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Elegance Preserved

Preservation
Plus Size Gowns
Cleaning

Why couples loved this vendor

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Recommended by 98% of couples

About this vendor

Elegance Preserved is a cleaning and preservation service catering to weddings in San Francisco, California, and services the entire nation. They help clean, repair, and preserve your beautiful wedding gowns so you may treasure them in their original state. As San Francisco’s sole member of the Association of Wedding Gown Specialists, they promise to properly hand clean gowns to ensure they are in amazing condition and are determined to exceed all expectations.

Services Offered

Elegance Preserved will only clean and preserve bridal and formal gowns by appointment to ensure everyone’s items receive fair and appropriate care. Their turnaround time averages less than six months, and they receive new inventory weekly. The following clientele may be serviced:

  • Bride
  • Bridesmaids
  • Father of groom
  • Flower girls
  • Groom
  • Groomsmen
  • Mother of bride
  • Mother of groom

Only a MuseumCare™ wedding gown preservation is true protection for your wedding or family gown and for you. Look for the Association of Wedding Gown Specialists name, and look for their logo!

Their written international preservation guarantee is backed by their Certified Wedding Gown Specialists™ of the Association of Wedding Gown Specialists, who are represented in more than 500 cities around the world.

Return your wedding or family gown to any participating Certified Wedding Gown Specialist™ who will inspect and press your gown at no charge. Improper handling of the wedding or family gown without the supervision of a Certified Wedding Gown Specialist™ may cause damage and compromise the true preservation of your wedding gown.

Association of Wedding Gown Specialists established a ReforestationFund™ and will help provide support to the Arbor Day Foundation, the perfect partner to help make a positive impact in nature and celebrate your wedding gown preservation, to plant a tree for every wedding gown our members preserve. Founded in 1972, the Arbor Day Foundation is the world’s largest member nonprofit dedicated to planting trees. Together with their members, partners, and programs, they have helped plant more than 500 million trees in neighborhoods, communities, cities, and forests throughout the world.

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FAQ

What are your price ranges for full-priced wedding gowns?

$500 - $999

How do you price dress alterations?

By Piece

Who do you provide services for?

Bride
Bridesmaids
Father of the Bride
Father of the Groom
Flower Girls
Groom
Groomsmen
Mother of the Bride
Mother of the Groom

Which of the following services do you provide?

Appointments Only
Cleaning
Preservation

Which of the following items do you offer?

Plus Size Gowns
Veils

What is the average turnaround time for a bridal gown?

Less than 6 months

How often do you receive new bridal gowns?

Weekly

What is your return policy?

Final Sales
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Elegance Preserved provides professional, communicative dress cleaning and preservation with convenient free pickup and delivery. Customers praise fast turnaround, expert stain removal on delicate gowns and veils, and careful handling that preserves details like glitter. Pricing felt fair and many highly recommend them.

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Elegance Preserved provides professional, communicative dress cleaning and preservation with convenient free pickup and delivery. Customers praise fast turnaround, expert stain removal on delicate gowns and veils, and careful handling that preserves details like glitter. Pricing felt fair and many highly recommend them.

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Tiffany Sent on 09/12/2026
5 out of 5 rating

10/10 would recommend

I couldn’t be happier with my experience with Elegance Preserved! From the moment I reached out, their communication was amazing. They were always quick to respond, incredibly helpful, and very knowledgeable. Every question I had was answered thoroughly, which made me feel so much more comfortable throughout the process.

I was honestly pretty nervous about sending my wedding dress away. The thought of having it picked up for the initial quote and then waiting for it to be cleaned, preserved, and shipped back was definitely nerve-racking. But Elegance Preserved made the entire experience so easy and reassuring. They kept me updated throughout the process and never left me wondering what was happening with my dress.

I had both my wedding dress and veil cleaned and preserved, and I’m so happy I chose Elegance Preserved to take care of them. These are incredibly special keepsakes from my wedding day, so knowing they were handled with care meant a lot to me.

The entire experience was smooth, professional, and stress-free. I would absolutely recommend Elegance Preserved to any bride looking to have their wedding dress and veil cleaned and preserved. They made something I was initially so anxious about into such a seamless experience!
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Sarah Sent on 09/03/2026
5 out of 5 rating

Unmatched customer service!!

I reached out to Elegance Preserved the week after my wedding to get my Flora Bridal Valentina dress and my daughter's flower girl dress cleaned and ready to sell. They quickly got back to me letting me know they could pick up both dresses on their normal route, and provide me with a quote once their cleaner inspected the dress in person. Pick up was smooth and a few days later I received a quote. I approved the wedding dress cleaning but decided against the flower girl dress since cleaning cost would be more than the dress. I asked if they could expedite the wedding dress cleaning and they happily said they could within 3 weeks. I asked if they could drop the flower girl dress off in the meantime and they scheduled it for the next week. I was shocked when their delivery person came the next week and dropped off BOTH dresses CLEANED!! I am so impressed with the quick turnaround and the white glove customer service. Thank you Elegance Preserved!!
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Amanda Sent on 11/16/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Great service

After my 2023 wedding, I knew I wanted to preserve my dress but procrastinated. I found Elegance Preserved through multiple social media postings and was able to arrange pick up for my dress towards the end of June 2025. I received an itemized quote within 48hrs of pickup and they were very communicative via text message throughout the whole process. Overall very happy with the service received (completed end of Oct 2025) and am very glad that my gown (Essense of Australia, Style D3314) is no longer taking up a ton of closet space. I’d recommend them to other brides looking for a dress preservation service!
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Julie Sent on 11/14/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Elegance Preserved

Elegance Preserved in San Francisco is THE PLACE to have your wedding gown steamed, pressed, cleaned, and preserved. Olivia is so organized and punctual in setting appointments for personally dropping off and picking up the gown, and taking advantage of free delivery for pick-up up and drop off. Once your dress is ready and scheduled for delivery, Elegance Preserved texts you a tracking map. And the driver, Gee, is so polite and advises how the dress should be carried. Tailor Maid, a wedding gown alteration shop, highly recommended Elegance Preserved. Elegance Preserved and Tailor Maid are highly specialized shops in a dying craft that offers top notch expertise and personalized service.

