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For years newly-wed wives have struggled with storage solutions for their wedding dress. Many young couples, blessed with strong love for each other but not a great deal of living space, resort to packing the dress away in a box under their bed which will eventually move into a loft space once they can afford a house. Some entertain the illusion that, in the event of them having female children, their daughters may want to wear the dress and it will be passed down the female side of the family.

Scientists have, according to the Telegraph, come up with a solution for this storage issue. Specially designed fibres in a brand new range of dresses contain polyvinyl alcohol, a biodegradable compound that will cause the material to dissolve on contact with water.

"It's a simple, elegant, environmentally friendly, solution" said the creator of the dresses "to the problem of how to store a wedding dress after your wedding. Our solution means no bulky storage boxes and no dry cleaning bills."

"Our recently completed Beta testing phase was very useful and, because of it, we have now made a few adjustments to the package we offer to brides. Each dress now comes with a matching umbrella and a plastic cover slip, a portable hand drying machine and two bright yellow signs warning of the potential impropriety if a single drop of moisture touches the fabric."


The new dresses are available from today from all major wedding fairs.