Fine & Designer Garment Cleaning: Our Process
Your clothes define you before you even open your mouth. Are you stylish, eccentric, and bold, or clean, simple, and practical? Do you value crisp shirts and pressed pleats? Or are baggy, oversized, maybe even a bit wrinkly, garments more your style? From the boldest experimental dressers to the most practical fashionistas, one necessity unites everyone. We all need clean clothes.
Fine garment cleaning in Cleveland, Ohio is far and few in between and finding a reputable cleaner can make or break your perfectly and uniquely curated wardrobe. London Cleaners’ high-end dry cleaning ensures that all of our patrons clothes are fresher, crisper and cleaner than ever before. Because after all, this isn’t just dry cleaning – it’s garment preservation.
What Qualifies as a Fine Garment?
Items that fall into the fine garment category can include, but is not limited to, designer clothing, couture clothing, and delicate clothing. A common trademark of these garments is the indication on the care label that not only is this item not to be thrown in the wash, but it needs to be handled with extreme and professional care. Vintage clothes can also be defined as fine garments because they are delicate in nature and are not built to withstand rigorous spin-cycles. Some common fine garments include
- Silk blouses
- Cashmere sweaters
- Custom suits
- Embellished eveningwear
- Vintage garments
Why Regular Dry Cleaning Can Damage Delicate Items
Just as the self expression of clothing takes a passionate and knowledgeable wearer, the art of garment cleaning necessitates a highly skilled technician with extensive knowledge of fabric care and cleaning.
Uninformed garment owners may believe that dry cleaning is sufficient for their delicate and fine clothing pieces. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Even tradition dry cleaning can severely damage or even destroy a fine garment. This is because the process of dry cleaning involves the use of harsh chemicals and heat.
Fine garment cleaning is generally more specialized and involves a more detailed process and extra steps, whereas dry cleaning involves the use of a chemical solvent with little to no attention to individual garments.
Our Process: Fine and Designer Garment Cleaning
London Cleaners’ bespoke garment care ensures that even the most fragile of garments is returned in pristine and clean condition. Our tried and tested process has won us the attention of top dry cleaner associations along with awards for our high-quality processes. We ensure perfection in cleaning with our meticulous fine and designer garment cleaning process.
Inspection
We examine every inch of the piece under proper lighting, identifying hidden stains, loose buttons, weakened seams, and fabric wear.
Fabric testing
We conduct fabric testing to understand the construction and dye stability—especially important for silk, velvet, cashmere, or hand-dyed fabrics.
Stain treatment by hand
Unlike automated cleaning, stains on fine garments are treated by hand, using fabric-specific spotting agents.
Low-temp, fabric-specific cleaning cycles
We use low-temp, computer-controlled cleaning cycles designed for the specific garment type, fabric, and construction.
Hand finishing and pressing
Every cleaned piece is hand-pressed, not machine-pressed, to protect delicate textures, linings, and seams.
Get a Fine Garment Cleaning Consultation Today
Trusted by discerning clients and clothiers since 1967, London Cleaners is a progressive, technologically advanced, environmentally conscious dry cleaner, providing premium garment care and exceptional customer service. We know you need your clothes to last, and last beautifully. That’s why our detail orientation includes expert spot removal, hand pressing and finishing and thorough inspection of every garment. From your daily wear to your finery, we take exquisite care of every piece in your wardrobe. Contact us today for a garment inspection and get started on restoring your beloved clothes.
