After your daughter's big day you might want to heirloom her dress. You can contact a specialist which is usually an experienced dry cleaner to heirloom the dresses. This involves cleaning the dress and preserving it in an airtight container. While this will protect your girl's special occasion dress, it will also means that you can't get to it. If you open the seal to show someone what the outfit looks like you'll need to take it back to the specialist to reseal. That can be quite the nuisance. You might think about storing special dresses in a garment bag but that might get you in hot water. The chemicals in most garment bags will discolor and may even deteriorate your special occasion dress. We've discovered what heirloom preservationists already know. The best way to store your girl's special attire is in a chemical free cotton bag. It's quite simple. You store the dress inside the bag, hang it in a dark dry closet or cedar chest and can pull it out to show loved ones. Once you’ve shown it, you simply close the cotton bag and return it to the closet. Invariably there will come a day when your daughter will want to see what her baptismal or first communion dress looked like. If only to see how much she has grown since her special occasion. | 
