Before you launch into this article, please remember that superstitions

Why Does My Wedding Dress Smell

Usually there are only a couple of things that can make your wedding dress smell funny. The first is when it brand new and "fresh" from the bridal store.

Since almost all wedding dresses are made in China and then shipped to the U.S. they must be chemically treated in China. This treatment is to keep unwanted insects from being accidentally transported with the wedding gowns. So they are chemically treated to kill these insects. The insects won't be in the wedding dress itself, but will have gotten a free ride on the outside of the shipping bag.

You would probably describe the smell as being a bit fishy smelling. Not so much like rotten fish per se but just kind of a fishy odor. It a different enough odor, youl know it once you've smelled it.

Don be alarmed or scared about some insect getting in and eating your wedding dress or even crawling around inside the bag. The manufacturers all have a very clean environment when producing their wedding gowns. They have to to keep the dresses plus size bridesmaid gowns clean. Obviously everything has to be extra clean to keep your wedding gown in perfect shape and beautiful.

The chemical treatment is a requirement for all garment and fabric importers from any foreign country. And when you consider how important this is enviornmentally it a good precaution. So if your wedding gown has a peculiar smell, be glad it does.

Under most circumstances by the time your wedding gown arrives in the U.S. it doesn smell any more because the smell has dissipated. If you can still smell the chemical then just a quick spray of a fabric care product like ebreeze?will do wonders.

The second reason your gown may smell is after it has been dry-cleaned.

Dry-cleaning solvent called "perc" can cause an odor. The older the perc and the poorer the dry-cleaner's filters are the more the perc picks up various smells and the more concentrated the odor become.

(Your local dry-cleaners place various fabrics and garments in together to be cleaned. This can also transfer odors from one garment to another causing your wedding gown to smell - not like the solvent smell of perc, but with pecular ordors.)

The dry-cleaning equipment has special filters. These filters are designed to keep the solvent clean. The problem comes when the longer it goes between cleaning the more concentrated the solvent smell. These filters red bridesmaid dresses are expensive and each time they are changed a considerable amount of solvent can be wasted. The cleaning solvent is expensive. Dry cleaners want to use the perc as long as possible, this is important for the profitability of the dry-cleaner.

Dry cleaning smell can also be removed using a commercial fabric spray like "Fabreeze". It is best to follow directions by the manufacturer.

If your wedding gown is cleaned and preserved it should not smell at all. And you'll have the cherished memory of your wedding for years and years to come.

Wedding Dress Superstitions

Before you launch into this article, please remember that superstitions are just for fun. Thirteen is the unluckiest number in some parts of the globe, the luckiest in others, and of no importance of all in still others. Weddings can add a lot to worry about to your life you dont need to top that off with a fear of meeting a lizard on the way to the ceremony.

My friend Annes policy on superstitions is one of the best Ive heard: If she thinks something will bring her some extra good luck, she adopts it. And if she thinks it will bring her bad luck, she ignores it as though its the silliest thing shes ever heard of. After all, if youre going to choose to believe in luck, why not stack the deck in your favor?

Making the dress

The one unlucky superstition Im in full favor of is the one that says its bad luck for a bride to make her own dress. Why not let someone else do it while you stay tasked on looking lovely? Some traditions elaborate on the idea by saying that the number of stitches you make in your own wedding dress will be the same as the number of tears you shed during your marriage, so it seems like a clever superstitious bride might be able to rig things in her favor by contributing a manageable four or five stitches to the process.

While youre supervising the dressmaking process, the luckiest fabric is supposed to be silk. English tradition says that you shouldnt wear a patterned wedding gown, and should especially avoid patterns showing birds, but some Asian traditions recommend wedding dresses with cranes on them to ensure a faithful husband.

If you decide to forego having a wedding dress made entirely, think hard about whom you borrow one from a borrowed wedding dress is supposed to bring good luck to the bride who borrows it, but bad luck to the wife who lends it out.

Wearing your dress

Youve probably heard that the groom isnt supposed to see you in your dress before the wedding, but did you know that you arent supposed to see you in it either? You can get around that little trick of luck by fitting your dress in sections, or by leaving a little bit of the hem undone. Some brides even wait and have a bridesmaid put in the last few stitches right before the trip down the aisle.

Planning on having kids? Pay attention during the reception: The first child who tugs on your skirt will be the same sex as your first child.

Things on or in your dress (other than you)

If you want a sweet marriage, you should hide a lump of sugar in your glove or sleeve. (Whats that? You want a rich marriage? Talk to your shoes. Or better yet, put coins in them.) For a lucky marriage, sew a few hairs into your dress, and for lots of children, sew cowry shells onto or into your dress.

If you happen to find a spider in your wedding dress, do a little happy dance once youre done yelling Ick! It means very good luck and a happy home life.

Above all, dont forget that as a bride, you yourself are a lucky charm to everyone around you. Save the pins from your wedding dress (and bouquet, if there are any) to give to your friends theyre supposed to bring your pals luck in everything from love to gambling! You might also consider sewing love knots to your dress. These are little figure eights of ribbon that you can give out as good luck charms later.

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