Where to store dress - one year out

When I went to preserve my dress they actually recommended that I not keep my dress in the bag from the boutique because it can yellow the dress. Double check what kind of fabric your given garment bag is. I recommend airing it out a bit based on what they told me.

I air mine out every few weeks but its just hanging in the bag on my closet door

I bought my dress 19 months out. I kept it in a garment bag in a dark closet and had no issues. I took it out every six months just to look at it.

I bought mine a year out. Left it in the bag and aired it out only 3 times and it was fine. It was hanging the whole time.

I bought mine in oct of 2018, bought it home in dec 2018. Wedding is in March 2020. It has been hanging in my dads and step moms closet since then. We take out every so often so I can see her 😁

You definitely should have a good box or bag for it. I got my dress about a year out and hung it in a garment bag and it seemed fine

So with my dress they kept the dress at the salon until I needed to pull it for alterations.

Now my seamstress has it and will have it until the day before the wedding.

If your salon won't store your dress for you, then I was told to keep it in the bag (my bag was a mesh/fabric bag so it wouldn't yellow it) away from sunlight.

You could air it out every couple months or something, but make sure when you pull it out that you're putting tissue paper on your train when you roll it up. The salon I bought my dress from said that that helps with static and crinkles!

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Did you just use the garment bag from the bridal shop?

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I don't know why, but the thought of leaving it there makes me really nervous! It might be the best option though

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Honestly I had the same fear lol. I always thought "what if they lose it? What if they forgot to put it away and sold it to someone else? What if they grabbed one of the other dresses I tried on thinking it was the one I wanted????"

However all was good haha. Dress is exactly what it looked like when I tried it on and the veil is amazing too!

Honestly all they do is put it in a bag and hang it in a temperature controlled room so it'd really be no different than you storing it in a dark closet I say do whatever makes you the most comfortable!

Mine is in a cloth garment bag, in my FIL's closet (so FH can't peek)

I kept it in the bag in my landlords closet lol