So you’ve had a beautiful wedding and everything was perfect.

Now after the part is over, the bridesmaids are gone and you’re settling into your life as a newlywed, one more issue remains: what do you do with your wedding dress?

If it was the perfect dress that you’ve spent a good deal of money on, you will want to make special arrangements to ensure that the dress is kept in excellent condition.
Here are some ways to safeguard and preserve your wedding dress after the wedding:

1. Dry clean the dress- Sending your wedding dress to the dry cleaners soon after the wedding is very important to do, regardless of what you decide to do with it afterwards. If you are going on a honeymoon immediately after your wedding, it may be helpful to ask someone (such as the Maid of Honor) to drop it off at the cleaners for you. Getting the dress cleaned quickly will help to prevent any stains, smells, or smudges from sticking to the fabric of the dress, but waiting to have it cleaned will increase the risk of your dress looking dull and old.

2.Always keep your dress in the dark- When fabric is exposed to the light, especially delicate wedding dress fabric, it can fade and become discolored. The best place to store the dress is in a dark room where it is protected from environmental degradation. Similarly, you will want to keep it in a place where the temperature is constant, so it will not be exposed to extreme heat or moisture.

3. Sell your wedding dress – One great way to preserve your wedding dress and give it new life is to sell it to another bride-to-be. Most women do not wear their dress more than once. All too often your beautiful wedding dress ends up forgotten in a closet, where it is likely to get damaged by environmental factors. By the time you think of it, your dress is no longer in a condition to be sold or salvaged. Making the decision to sell your wedding dress is a great way to extend the life of the dress and share the joy that the dress has brought to you with another woman on her wedding day.
Selling your wedding dress is also a nice way to make some extra money and help the environment by recycling the dress instead of letting the material go to waste.
If you decide to sell wedding dress, remember that you are not selling your memories, you’re helping another woman to create fond memories of her own.