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How To Keeps Your Whites from Turning Dingy & Grey in the Laundry

Keeping your whites white when doing laundry at home can be a real challenge. I’m going to help dispel some myths and give some useful tips to keep your white garments looking their best! Sort loads by color. Darks, lights, and whites. By washing white items alone in the laundry, you will prevent other colors from bleeding onto your precious whites. Slowly over time, when you mix… Read More »How To Keeps Your Whites from Turning Dingy & Grey in the Laundry

Top Fall Stains and How to Remove Them

It’s fall! It’s fall, and that means we’ve got lots going on here in Michigan.You can go your favorite college sports game, go to you kids sporting event, rake leaves, carve pumpkins, and much more. Now, what do all of these things have in common? They leave stains in your clothes – but that doesn’t mean they have to be permanent. The top stains we… Read More »Top Fall Stains and How to Remove Them

How To Fly A Wedding Gown to a Destination Wedding

  Are you headed to the tropics for your dream beach wedding but don’t know the best way to get your wedding dress there with you? There are a few different ways to get your wedding gown to your destination wedding. You can pack it, carry it, ship it, or buy it there. Depending on where you are going and what style of dress you… Read More »How To Fly A Wedding Gown to a Destination Wedding

How to Sell Your Wedding Dress After Your Wedding

Many brides today are opting to sell their wedding dresses to help cover the costs of the wedding (or to afford a more expensive dress than otherwise possible). There are many ways to sell your dress and a few things you have to do in order to get the most for your dress. The biggest decisions you have to make are whether you want to… Read More »How to Sell Your Wedding Dress After Your Wedding

How to Prevent Stains in Your Wedding Dress

A little bit of preparation goes a long way when trying to keep your wedding gown stain free. When asked, a brides biggest worry is that her dress will look perfect for pictures throughout her wedding. I’ve compiled a few tips to keep your wedding dress spot free on your big day. Before your wedding Keep your wedding gown some place that is a moderate temperature,… Read More »How to Prevent Stains in Your Wedding Dress

How to Choose and Care for Your Favorite Suit

When I’m wearing my favorite suit, I seem to grow by two inches. The right suit inspires confidence and brings attention to the man in the suit, whereas the wrong suit brings attention to the suit itself and pulls energy from its wearer. Where did the men’s suit as we know it come from, what makes a good suit and how do you properly care… Read More »How to Choose and Care for Your Favorite Suit

How to Choose a Dry Cleaner to Preserve Your Wedding Gown

I am often asked by people outside Michigan (and even by a few people outside the United States) how to find a local dry cleaner than can properly clean their wedding gown. It is important to find a specialist that knows what they are doing when it comes to your wedding gown, you don’t want to leave anything to chance. Here are a few ways… Read More »How to Choose a Dry Cleaner to Preserve Your Wedding Gown

How To Avoid Problems at Your Dry Cleaners

Having your clothes dry cleaned is somewhat of a mysterious process and many consumers have the wrong idea or expectation when it comes to using a dry cleaners. Dry cleaning is more of an art and a science than a routine operation. Think about it – in a manufacturing environment, you control all of the variables and inputs which gives you precise control over the… Read More »How To Avoid Problems at Your Dry Cleaners

How To Wash (Most) Anything In A Bucket

Caring for ‘hand wash only’ items doesn’t have to be scary. Many of these items can be dry cleaned, but if the item isn’t very dirty and just needs to be freshened up, you can easily hand clean these items at home. All you need is clean water, two buckets, laundry detergent, and some time! Test firstAlways test delicate items before you attempt to clean… Read More »How To Wash (Most) Anything In A Bucket