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Ciera Sent on 11/10/2025
5 out of 5 rating

An Amazing, Smooth Experience

I had my dress, bolero, and veil cleaned and preserved by Elegnace Preserved after my wedding.  I am very protective of my Monique Lhuillier dress, and other recent brides I have spoken to in the SF Bay Area told me Elegance Preserved is the place to go to if you want your cleaning and preservation done well. The turnaround time was incredibly fast (some of my friends found that their dress from other cleaners took over 6 months to get back!), and I loved the complimentary pick-up and drop-off service. 

I purchased my dress second-hand, and while it was cleaned before I had it altered by another cleaner in the Bay Area, Elegance Preserved did a much better job removing stains that I thought were set from previous wear. There was some dirt staining on the bottom layers of my dress, as well as a piece of gum stuck to the bottom, and it all came out beautifully! I loved that Elegance Preserved provided a virtual showing of my dress after the cleaning was complete via FaceTime, and they were happy to answer any questions that I had.

Elegnace Preserved's communication was also top-notch. I never had any doubt or worry about the status of my dress, the estimated completion time, or what the preservation end-product would look like. I very much recommend using Elengance Preserved to clean and preserve your wedding dress if you are in the SF Bay Area.
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Lonnie Sent on 11/02/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Seamless process

I was recommended by my sister who had her dress cleaned and preserved by EP. She recommended this to me when I was looking for a place who could clean the dirt off the train of my wedding dress. The entire process was so easy and I was quickly put at ease from the moment I dropped off my dress for a quote. The team explained everything in such detail. From the breakdown of pricing to how long the cleaning will take… I had confidence in knowing my dress was in good hands. My dress came back so beautifully cleaned and boxed. Thank you EP!
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Lauren Sent on 11/01/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Highly Recommend for Dress Preservation

I had a great experience using Elegance Preserved to clean, complete minor repairs, and preserve my dress after my wedding. I had a custom Daalarna dress made of very delicate silk chiffon material, and I was really nervous about finding the right place I could trust my dress with. I bought my dress from Wild Bride boutique in SF, and they recommended Elegance Preserved. After reading more reviews online, I decided to go with them, and I’m glad I did! The team was really kind and communicative, the pick up/drop off option in the Bay Area was so easy and seamless, the price was lower than I expected, and I’m very happy with the final result. I’m glad I trusted my dress with them, and I couldn’t recommend them more!
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Cynthia Sent on 11/01/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Easiest part of wedding planning

Out of all the wedding planning, this was the easiest and least stressful part. I expected a crazy ‘wedding’ price but I actually felt the quote was right for the service. Communication through text was so easy. I bought my dress from Elegant Lace bridal. It had lots of glitter and was scared that it would be removed after washing it. But Olivia made sure to walk me through my concerns over the glitter before booking with them. The dress still has that glitter shine even after cleaning it! I found elegance preserved on Google. I looked at many places but for the price and quality, this was the best choice!
Leila
Leila Sent on 10/26/2025
5 out of 5 rating

It's so worth it!

I was recommended to use Elegance Preserved through my bridal alterations boutique. I absolutely adored my wedding dress and got millions of compliments all night on it. I want to preserve the quality of this gown so that I can pass it down to my daughter, if she wants to wear it. To me, the cost is worth it to know that my dress is safely stored and preserved and won't age rapidly/degrade over time. The process also could not have been simpler--they make it easy to schedule a pick-up and drop-off in your neighborhood so you don't even have to pack/drag your dress off to a separate location.
Kelly
Kelly Sent on 10/24/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Excellent Dry Clean/Stain Repair

I purchased my beautiful Aethra Pronovias dress from Bridal Breeze in San Francisco. It got a fair amount of dirt in the train/around the edge of the fine lace during my wedding, and then I left it in the bag for almost 2 years before sending it to Elegance Preserved, recommended by Blue Sky Bridal consignment in San Francisco. They conveniently picked up my dress and returned it in perfect pristine condition, not a speck of dirt left in the lace. The process was easy and the outcome much better than I could have ever expected. The dress looks like new.
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Personable and timely service. We only send our brides to Greenstreets.

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We recently used Green Streets services for one of our sample gowns from our Private Label and when we got it back, it looked like it was brand new! Sean and his staff are so courteous and friendly, and made the whole process very easy. You can tell that they take great pride in each gown that comes into their shop, knowing it takes a huge amount of trust for a bride to let go of her dress, and we couldn't be more grateful for their expertise to their service. Because of their outstanding work, we are now partnered with them for all our gown cleaning and preservation services.

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BEST CLEANER FOR BRIDAL GOWNS IN THE BAY AREA. GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE! Chantal & Saida from Nouvelle Vogue/San Mateo

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