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Wedding dresses are undoubtedly the special garments worn on special occasions: weddings. I know that many people want this day to be as memorable as possible, and the wedding gown surely has one of the prominent roles.
Ironing garments is a very tricky process, and when it comes to ironing a wedding dress, everybody wants to do it as better as possible! In this article, I will tell you the proper ways how to iron a wedding dress! Let’s dive into this easy yet challenging task!
Key Takeaways
- Wedding dresses are remarkable pieces of garments that are worn on one’s most special day, and it needs some proper care like ironing adequately.
- Preparing the wedding dress and setting the iron’s heat temperature are two of the main things you must do before starting the ironing procedure.
- The upper part of your wedding dress is known as the bodice, which is the first thing you should iron.
- When ironing the dress’ lower piece (skirt), if it has many layers, you should start from the inner layer and iron all of them one by one.
- After finishing the ironing process, it is vital to hang the dress as it helps the dress stay wrinkle-free.
How To iron a wedding gown?
If you have a super wrinkled wedding dress in your hands, it is essential to start ironing it, and you can do so without any problem. However, just like in everything else, there is a whole procedure that you should follow, and I want to share everything that you should do.
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Preparations
There are different wedding dresses, and that’s a fact. When preparing a specific garment, like the bridal gown for ironing, you should see the layers of fabric and how many pieces there are. If your dress owns only one layer, things become more manageable, but if there are many layers to make the dress bigger, things get a little complicated.
To prepare the wedding dress to iron it, you should use a wide ironing board or anything that offers a large working space, so you don’t have to move the dress too much. Something you will have to take with you is a small piece of cloth like a towel, so you don’t use the iron directly on the fabric.
Iron Settings
Like there are different wedding dresses, nowadays you have many irons on the market, and not each comes in the same setting. Depending on your wedding dress’s fabric, the iron setting should always base on that.
Yet again, a proper way of using the best iron setting would be to turn it to medium or low heat. Better safe than sorry!
The Entire Procedure
Once you have everything you need and have divided the layers and the pieces of the wedding dress, you can start the ironing procedure like this.
- The first part of the dress that you must iron is the upper part that stays on the stomach, back, and chest; it is known as the bodice. This part always includes more robust fabrics, but you should still take reasonable care when ironing, especially if you have too many details. If this piece of your dress includes wrinkly details, it is better to leave them like that so that you don’t destroy anything. Then, after doing so, you are free to move on to the following parts of your wedding dress.
- If the wedding dress you must iron is long-sleeved, the sleeves must be the next thing that requires attention. You should iron the sleeves of a wedding dress from top to bottom, of course, while moving the iron quickly so that you don’t burn them and be left out without sleeves. After it, move on to the other part of the wedding gown.
- Moving on to the lower part of the dress, the skirt. If it has different layers, the first layer we care about is the one within, on the inner part. That piece mainly includes cotton fabric, and you know that cotton is pro-ironing in many ways. It is effortless to iron cotton as it handles different heat temperatures.
- After finishing the inner part of your wedding dress, make sure to go layer by layer until you finish the last layer. It is the part of the wedding dress that requires more care, and make sure not to put in there any yellow spots that the irons love to do. In this part, you should move the iron from top to bottom.
Finishing the Ironing
If you do everything I mentioned adequately, the time has come to hang your wedding dress in an enormous room of your house. Make sure to use two hangers because wedding dresses are heavy garments.
Important: There is one factor that has one of the most important roles when it comes to how to iron a wedding dress; the fabric that the dress is made of! People use many fabrics, and the most common ones are silk, satin, and chiffon. These three materials are very sensitive, especially to heat, and they get wrinkled easily. However, if you make sure you use the iron on a lower heat, you are good to go!
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Final Words
After a long talk and an enormous procedure, we came to the end of today’s article! As I mentioned in this article, wedding dresses come in many pieces of fabric and sometimes they are made of many layers.
I know that it sounds like a very challenging procedure to follow, but you should keep in mind that all those layers have leading roles in how the wedding dress looks. Ironing them is also essential, and you shouldn’t focus only on the top part.
So, there you have it! How to Iron a Wedding Dress? Follow everything I mentioned in this article, and your wedding dress will be wrinkle-free!
Stella Spyer
I graduated from London College of Fashion, and I’ve been working for a Fashion Design company for 10 years. My other hobbies are going to the gym and reading.
