Wedding Forum - Stain on the dress plz help...

We'll here I am in Florida and it has been one disaster after another. Won't bore you with details but have now been sitting in tears. I took my wedding dress into a steamy bathroom to try to help creases come out and as I turned the dress around I found 3 lipstick stains, burgundy on the back of the dress :'( obviously done by wedding dress ladies as they were squishing into the box. The dress was too big for flight box n they really had trouble doin it but I'm so gutted they didn't notice or tell me. I get married in 6 days n now have stains on my dress!

It's not very thick but coz of the colour it stands out immediately. It will also be at least 4-5 days old now. I have no idea if they have tried to remove it or even know it was there at all...

Will dry cleaning get this out?

Waahhhhhhhhhh! :'(

Thanks. Did put tissue either side of gaza n try to blot it out but no luck. Also did a little rub with the tissue on one bit. Hope I haven't made it worse. So gutted.

Try asking concierge at your hotel to call round a few places they'd recommend. I took my dress to Vegas and dropped it off at the dry cleaners as soon as we landed. It got delivered back to my room two days later; beautifully clean and with not a crease in sight!
I had a full length dress with a 2ft train and it was extremely delicate material with lots of beading detail. It cost me $125 and was worth every cent.
I'm sure the cleaners can work their magic babe x

get pictures of it and play merry hell with the dress ladies, while you are at it!

i honestly wouldnt know where to start other than dry cleaners really..... id be flapping :/

I agree with Velcro, take pictures as I'd be going in with the dry cleaning bill plus wanting compensation for the stress x

I would definitely be contacting the dry cleaners. Elinor you are obviiously more sensible than me since if I were in that situation my worst case scenario solution would be to get the tip-ex out!

Haha showgirl!

I am in a villa so no hotel staff to help.

I took it to a bridal shop who recommendef a dry cleaners. I left it with them and will hopefully get it back saturday. I was trying to tell them to be careful with it coz it cost a lot (for my budget anyway) she seemed to undersand ( ppl were mexican i think) but we seemed to be on the same page or so to speak... Lets hope it all works out. Feel nervous knowing its not here with me.

The ladies who boxed my dress did it as a favour to me. I brought a hand luggage case n tried to pack it the night before i flew...it didnt fit so a friend of mine offered to take it to her work n box it up in a spare fligjt box n even delivered it the morning we were leaving as i was in the walk in centre with my toddler who had developed a rash n temps of 40 degrees!!!

It was a nightmare day n didnt know if we wud even be able to fly with him. He is on antibiotics now n is getting better. But dont wana complain to friend as she was so good to us for doing it n delivering it back when she knew my boy was ill. She didnt even charge me for the flight box.

Just unfortunate its gonna cost me a LOT more now to have the area dry cleaned n dress gotta be steamed too from the flight box.

Fingers crossed ladies...x

Showgirl you're obviously better at thinking outside the box than me.

Fingers crossed for you that it comes back pristine xxx

Thanks girls. Pick up my dress tomorrow. Just want to check it now x

Have my dress and it looks giod as new :) better actually. Came back gleaming looking so shiny and fresh. She's all steamed and ready to go for tuesday.

Get married at 11:15 here so 4:15 in uk. Not long to go now.

Thank goodness for dry cleaners! X

So glad to hear it is back and as good as new! Have an amazing wedding day! Xxx

Fantastic! That's great news - I'm so pleased for you! Have a wonderful wedding day x

Fab Hun xxx

What a relief.

Fab news! Have a fantastic wedding day x

Great news gave a wonderful day x