November is the time of year for remembrances, whether it is remembering our brave Veterans who risked life and limb or remembering all our blessing and giving thanks with family and friends later this month. The story of this wonderful wedding dress is the sum of both. The fabric came from a parachute that saved […]
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A Very Special WWII Wedding Gown
November 11, 2019Published In: family memories, memories, preservation, wedding dresses
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How to Pack Your Wedding Dress (Video)
July 12, 2018Foster-Stephens has several videos online to help our customers with preserving their precious family clothing. You can see them all at our YouTube Channel. Below is ‘How to Pack Your Wedding Dress’. I hope you enjoyed this video which shows, not only the best way to pack your gown, but how all the accessories work […]
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What to do with your wedding dress after the wedding?
June 29, 2018Your wedding dress is one of the most memorable, and the most expensive item of clothing you’ve ever bought. What you do with your dress after the wedding will be indicative of your new life. In nearly every case, you will want to have your gown cleaned and preserved. A gown that is dirty will […]
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May is a Month for Honoring our Military
May 9, 2018How to Store and Care for a Military Member’s Uniform Military uniforms of our servicemen and women deserve respect. Preserving these uniforms for future generations is easily done. The key is to protect them from the elements especially light and moisture. With proper handling, the uniforms should last for hundreds of years. The first step […]
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6 Ways to Cherish Family Memories
February 6, 2018The most important things in life have to do with your family. These momentous occasions can fly by very quickly no matter how long you planned for them. Remembering and cherishing these moments with your loved ones helps to make them last several decades if not generations. Yesterday is here and gone and tomorrow is not promised. Here are 6 ways […]
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Caring for and Storing a Military Uniform
November 8, 2017The military uniforms of our servicemen and women deserve respect. Preserving uniforms for future generations is easily done. The key is to protect them from the elements especially light and moisture. With proper handling, the uniforms should last for hundreds of years.The uniform and support pieces should be as clean as possible before storing.As much […]
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Fall Closet Cleaning Tips
October 11, 2017DE-CLUTTER, ORGANIZE and PROTECTthe clothing in your closet!1) Decide in advance how long you want to spend organizing your closet. Determine if you want to do it in short spurts, all at once, or something in between.2) Decide what to keep and what to give away. Do you wear it? Do […]
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Preserving First Communion Memories
May 5, 2017Springtime is practically here and with it brings about the blooming of flowers and foliage, but it may also bring a new chapter in your child’s life: First Communion. And with making the important First Communion Sacrament comes the need to purchase a communion dress for your little girl or a suit for […]
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Preserving Your Wedding Dress
August 31, 2016The Wedding Season is in full bloom here at Foster-Stephens’. While we are busy shipping products to carefully store and preserve one of the most special dresses a woman will ever wear, the fact is, one of the last things a bride normally thinks of is who will clean her dress.The time to look for […]
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Tornado Blows Wedding Dress Across Mississippi!
April 10, 2016The weather here in the Mid-West can be quite violent in the Spring and this Spring has been no exception. What is unique is that a wedding dress, packed in 1987 in a corrugated preservation box survived when the house it was in lost its attic and much of the second floor. Luckily, no one was […]
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