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When you wear your ballroom dresses time after time, you may think that it is inevitable that they are going to start to look less than their best, so that you can no longer wear them to the most important events. Well, it does not have to be that way. With a little care and thought, they can still look fresh and serve you well for years to come.

There are a couple of points to consider when you are thinking about how best to store your ballroom dresses . To begin with, you need to make sure that the color stays as true to the original as you are able to. Light is the enemy here. The most effective thing to do is to obtain a dark-colored plastic cover which will secure the dress from fading. If you suspend the dress in its cover in a place that has plenty of space around it, this will help to stop creasing of the fabric. Something else to look out for is mold. This can develop on your dresses and damage them if they are stored in a damp place. Thus, a dry place is best and also open the cover to permit some air flow.

Moving on from how to store our ballroom dance dresses, let’s now take a look at the best way to care for them in terms of keeping them clean and well-presented. The care instructions supplied by the manufacturer or your dress-maker are an excellent place to start.

The chances are that if it’s practice dancewear with no embellishments or trimmings, then it might be machine-washable and almost certainly hand-washable. In either event, wash in cold water with a mild detergent. All colored clothes should be washed in a diifferent load from whites and lighter-colored ones, otherwise the color can run and spoil them. For competition dancing clothes, again if they are not finished with decorations such as stones and beads, you can try hand or a very cool machine wash – no more than 30 degrees Centigrade – to avoid shrinkage. Generally-speaking, it’s all right to machine-wash fabrics such as georgette and Lycra, commonly used in ballroom dance dresses.

If there are heavy stains, then think about applying a pre-wash spot remover treatment too. You have to be particularly cautious if the dress has dark-colored satin bias binding as this can stain the fabric. So you have to be painstaking in making certain that the binding and the material do not touch one another while still damp. A bit fiddly and time-consuming, but worth the trouble.

If you are questioning why you should not wash your ballroom dresses if they have any type of embellishments or decorations, then consider what could arise. To start with, glue can break down and your embellishments fall off. What’s more, your stones could damage the material of your gown and at the very least, they could very well become dull as a result of laundering. It is not worth taking the risk.

Ballroom dresses can be refreshed by hanging them in a steamy situation. This will additionally help to even out creases. If a dress requires more than a steam, you can carefully hand-wash the body suit but with the gown turned inside out. Make sure to use a mild soap and cold water. Rinse out in cold water and do not wring the dress out before hanging it up to dry. If you have had to wash your ballroom dress, permit it to drip dry above the bath. If the dress is especially heavy when wet, it might be a good strategy to drape it across a clothes horse. This will help to stop the fabric from stretching. Remember that fringe dresses can take three to four days to dry thoroughly! So don’t leave it till the last moment to wash it, if you want it for a particular event.

Now let’s examine the tricky subject of ironing. If you can avoid it, then you should do so. Again, pay close attention to the maker’s instructions. Synthetic fabrics are notorious for burning easily, so use a very cool temperature. Do not even think about ironing stretchy fabrics.

It is always a little worrying when you have invested time and money into buying ballroom dresses , that you may not be able to look after them properly. However, if you take note of the care instructions and the advice given in this article, then you stand a good chance of keeping them looking beautiful for longer.

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