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• 2012
  • May (3)
    • Caring for fine garments: The false economy of ordinary dry cleaning
    • Cleaning garments with leather or suede trim -- a follow up
    • Behind every well-dressed man is a great dry cleaner
  • April (3)
    • When your dry cleaner destroys your leather- or suede-trimmed garment
    • Your spring/summer wardrobe: consider resuscitating and restoring archived designer garments
    • How red is your green dry cleaner?
  • March (6)
    • Fixing a DIY cleaning of a leather handbag
    • RAVE FabriCARE cares for Prada
    • Backstage with Wicked, the musical
    • Rescuing a dairy product-saturated suit used in a commercial
    • Put This On blogs about “The Great Kefir Clean-Up”
    • Live in Switzerland. Dry clean in Arizona
  • February (11)
    • Panda Express woks the dry cleaning industry
    • A Suitable Wardrobe features RAVE FabriCARE. Yet again.
    • Cleaning and restoring vintage Major League Baseball jackets (Part 1 of 5)
    • Cleaning and restoring vintage Major League Baseball jackets (part 2 of 5)
    • Cleaning and restoring vintage Major League Baseball jackets (part 3 of 5)
    • Cleaning and restoring vintage Major League Baseball jackets (part 4 of 5)
    • Cleaning and restoring vintage Major League Equipment Bag (part 5 of 5)
    • Nouveau Vintage features RAVE FabriCARE
    • It's official: the dry cleaning solvent commonly known as perc is "likely human carcinogen"
    • The cleaning and restoration of a handbag: Prada leather handbag
    • Wicked comes to town. RAVE goes to work.
  • January (1)
    • A recommendation that money can't buy
• 2011
  • December (2)
    • Trust your Jack Taylor bespoke to RAVE FabriCARE
    • Happy New Year
  • November (8)
    • The cleaning and restoration of vintage sporting patches
    • The cleaning and restoration of vintage garments: occasionally, complete success is elusive
    • Bronzer explosion in Phoenix
    • Removing those scratchy dry cleaner bar codes
    • Services to upscale retailers: 3 more retailers choose RAVE FabriCARE
    • Fixing your dry cleaner's work
    • Thanksgiving holiday stains: Do's and don'ts
    • Cleaning and restoring vintage garments: what you need to know before you buy
  • October (5)
    • Why would you consciously choose to dry clean in perc?
    • The cleaning and restoration of a garment: vintage beaded silk shantung dress
    • Replacing the worn collars and cuffs on your dress shirts
    • Pre-wedding day services offered by RAVE FabriCARE
    • Restoring your yellowed collars and cuffs to brilliant white
  • September (9)
    • The cleaning and restoration of patio furniture cushions and related textiles
    • Cleaning and restoring your stuffed animals and soft toys
    • Fleet Admiral Nimitz visits RAVE FabriCARE
    • Please review RAVE FabriCARE. Thank you.
    • The cleaning and restoration of a vintage vest
    • The cleaning and restoration of an Oxxford Clothes silk sport coat
    • The cleaning of a Fendi handbag
    • Fleet Admiral Nimitz's uniform restored
    • The germs hiding in your handbag
  • August (6)
    • The cleaning and restoration of a 70 year old wedding gown
    • The cleaning and restoration of a 57 year old christening gown
    • Trust your Turnbull & Asser custom shirts to RAVE FabriCARE
    • The cleaning of a racing car protective cover
    • Trust your Anto custom shirts to RAVE FabriCARE
    • The cleaning and restoration of a garment: 1950's vintage coat
  • July (1)
    • The cleaning and restoration of a garment: vintage silk coat
  • June (10)
    • The cleaning and restoration of a handbag: another Kate Spade canvas handbag
    • The cleaning and restoration of a handbag: yet another Kate Spade canvas and leather handbag
    • Six tips on looking great in a suit
    • The cleaning and restoration of a handbag: Juicy Couture canvas and leather tote
    • What happens in Vegas ...
    • Trust your Rubinacci bespoke to RAVE FabriCARE
    • The cleaning and restoration of a handbag: two Coach fabric and vinyl handbags
    • Who says shirts can't last?
    • Cleaning and restoring a vintage tonneau cover
    • We tried and tried, but we couldn’t
  • May (10)
    • Removing blue denim dye transfer from your handbags and purses
    • Cleaning and restoring a 1980’s Christian Dior dress coat
    • Cleaning theatrical costumes: The Nutcracker Act 2
    • Cleaning and restoring of two vintage First Communion dresses
    • Does your dry cleaner play Russian Roulette with your corozo nut buttons?
