Your clothing choices are critical for ensuring that the first impression of you is a good one. People assess your judgment, confidence, ability and even beliefs in the first few seconds of seeing you. Clothing that appears shabby, unkempt or even just rumpled can send the message that you are less than competent, perhaps even lazy. Many people choose professional dry cleaning services to maintain their wardrobes so that the first impression they present is always positive.
Dry cleaning services offer many other benefits, too, besides just keeping you looking your best:
Convenience
Mending, Ironing, & Altering
As well as cleaning your clothes, dry cleaners can also ensure that they are fully functional. Lost buttons can be matched and resewn in minutes for the professional, but might take you several hours to find the button, thread, and needle to do it yourself. Hemming and alterations are also often provided (for a cost). Proper sizing and length will ensure your clothing fits you well, which saves you the cost of replacing ill-fitting items.
Time & Energy Saved
Washing, drying, and folding your clothes takes time. While some may enjoy the process, many people would prefer not to spend their time with this chore. Many people are pleasantly surprised at how inexpensive professional dry cleaning services can be, and are happy to spend the money for some well-earned time off.
Fabric Maintenance
Comprehensive Fabric Knowledge
Not all clothing is equal. The wide variety of different fabrics and textiles available today can make laundry day very challenging. While some fabrics (cottons, rayons, muslins) can be easily run through both washers and dryers, others require special handling. Delicate fabrics can be stretched, shrunk or shredded by regular washing machines. Other fabrics can lose their colors, shapes and structure when submerged in water so washing them in it would destroy their desirability. Professional dry cleaners are familiar with all of today’s fabrics and will use the proper cleaning technique required by each wardrobe piece.
Stain & Odor Removal
Stains can be removed permanently by a laundry professional who understands the unique aspects of the fabric and the stain. Without that understanding, many people ruin their clothes by attempting to clean them with substances that degrade the fabric as it etches out the stain. Odor removal is more easily accomplished by the dry cleaning professional too, even odors that have been in the clothing for a long time.
Fabric Preservation
Special Occasion Attire
Life’s special moments often involve special wardrobe items. Wedding and baptism dresses are often preserved by dry cleaners, who are preserving not just the garment, but also the memory. Heirloom quilts and baby blankets can be preserved for use over many decades with the proper care. Preservation eliminates the possibility of fading, sun damage, bug infestations, and yellowing due to aging. You’ll be happy you made the dry cleaning choice when your grandchild wears your daughter’s perfectly preserved christening gown on her christening day.
Household Textiles, Too
As well as clothing items, most dry cleaners also clean drapes, upholstery, and other precious household fabrics. Oversized comforters, area rugs or slip covers come clean at the dry cleaners, and odors and stains are removed from them, too.
Your personal presentation is valuable to you, and so is your time. Today’s professional dry cleaning services offer safe, timely, comprehensive wardrobe and homewares cleaning and maintenance, to save you time, and ensure you always look your best.