How to Press a Wedding Dress

Keeping a wedding dress wrinkle-free before a wedding can be easy if you take precautions. Because wedding dresses are often made of expensive material, it is best to leave pressing of the entire dress up to a professional dry cleaner or the wedding dress store, but you can remove small wrinkles yourself.

Things You'll Need

• Iron
• Iron mitt
• White cloth

Instructions

1. Pick up the wedding dress a few days before the wedding. If you pick it up a few weeks before, there is a greater chance that it will get wrinkled. The dress store will press or steam the dress for you.

2. Keep the dress in the cardboard and tissue that the wedding store packed it in. This will keep the dress in a perfect shape before you wear it, and reduce wrinkles.

3. Press the dress lightly on the day of the wedding in wrinkled areas, if needed. Use a cool, dry iron.

4. Put a piece of white cloth between the iron and the dress when pressing, and use an iron mitt rather than an ironing board.

Tips & Warnings

• Only certain materials can be pressed. Other materials must be steamed. Pressing can damage some fabrics. Do not try to iron your veil