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Anonymous wrote:How doesn't place like this stay in business? Do they have regular clients who are extremely rich and don't care about price?

They are the go to place for wedding dress cleaning.

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Or costumes or kilts or other rare crazy expensive special things.
There are people who will go there specifically from another county to do their special items.
They are specialists with a wide and good reputation. That's how they stay in business. Not for every day.

Just like you don't buy your paper towels at whole foods.

Probably have a high delivery fee so if you added more clothing items, the 'per item' cost would lower.

I have an Armani dress that I don't want to take to my go-to 2.99/piece dry cleaner. Any recommendations for Bethesda area please!

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Parkway is one of the finest dry cleaners in DC and OP had delivery. It’s not for the masses.

LOL - I guess privilege has its price.

Anonymous wrote:So many items that are marked "dry clean only", are actually totally okay to go into your washing machine

If it's not a fancy couture dress or gown, Dryel is my go-to dry cleaning solution for basic dresses, sweaters, etc.

I usually take things to zips, and I have to say they barely clean anything. It’s okay for sort of refreshing things but it doesn’t get out any stains. And I hate, hate the fragrance. My kingdom for an unscented dry cleaner.

Prices are out of control - I live in Reston and was quoted $9 for a pair of pants, which I thought was on the high end of reasonable. When I went to pick up, they more than doubled the price and I had to pay $22 because it was a "luxury item". I'm going to cut the label out of my clothes before I take them to be dry cleaned from now on. They weren't what I would consider a luxury brand - they were Lafayette 148 and I bought them on sale at Nordstrom for $200.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. It was Parkway Drycleaning. I had a few expensive (but daytime) dresses cleaned but sadly I threw a Madewell dress in there too, which I'm really regretting.

I knew it was going to be Parkway - they are notorious for their high prices.

Glad to find a place that does reweaving! Thanks for the link, OP!

Anonymous wrote:How doesn't place like this stay in business? Do they have regular clients who are extremely rich and don't care about price?

They are the go to place for wedding dress cleaning.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. It was Parkway Drycleaning. I had a few expensive (but daytime) dresses cleaned but sadly I threw a Madewell dress in there too, which I'm really regretting.

Of course it was. I was going to get my wedding dress cleaned there 18 years ago. I think they wanted $500. Ridiculous. It didn’t even have beading or lace or anything intricate. They said because it had a train. It’s still hanging in my closet uncleaned. What a racket that place is.

How doesn't place like this stay in business? Do they have regular clients who are extremely rich and don't care about price?

Price you pay for being lazy.

Can anyone recommended a decent but affordable dry cleaner? I am going to consign a bunch of items and want to get them cleaned first but don’t want to spend a fortune. Items are wool suits and dresses (Theory, Tory Burch).

That is absurd. My husband pays $20 to get his suits dry-cleaned at our local place in NE