    • The cleaning and restoration of a handbag: Kate Spade leather handbag
    • The cleaning and restoration of a handbag: Kate Spade canvas handbag
    • Cleaning Gucci GG fabric handbags: the definitive guide to great results
    • The cleaning and restoration of an heirloom Christening gown (circa 1949)
    • Have your white garments turned yellow or dingy?
  • April (13)
    • Bespoke sponge and press service: just like new
    • Does your dry cleaner stand for something?
    • That's not what we do
    • Fine tailoring, alterations and repairs in Scottsdale
    • Pieces Per Hour: The curse of dry cleaning and shirt laundry quality
    • The cleaning and restoration of a vintage varsity jacket
    • The cleaning and restoration of an heirloom lace tablecloth
    • Trust your Bijan bespoke garments to RAVE FabriCARE
    • Cleaning and restoring your stuffed animals and soft toys
    • Trust your Abbarchi custom shirts to RAVE FabriCARE
    • Trust your Budd custom shirts to RAVE FabriCARE
    • Trust your Hemrajani custom shirts to RAVE FabriCARE
    • Trust your Charvet custom shirts to RAVE FabriCARE
  • March (14)
    • Dry cleaning the unusual
    • Another uncleanable garment saved. Party on!
    • Another “risky and uncleanable” garment dry cleaned to perfection
    • Comments from a raving fan (part eight)
    • Cleaning and restoring your classic trench coats
    • Restoring your classic white cotton blouses to pristine condition
    • Restoring damage caused by machine pressing a garment
    • Restoration of a 154 year old wedding skirt
    • Our stroller cleaning and detailing service in pictures
    • Trends Magazine features RAVE FabriCARE
    • Robbie Romero-Eaton knows Ermenegildo Zegna
    • The cleaning and restoration of a handbag: Ferragamo leather handbag
    • Trust your CEGO custom shirts to RAVE FabriCARE
    • Bespoke garment care: sponge and press
  • February (19)
    • You're the anti-dry-cleaner dry cleaner! Say what?
    • 15 posts you must read before you select a true quality dry cleaner and shirt laundry
    • The cleaning and restoration of a garment: vintage Japanese kimono
    • Cleaning and restoring your silk ties
    • An encore performance: RAVE FabriCARE performs The Nutcracker
    • So the dye on your Robert Graham shirt bled?
    • New York Fashion Week: vintage is back with a vengeance.
    • Comments from a raving fan (part seven)
    • RAVE FabriCARE at the 2011 Grammys
    • So your cleaner ruined your tuxedo?
    • Are the underarms of your shirts deteriorating?
    • The cleaning and restoration of a 1943 wedding dress
    • So your dry cleaner couldn’t help you?
    • Italian opera at it’s grandest. Theatrical costume cleaning at it’s best
    • Dry cleaner gobbledygook: we "provide same day and next day service, and 3 day pickup and delivery service"
    • Holistic Healing News mentions RAVE FabriCARE
    • Cleaning equestrian garments
    • Cleaning and restoring vintage and antique quilts
    • On the internet, everyone's an expert (part four)
  • January (14)
    • So your dry cleaner claims to be organic, green, eco-friendly, non-toxic and/or carbon neutral?
    • Move over organic, green, eco-friendly, non-toxic and carbon neutral dry cleaners. Here comes "natural".
    • No, we don't "recycle" all your hangers
    • Now, you'll find us on Alltop.com
    • Restoring the white to your white and color combination garments
    • The 10 deadly sins of ordinary dry cleaners
    • You have dry cleaning rights. Exercise those rights.
    • You have shirt laundry rights. Exercise those rights.
    • The illusion of two levels of drycleaning and shirt laundry service
    • Dry cleaners love hyperbole. Don't buy their rhetoric.
    • Why are there oil-based stains on my professionally laundered shirts?
    • And you still wonder why your dry cleaner couldn't remove the spots and stains from your favorite garment?
    • Why your folded shirts look like a rumpled mess
    • He's just my dry cleaner ...
    • Meet the press
• 2010
  • December (22)
    • The cleaning and restoration of a handbag: vintage leather purse
    • Keep those name tag stickers off your suede and leather garments!
    • Ask Stu: Your questions answered
    • The cleaning and restoration of a handbag: 1980's Bottega Veneta purse
    • The cleaning and restoration of a garment: player-used, game-worn sports uniform
    • On the internet, everyone's an expert (part three)
    • The cleaning and restoration of a garment: Pat Sandler vintage dress
    • The cleaning and restoration of a handbag: Burberry handbag
    • Suede and leather garments: what you need to know before taking them to the cleaners
    • Our Nationwide Clean By Mail Service just got better
    • Tailoring your off-the-rack jeans to fit
    • RAVE FabriCARE cares for Gucci
    • What's your excuse?
