry Cleaning Process

Most brides would like their wedding dress restored to pristine condition. Whether you wish to preserve your wedding dress or are going to sell it, Emily May provides the service and expertise you need.

Wedding dress stain inspection Step 1 - Stain inspection

All wedding dresses are inspected prior to dry cleaning; if necessary customers are telephoned to discuss stain removal or repairs.

Stain removal Step 2 - Stain removal

Your dress will then go to the spotting area to be treated for specific stain removal and the hems and underskirt(s) treated for mud, grass and general ground dirt; this process takes between one and two hours.

Specialist dry cleaning Step 3 - Specialist dry cleaning

After pre-treating, your gown will be cleaned in one of three specialist dry cleaning machines depending on which solvent the operator deems suitable for your individual dress.

Ironing a wedding dress Step 4 - Optimum dry cleaning result

Your dress will then be re-inspected for any marks that may have become visible after going through the cleaning process. The whole cycle will be repeated until the operator is happy that the optimum result has been achieved; then the dress is ironed.

Step 5 - Wedding dress hand finishing

Finally, your wedding dress goes on to be hand finished and packaged to your specification.

Hand finishing the wedding dress Purpose-made storage boxes for your wedding dress
Photo by Sarah Epstein