Message-ID: <3CF74AA61CDF41058399EB6E7577063E@OwnerPC> From: "Arlene Leppin" <haleppin@centurytel.net> Subject: Re: Listserve - weddng dresses, etc Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:57:47 -0500
Pat Grahn, Ripon WI, has a great collection of old wedding dresses and does
local historical programs using them. She also knows how to clean them.
E-mail her at: E-mail her at: patgrah@charter.net.
Good luck
Arlene Leppin, Fairwater Historical Society
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Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 6:39 PM
Subject: Listserve - weddng dresses, etc
>
>
> Hi Listserve members,
>
> I would like to hear from some of you on these issues. First of all, do
> you accept wedding dresses and bridesmaid dresses that are old and have
> been stored in plastic bags for years so they all yellow? If you do, how
> do you get them cleaned and the yellow removed?
>
> We have two wedding dresses. They are from a member and also her mother.
> Both are yellowed. Looks like the mother's dress had been cleaned years
> ago but the member's dress had never been cleaned.
>
> I am sure that many have dealt with this issue and can give me some words
> of advice.
>
> Thanks,
> Nancy O'Kelley
> President
> Howard-Suamico Historical Society
>