Five Services You Should Ask About at Your Florida Dry Cleaner

People usually find themselves at the dry cleaner for a very specific purpose.  They gather up their clothes that require dry cleaning. In other words, everything they wear that cannot, should not, or does not (read the tags on all clothes and use your best judgement) go into the regular washing machine.  Often, these are clothes reserved for special events.  People take their suits, dresses, tuxedos, and work attire to the dry cleaner, for example.  The dry cleaner does his thing and the same day, in some cases, the clothes are ready to be worn again, as good as new.

What people forget is that a local dry cleaner does more than just dry clean clothing.  The local dry cleaner can be helpful in a variety of situations if the offer additional services.  Here is a handy list of five specialty services that may be available at your local dry cleaner.

1. Same Day Alterations: Sometimes you need something repaired in less than 24 hours.  A dry cleaner can help with that.  If pants rip, a dress needs to be taken in, or a button flies off a shirt, you can head to your dry cleaner for help.  Same day alterations are not offered by all dry cleaners, so call ahead (or check online).
2. Wedding Dress Alterations: Weddings can be expensive.  The costs add up fast.  Between the venue, the catering, and the dress itself, couples have to be careful to save money where they can.  One way of doing so is to consider taking a wedding dress (and suits) to a dry cleaner for alterations.  Many dry cleaners today offer wedding dress alterations.
3. Dress Alterations: Beyond wedding dress alterations, the dry cleaner may be able to help you with your favorite dresses, too.  Whether a sun dress, a ballgown, or some other type of relished dress that needs repair, the dry cleaner can help take it in or let it out, depending on what you need.
4. Hem Pants: Pants are often sold in specific sizes at the store.  You may require a waist size that is not available in the length you need.  To accommodate, you have to hem the pants.  Your local dry cleaner can help you hem pants.  That means no more rolling up your jeans or cuffing your dress pants just to hide the fact that they are too long.  You can instead show up, and show off, in style.
5. Hem Jackets: Like pants, jackets can be too long.  Take those jackets to the local dry cleaner for alterations.  They can even change the hem.  If you do not like the style of the jacket’s hem line, the dry cleaner may be able to alter that as well.

To learn more about what dry cleaners can offer, contact us at Alan Dry Cleaners.  We are here to help with the aforementioned services and more!