Dry Cleaning your vintage!

wyomingvintage

wyomingvintage

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I've started this thread with the hopes of compiling a list of reputable US dry cleaners with experience cleaning vintage attire.
If you could please list the names of any dry cleaners, the city and state they are located in and a brief price opinion it may of great help to your fellow vinties!
 
I have found a decent dry cleaners here in Southern California. It is called "Artistic Cleaners" and is on Whittier Blvd near Beach Blvd. They say they are in Whittier, but I think their address is technically in La Habra.

I can't say I'm absolutely THRILLED with them... but I suspect that's not their fault. They've done a decent job and haven't ruined anything.
The owner handwashes all my items with care and says that he finds my items a "challenge".

They are the primary cleaners for an upscale neighborhood, so at least they are accustomed to delicate and expensive items. Their prices are way cheaper than the local place that was ruining my items :(
 
Fireweed Cleaners, Anchorage, AK. I use others for bulk cleaning of sturdy woolen items but for my delicates (silks, fur, leather, velvet), I go to Fireweed. I've had them turn some things away as the fabric or the trim will be damaged by the chemicals or the process but was instructed on how to clean them at home. In that vein, I've had very decent success with my guest room's (now overrun with vintage) bathtub full of cool water, using a very dilute solution mild laundry soap, rinse, and then air dry for cashmeres, chiffons, lace with rhinestones, beads or pearl type trims for example.

Cathy
 
Madame Paulletes Long island City New York. I have had good dealings with them and they do work for museums and such there is an article on them in September Vogue.

-Chris
 
Fox Cleaners in Dayton, Ohio. I've had a semi-bad experience with them. They damaged a dress (disintegrated arm pits), possibly from overworking the area, but what irked me most was they didn't inform me of the damage and charged me full price for the cleaning. I discovered the gaping, 3"-4" diameter holes when I got home. When I spoke with the manager, he told me that vintage gets damaged so often that it's almost to be expected and they don't always notify the customer. (Something like "It's the nature of vintage.") They did successfully clean a Suzy Perette dress and a Lilli Ann post-war suit for me before ruining the third dress.

Fox does all their own cleaning in-house and does a lot of work with furs and vintage. If I absolutely had to get something dry cleaned, I might take my chances there again. As far as I know, it's the only place in the area that cleans furs.

There is also Clark's Cleaners in Xenia, Ohio that is run by an older couple and they do their cleaning in-house. I haven't yet taken vintage to them, but they have been upfront in the past about modern things that they didn't think would come clean or would be damaged by the process.

Laura
 
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