How One Bride’s Pre-Wedding Experience Helped Shape Her Gown Preservation Expectations
Prioritizing a gown cleaning before your wedding day can be stressful; after all, you want the gown to look perfect for your wedding day, and it can be scary not to know what the process will look like. For 2024 bride Kassia Janesch, that’s exactly what she thought. “I really thought it would be like a regular dry cleaning experience.”
After searching Burgh Brides, Kassia found us on their vendor page while looking for somewhere to clean her dress before her wedding day. She purchased her gown at Bridal Maven, where she found it on a whim with a friend—aka, it wasn’t her initial plan.
“Sustainability is very important to me and giving things a second life, but for your wedding dress, you don’t initially think you’ll find that. How lucky could you be to find a dress that fits and give it a second life?”
Kassia was also looking for something different from the trends and styles she saw elsewhere, so it was a win-win!
Heather’s attention to detail allowed for the gown to be brought back to life for Kassia’s wedding day by seeing snags, rips, and stains that Kassia may have missed initially. Between those details and cleaning and steaming the gown, the dress was ready to walk down the aisle!
As far as the gown’s condition after the wedding, there were quite a few stains. Their wedding in the Strip District allowed for city-esque photos before the ceremony… and dirt stains. What surprised Kassia was Heather’s focus on the gown’s fabric. Without a tag inside the dress, identifying the material could have been tricky. However, Heather’s expertise ensured the dress was handled carefully.
“I would have just dropped off the gown and walked away; Heather’s attention to detail for the fabric is a game changer.”
One personal detail we loved learning is that Kassia’s mom brought out her own preserved wedding gown while she was getting ready to look at gowns for them to reminisce on and get inspiration from.
Kassia has advice for future brides: “Don’t worry about little stains so much during your wedding. Have a good time, and enjoy your wedding in the moment. Find someone you can trust to clean it.”
“Thank God I found Heather because it allowed me to not worry about my gown. Especially with wedding planning, you worry about so many little details, and the gown is one of the biggest things before the wedding.”
Kassia’s experience is a testament to the difference expert care can make for brides looking to restore or refresh their gowns.
For more information on Owl’s gown preservation process, please email Heather directly at heather@owlcleaners.com or 724-272-0324.
Photo credit: Taylor Ollason