Name: kim
Message: I have a white wedding gown, I would like to dye it IVORY is this possable? it is satin and organza

What fiber is the dress made of? It is meaningless to say it is a satin or organza weave, as any fiber can be woven into satin or organza. Is it silk, nylon, acetate, or polyester?

And, even more importantly, is it washable? You cannot dye anything that is not washable. Even commercial custom dyers will refuse to have anything to do with such a project.

I honistly don't know what fiber it is. I payed $2,500.00 for this dress and it is the wrong color.the dress was costom made in shanghi china.there are no tags in the dress. so I dont know anything.

How unfortunate. Can't you require the people who made it up to replace it with a gown in the color you ordered?

no. because it was made in shanghi china. I have been fighting with them for awile and I am getting no where.

So, you paid $2500 for a dress, sight unseen, with no idea of what it would be made of, and no guarantee of any kind that it would be what you ordered? I'm thinking that you're lucky to have received any dress at all! Not only that, but your dress is apparently even the correct size and style. You probably came off very well, under the circumstances.

Your dress is likely to have been made from polyester, which you can't dye except by boiling the dress, and it is certainly not washable, which means you absolutely can't dye it. You can only ruin it, if you try. As a friend of mine said, it's hard to even imagine a scenario where having a white gown instead of an ivory one is a disaster big enough to contemplate dyeing the gown and risking making the situation even worse.

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