Beware: Clothes shrink. I've been coming here for a few years now. I usually have a good amount of clothes dry cleaned but every here and there my clothes would shrink. The first time I noticed it I thought I gained a lil weight so I brushed it off. It was still wearable since I use it with my suits and I tucked it in anyway. Then a few months pass by and it happened to 2 other shirts. This is when I addressed it to the girls in the front. I was upset because my shirts are all kinda pricey. (All my shirts are at least $85 + the cost of tailoring them) . Then they said "they wash them and it was most likely because they used water". I would need to request dry clean only and it would be $1 more. Also they said to take it to the cleaners before I get it fitted. Ok, I did. I take clothes there almost every other week but I was taking longer to take my clothes because I was kinda worried they would get messed up(but still loyal to this place). Then I took a new light blue Tommy Bahama shirt I wore once while I was on vacay. I got it back and it was a little tighter and a little faded. I addressed it to the girl with black hair(the bigger one) and she seemed offended. She didn't do anything to accommodate my concerns, she just said some of the shirts just shrink. I left it alone, like a dummy. I brought a few clothes back and things were going ok until 2 weeks ago I brought a new Lacoste polo shirt to clean for the first time. I get it back and it doesn't fit me anymore. I returned and the blonde lady said to bring it back and maybe they can stretch it back. She's always super friendly and still was when I told her about my shirt. I didn't take it back, I'm just done giving this place a chance. Today I took a stack of clothes to a different cleaners. I've been coming here for years and it's frustrating, and I was paying a $1 per clothing to make sure there's no water being used(shrinkage). I was spending between $50-$120 a month in dry cleaning my clothes. The reason why I'm giving it a 2 start is because I've been coming here for years and the blonde lady has always been super nice.
I know people lose or gain weight but I haven't gained or lost more than 5lbs, that factor is out of this equation of clothes not fitting.
Clothing that shrunk-
- Tommy Bahama button up $95
- Robert Graham dress-shirt $125+$25tailoring (it was my favorite shirt.)
- 2 Nordstrom brand dress-shirts $85 each
- Lacoste Polo shirt. $95
- Bugatchi dress-shirt $149
You can see how much I've lost in clothing, I'm just dumb enough to have lasted there for so long. I've asked around from tailors to other dry cleaning places and they said it shouldn't have shrunk. Maybe the person in the back was in a rush and didn't dry clean it like they should have.
I'm trying a new place and see how that goes. Hopefully I don't have to worry about my clothes not fitting anymore. I've taken my suits & jeans there as well, nothing has happened to them. Just be careful and catch right away if this happens to you. read more