    • I'm done with Carmen!
    • U Men Magazine mentions RAVE FabriCARE
    • Our Nationwide Clean By Mail Service -- the process in pictures
    • Seasons Cleanings
    • Protecting your fine woolens against moths
    • Reweaving moth holes (or rips or tears) in your fine garments
    • Protecting your fine clothes with cedar: the double edged sword
    • How to select a shirt maker
    • Happy New Year
  • November (20)
    • A special offer to all Dege & Skinner cutters
    • Anatomy of a restoration: 1930's silk wedding dress
    • The election is over. RAVE FabriCARE voted Best Dry Cleaner
    • RAVE FabriCARE cares for St. John Knits
    • Caring for St. John Knits: everything you need to know
    • Ask Stu: Your questions answered by Stu
    • Charvet impressed by RAVE FabriCARE
    • The cleaning and restoration of a handbag: Prada hobo handbag
    • The importance of hangers
    • Ask Stu: Your questions answered
    • Made By Hand features RAVE FabriCARE
    • Angel Rosado knows Ermenegildo Zegna
    • Trust your Martin Greenfield bespoke to RAVE FabriCARE
    • Cleaning and restoring your Navajo rugs
    • Ask Stu: Your questions answered
    • Tommy Flanagan shills for green, organic and environmentally-friendly dry cleaners
    • Before you treat your Thanksgiving holiday stains ...
    • Ask Stu: Your questions answered
    • Thanksgiving holiday stains...I was wrong
    • Made By Hand features RAVE FabriCARE. Again.
    • Bespoke tailoring: the difference between canned fruit and a freshly picked apple
  • October (21)
    • Introducing "Ask Stu", a new garment care Q&A series
    • Take my Dry Clean Smell Test Challenge
    • Comments from a raving fan (part seven)
    • Thinking about dyeing a garment?
    • The vultures are circling
    • Ask Stu: Your questions answered
    • Caring for St. John Knits: required cleaning process and expected results
    • Caring for sweaters and knit garments: the role of blocking
    • Caring for St. John Knits: from purchasing to storage
    • Ever feel like John Cleese in the cheese shop?
    • Ask Stu: Your questions answered
    • Why your whites, creams and pastels look dingy or gray
    • Caring for St. John Knits: restoring garments that have yellowed, grayed or dulled
    • RAVE FabriCARE cares for Ralph Lauren
    • Caring for shirts made by small artisanal Italian shirt makers
    • Ask Stu: Your questions answered
    • The cleaning and restoration of a handbag: Ralph Lauren Ricky canvas satchel
    • RAVE FabriCARE cares for Barney’s New York
    • The cleaning and restoration of a 1960's 3 piece wedding dress
    • Does your dry cleaner no-spot, pre-spot or post-spot?
    • Ask Stu: Your questions answered
  • September (21)
    • Comments from a raving fan (part five)
    • The cleaning and restoration of a World War II WAVES uniform
    • My dry cleaning solvent's better than your solvent
    • What's the very best thing you can say about yourself?
    • The cleaning and restoration of a garment: mid-1930's men's suit
    • Why your dark colored garments look dull and faded
    • My dry cleaned garments smell of dry cleaning solvent! Why?
    • Why your wools, silks, cottons and linens feel stiff and crusty
    • The cleaning and restoration of a US Navy military uniform
    • A Suitable Wardrobe features RAVE FabriCARE. Again.
    • Anatomy of a restoration: Bespoke linen sport coat
    • Ask Andy About Clothes features RAVE FabriCARE. Again.
    • Ballet Arizona's 2010-2011 season opens soon
    • True quality cleaning and the intact button guarantee
    • Comments from a raving fan (part six)
    • Why I love siloxane dry cleaning fluid
    • Why your cottons and linens feel stiff and crusty
    • RAVE FabriCARE welcomes Arizona Opera
    • Understanding the nuts and bolts of dry cleaning machine operations
    • Those spots and stains weren't on my garment before dry cleaning!
    • Understanding the difference between wet cleaning and washing
  • August (18)
    • Dry cleaners who flip flop (part two)
    • On the internet, everyone's an expert (part two)
    • Breaking news: Denny's and Morton's announce company merger
    • You up for extreme dry cleaning dude?
    • The Great American Dirty Handbag Search
    • We're on vacation!
    • What is spot cleaning?
    • Are you reironing your professionally laundered shirts at home?
