Last Friday afternoon a client brought in a 1980's vintage
Christian Dior dress coat for complete
restoration.
The garment exhibited all the normal issues associated with poor
maintenance and storage over the past 25 to 30 years:
- the outer fabric had yellowed
- the sugar stains had caramelized, transforming the clear stains
into brown spots and splashes
- the lining had discolored in the underarm areas
- the embossing of the outer fabric had flattened like a
pancake
- the entire garment had that "stored-in-a-damp-basement" musty
smell.
And, by the way, there was one more issue: the client wanted to
pick up the garment - fully restored - this past Monday night. That
gave us 3 days (Saturday, Sunday and Monday) to complete the
restoration.
And the results? Near perfection ...
- we changed the color back to the original light cream
color
- we removed all the brown spots and splashes
- we removed the underarm discoloration
- we restored the "bounce" in the embossing
- we eliminated the musty smell.
The transformation of this vintage garment is reflected in the following series of
photos:
BEFORE
AFTER
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