I was looking to patronize a Black owned business now that I'm out of college and looking to pay it forward. I first went there because I had two dress that I just wore once and completely ruined one in the wash. These clothes weren't like the ones I was used to washing growing up. They needed dry cleaning. I was a college student and I paid good money for these dresses and I wasn't going to ruin my other one. So I stated looking for a dry cleaners.
I got my bright blue dress with white piping down the sides dry cleaned and it looked fabulous. No color loss or anything. By putting down a the money right then and there, I was able to get a small discount too. I've since gone to other dry cleaners, but they weren't the same. Some only accepted cash and still couldn't get the gel deodorant stains out of my clothes and used pins to attach the clothes, not safety pins like Tailorite does. Another accepted my DEBIT card, but no early discount, had a purchase minimum, and several items came back with holes (these were not black owned businesses by the way). I've since moved back from the suburbs of the last six months onto the south side again and I couldn't be happier.
I have mostly done winter clothing*, but yesterday I have dropped out my first $300 coat I've ever bought (trying to distance myself from my old college attire). It's the same coat the Obama girls wear from J. Crew -- The double cloth lady day coat that's lined with thinsulate. It's a light color (mystic lilac) and so everything that could latch onto it has. Dirt, grime, and grot has completely soiled my new coat and because of it's light color, it's very visible. I have dropped it off and will write a review as time permits.
*wool, angora, and cashmere sweaters and skirts. I have also given them 100% silk tops. They have always came back looking brand new. They have fixed a fallen hemline for me for free once. I know it was fixed because it was partly falling when I gave it to them. It was very nice of them.
ETA (04/25/2015): So I received my 3/4 mystic lilac lady day wool coat from J.crew back and it is beautiful! I did a number on this coat. Every stain is gone (or faded to such an extent that you can barely see it). The coat was complexity soiled. The coat had stains on the neckline, wrists, pockets (mostly right hand), front hem and lower back leg area on the coat. The area that is very faded is the water stain on my lower back leg part of the coat, My fault really, I tried to get the stains out myself and the water caused a stain in and of it's self. But Again, it's very faded. You can barely notice it. Everything else was wiped CLEAN! And for only $12, I will be going back. My next trip will include two dresses in need of new zippers. read more
