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Should I find a new alterations tailor and cleaner?
I’m wondering if my tailor is using a proper invisible stitch to hem suit trousers. They messed up on a few other alterations, so my patience is dwindling. Images 1,2,3 are of the hem stitching (2&3 are the same garment). I’m also wondering if they’re ruining my suits with their dry cleaning. I...- Dan35
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- advice wanted alterations dry clean pant alterations suit care tailor
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- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Dry Cleaning Shrunk my Suit
Any tips! I have a cotton solaro suit and it came back from the cleaners SHRUNK. Pants are about an inch and a quarter shorter than they were when I dropped it off Not to mention skin tight. I can’t really get any money back because it’s been like two months since I took it in I haven’t gotten...- Docwiggs
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- cotton dry clean dry clean only suit shrink shrink cotton shrink fabric solaro solaro suit
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Menswear Advice
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Removing Starch from shirts
One of my dry cleaners' employees mislabeled a batch of my dress shirts and they were heavily starched. I normally have no starch added and accept that a little with get into the shirt through the laundering process but these shirts are rock hard and loaded with starch. I want to try to get...- dancingbear
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- clean shirt dress shirt dry clean removing starch from shirt shirts starch
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Dry Cleaners break buttons
Hi Styleforum, I have some issues with dry cleaners. Over the time, dry cleaners slowly break buttons in dress shirts or cardigans. Expensive shirts tend to break quickly as they have pearl buttons, not the plastic ones. How would you deal with breaking buttons? I replaced few buttons with...- whatmatrix
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- clothing dry clean laundry shirts
- Replies: 17
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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De-smelling an old suit
Having acquired a very old ?wool suit from my father I now need to get rid of the smell of 60 years of sweat and cupboard! I've had the thing dry-cleaned but doesn't seem much better. Any suggestions?- Forester
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- cleaning suit dry clean dry clean suit smell suit sweat washing suit
- Replies: 32
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Why is hand washing suits bad.
I am assuming a similar thread already exists, but I was unable to find it. I was wondering WHY is it not ok to hand wash a suit? I have read again and again in the forums not to do it, but have found no real explanations. I have a wool/cashmere suit that had developed such a shine that it was...- beltfed80
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- clean suit dry clean dry clean only suit hand wash laundry su misura wash suit
- Replies: 12
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Dry Cleaning Shrinkage??
Hey Guys, I was wondering if you guys could shed some light on something for me. I was at my tailor's just now to pick up some pants and we started talking about trouser length, break, etc. and he told that on brand new trousers he will sometimes leave the inseam a little longer (.25-.5 inch)...- Dman33
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- dry clean dry clean shrinkage dry clean suit dry clean trousers shrinkage trousers wash trousers
- Replies: 12
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Will drying without washing first cause shrinkage in cotton?
I may or may not be staying in a place with bed bugs and need to dry my clothing to kill the bugs so that I don't introduce them to my apartment... Or dry clean them. I just bought new pairs of APC and Naked and Famous jeans. I don't want to shrink these. Will putting them in a dryer on medium...- turkey_sandwich
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- cotton dry clean shrink shrink cotton shrink fabric shrinking
- Replies: 18
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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Linen shirts - launder as normal or dry clean?
I recently too receipt of several 100% linen custom shirts. There are no washing labels (duh) and I've been washing them warm cycle and air drying as I do with all my dress shirts. Hand iron. It was recently brought to my attention (and I'm not sure if this is correct) that linen is not to be...- JohnnyCrockett
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- dry clean fabric linen linen shirt linen shirts shrinkage wash linen
- Replies: 39
- Forum: Classic Menswear