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How Often Should You Dry-Clean Your Dress Shirts?

 If you are in the business world you probably own a lion's share of dress shirts. How often do you dry-clean the shirts? Are you confused about how often you should?

Q:I struggle with how many times to wear a dress shirt before sending it out to be dry-cleaned. I used to send my shirts back after every wear, but I think that expedited the mortality of the fabric and buttons. Do you have a rule of thumb? 

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How To Save Your Dark Denim

 Do you love wearing dark denim? If the answer is yes, you probably have dealt with the issue of them fading. If you want them to stay true to color and size, dry-cleaning is your best option, according to this GQ style guide.

 Fact: Denim fades with washing. Fact: If you don’t spill stuff on them, you can keep them fresh for a long time by airing them out. But in the long run, if you want them dark blue and you wear them a lot, you may have to break down and dry-clean ’em. You’re not going to lose any color, and you won’t smell like you’ve been on a six-month cattle drive.

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Don't Lose Opportunities Because Your Clothes Don't Fit Properly

 You may have a bunch of suits in your closet, or a ton of dresses that are appropriate for a classier affair, but are your clothes making the right statement? Don't let the money you have invested in your wardrobe go to waste, take your business attire to a professional tailor. Investing in alterations will make all the difference when trying to make a great impression.

"Let's be clear: In the big picture of ultimate reality, what you wear neither defines who you are as a person nor determines your value as a human being," says Darlene Price, president of Well Said, Inc., and author of "Well Said! Presentations and Conversations That Get Results." "However, in the temporal realm of mere mortals, fair or not, people judge us by the way we look and that includes the way we dress." Especially in the workplace, clothing significantly influences how others perceive you and how they respond toward you, she says.

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Prepare Your Bedding For Fall!

 Fall is just around the corner, and soon we will be pulling all of our heavier linens and comforters out of storage. Make sure to drop off your favorite cold weather linens to us to ensure thorough cleaning before wrapping yourself tight in your afghan.

Most of us wash our sheets and blankets fairly regularly, but the other stuff—comforters, quilts, and pillows—often don't fit in our washers, or are made of materials we don't know what to do with. Professional dry cleaners know the best ways to treat these items to make sure they are fresh, clean, and stay in good condition. 

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The Importance Of Shaping Up Your Wardrobe

 Spending time at the gym and in the salon will help mold you into the person you want to see in the mirror, but what about your clothes? Is your wardrobe in shape? Read the following from the Brooks Brothers' blog to get an idea of  how to approach altering your wardrobe.

In some ways, you need to begin thinking of buying dress shirts, sport shirts and trousers from your favorite store as step one. With shirts, especially if they’re sized S, M, L, or XL, they’re made to a general body type in that size and very rarely will you be that exact type. A tailor can create your size shirt, and give it just the shape you want, whether slim or full.

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Why You Must Pay Attention To Care Labels

 If a label says dry-clean only, it pays to take heed and follow the directions, especially if you value the item. The following article gives insight on why you need to pay attention to care labels.

3. Test the detailing. Often care instructions are for the fabric only―not the accents, which may be tacked on at another factory. That’s why you see EXCLUSIVE OF DECORATIVE TRIM on some tags. Before you wash anything with beading, sequins, and the like, make sure they are sewn on (you’ll see stitches, not glue) and colorfast (quickly dab a wet cotton swab over each type of accent to see if any dye comes off).

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