    • Dry cleaner gobbledygook: we "focus on details"
    • Why your light starched shirts feel stiff
    • The difference between ordinary cleaners and true quality cleaners
    • Comments from a raving fan (part four)
    • The cleaning and restoration of antique, vintage and heirloom garments and other textiles
    • Introducing our Li'l Angel Stroller & Car Seat Cleaning & Detailing Service
    • The cleaning and restoration of a Claire McCardell dress
    • The cleaning and restoration of a vintage christening gown
    • Dry cleaner poly bags: fact vs. fiction
    • The cleaning and restoration of a 1951 wedding gown
  • July (21)
    • Misrepresentations, distortions and outright lies (part one)
    • Drycleaners who flip flop (part one)
    • Cleaning garments and gowns with trim and embellishments
    • Cleaning couture garments and gowns
    • True quality cleaning: the case against quick turnaround
    • Of dry cleaners and Dennis Rodman
    • A Suitable Wardrobe knows true quality cleaning
    • A Suitable Wardrobe knows shirt laundry
    • Dry cleaning gobbledygook: we "deliver the quality our customers demand"
    • On the internet, everyone's an expert (part one)
    • All cleaners are above average
    • It's not what ordinary cleaners say. It's what they do.
    • Dry cleaners need a code of ethics
    • At ordinary dry cleaners, all garments are equal and interchangeable
    • AZ Green Magazine mentions RAVE FabriCARE
    • Comments from a raving fan (part three)
    • Are you paying $6/$14 for a $1/$2 laundered shirt?
    • Are you paying $35/$40 for a $10/$15 dry cleaned suit?
    • Hate me if you want to
    • My dry cleaned garments still smell of perspiration!
    • Researchers discover cause of and cure for SSS
    • Dry cleaning gobbledygook: "we deliver top quality at a competitive price"
    • To each their own
  • June (22)
    • It's summer. Time to bring out the whites!
    • Stain mishaps: Do's and don'ts
    • 8 trade secrets your drycleaner never wanted you to know
    • The truth behind your cleaner's environmental surcharge
    • 10 reasons why cleaners can't produce laundered shirts with extraordinarily clean collars and cuffs
    • Outgreening the green cleaners with carbon neutrality
    • Cleaners who flim flam
    • Promoting yourself into obscurity
    • Settling for good enough
    • What does Alexander Kabbaz know about fine shirts?
    • What's your drycleaner's bread and butter?
    • When a hand ironed laundered shirt isn't hand ironed
    • Shirts and blouses: to dryclean or launder?
    • When hand pressed, isn't handpressed (part one)
    • Missing out on a win
    • RAVE FabriCARE welcomes Procter & Gamble to the drycleaning marketplace
    • Caring for bespoke garments (part one)
    • Caring for bespoke garments (part two)
    • Get $200 in free drycleaning. 30 minute service.
    • A true quality cleaner's drycleaning standards
    • A true quality cleaner's shirt laundry standards
    • The notion of airing out your drycleaned garments and household textiles is absurd
  • May (20)
    • Does your cleaner stand behind you?
    • The 10 deadly sins of ordinary cleaners
    • Consult a true quality cleaner: They'll educate you and answer your questions
    • Ask Andy About Clothes features RAVE FabriCARE
    • A Suitable Wardrobe features RAVE FabriCARE
    • What's it take to be a leader in true quality cleaning?
    • The RAVE FabriCARE story
    • Visualizing true quality cleaners and ordinary cleaners
    • Cleaners who pay retail store employees for referrals
    • No drycleaning experience required
    • When you don't know, punt
    • The myth of pressing a garment with steam
    • BP CEO says Gulf oil spill is organic and non-toxic
    • The unvarnished truth behind bar coding your fine garments
    • Claims without names are just hallucinations
    • The myth of two levels of drycleaning and shirt laundry service
    • No true quality cleaner in your city or town? Don't fret.
    • Comments from a raving fan (part one)
    • Comments from a raving fan (part two)
    • Glitz and the illusion of true quality cleaning
    • A brief guide to understanding drycleaning solvents and fluids
    • Garment Care, Green Care or both?
    • We're just as good as ...
  • April (8)
    • Your drycleaning bill of rights
    • Your shirt laundry bill of rights
    • Understanding the difference between a cleaner and a fabricare specialist
    • Take my Garment Comparison Test Challenge
    • Understanding quality of product vs. quality of service and conveniences
    • We are not responsible
    • 22 reasons NOT to use a true quality cleaner
    • There are no secrets or secret processes in garment care
  • March (1)
    • The shocking world of ordinary drycleaning & shirt laundry

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