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Future brides should shop early for
wedding gowns to avoid the need for
alterations at the altar.
The Ontario Ministry of Consumer and
Commercial Relations (MCCR) regularly
gets calls from brides-to-be in a panic
over last-minute problems with dresses
for the wedding party.
Some have discovered,ust days before
the wedding, that the bridal gown is the
wrong size, color or style. Unfortunately,
there's little that can be done on such
short notice and the distraught women
are often forced to take whatever they
can get.
Be as cautious with the purchase of
bridal gowns as with any other major ex-
penditure and get started early. Many.
women start shopping for the dresses a
year before they are to get married.
Decide how Hauch you can afford to
spend on the gowns. If the wedding
budget is limited, renting the dresses can
be an excellent alternative. An initial
tour through a few stores should provide
a good idea of what your money will buy.
Most retailers keep stocks of sample
dresses to display the various styles
available. Once a choice is made, a
special order for the appropriate size is
placed with the manufacturer.
Sometimes the dress will have to be
altered to fit, but in many cases, only
minor work is needed.
"We do hear the occasional horror
story from brides or bridesmaids who are
between sizes," says Roberta Allan, chief
consumer advisor for MCCR. "Their
gowns were ordered in the larger size
and required extensive alterations to
make them fit. In some cases, the whole
look of the dresses changed."
Altering formal gowns demands an ex-
pert with a needle. If major alterations
will be necessary, try to stick to styles
that won't suffer when seamsrare taken
in or hemlines raised.
Also, be sure to ask if there are any ex-
tra changes for alterations. Don't settle
for the common and ambiguous answer
that "normal alterations are free."
What's normal?
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Wearing grandma's gown
Many brides are wearing wedding
gowns which were once worn by their
mother or their grandmother.
Some of these older gowns are stained,
damaged or discolored. But these are not
reasons to abandon the gown, says
Margaret Loewen,,clothing and textiles
specialist with the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food's rural organiza-
tions and services branch.
Minor problems such as small holes,
tears or stains may not be noticeable in a
full -skirted gown.
If the bodice is damaged, sections can
be replaced with new fabric or with parts
of the original fabric from ruffles, train,
etc. Use lace or ruffles to cover holes.
Lace appliques either new or old can be
used to cover damaged areas or seams
which have been let out,
If the bodice is too small, side pieces or
underarm gussets can be inserted.
You could also cover the entire bodice
with new lace to conceal flaws or let -out
areas.
If the skirt.is in good conditon but the
bodice and sleeves are badly damaged,
then you may want to create a whole new
dress by adding a new bodice and sleeves
to the original skirt. Parts of the original
bodice and sleeves may be used to trim
the new ones. ,
If an old gown has yellowed evenly, it
can still be worn providing you don't use
new white fabric with it.
Instead, choose ivory lace or try dying
pieces of white fabric with tea to get the
desired off-white shade.
Before cleaning an old dress, seek
some advice from an established dry
cleaner. Cleaning can be costly because
special treatment and pressing are
necessary.
To preserve a dress for a future bride,
have it cleaned but not pressed, and wrap.
it in a clean old cotton sheet and pack in
a box.
Some stores and dry cleaners offer a
special wedding dress service — cleaned,
stuffed with tissue, and packed in a box
for storing. -
Investigate this if you plan to keep the
dress in usable condition.
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