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Fun with Fabrics!! Tuxedo Shirts Many men are unsure about starching tux shirts. I’m all for it! If you can put up with a little stiffness the starch will keep the shirt from developing that unkempt look. Share this: Facebook

  Do You Have The Ultimate Wedding Disaster Story?     Did you suffer a wedding disaster that put a damper on your big day?   Does your wedding video play like a blooper reel?   Do you wish you could do it all over again and have the wedding you originally dreamed of?   [...]

Creases I am certain that you have had slacks returned from the cleaner with a crease where there was none, without a crease when there was one, and occasionally with multiple creases. (I have even seen new slacks with double creases.) Most drycleaners have a difficult time regulating this issue. When a pair of slacks [...]

I thought it might be nice given the weather this morning to share some fun facts about Gore-Tex! What It Is GORE-TEX® fabric is the registered trademark name for fabric produced by W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., known also as GORE-TEX Laminates. It is composed of a white microporous polytetrafluorethylene membrane (film) known as PTFE, [...]

National Drycleaners is proud to announce our participation with Real Change’s clothing drive for the homeless. Please bring in your donated, coats, blankets, sleeping bags, and comforters. National Drycleaners will clean them and send them off to Real Change to be distributed to people in need. You can drop them at our location on Crown [...]

IDENTIFICATION AND USE Satin is a type of weave, not a fabric. Made from lustrous fibers such as silk, rayon, and acetate, satins are woven by passing a low twist yarn (usually a horizontal filler yarn) under one yarn from the opposite direction, then over four or more yarns. This long, floating warp reflects light, [...]