Jeeves - New York's Finest Dry Cleaner

Jeeves - New York's Finest Dry Cleaner Our website is: www.JeevesNY.com Jeeves is New York and London's finest dry cleaning firm. Our staff has been trained by museum conservators in these areas.

New York magazine named Jeeves the best dry cleaner in New York and we have been recommended by The Robb Report, Time Out New York and GQ. Jeeves specializes in couture, embellished gowns and the proper cleaning and preservation of wedding dresses. We have done work for; the Cooper Hewitt Museum, the Louvre, the Museum at FIT and the Metropolitan Opera House. Jeeves on-site division can supply support to retailers and production companies in need of seamstresses or backstage dry cleaning services. Our seamstresses can travel to your home, office or retail location. We have provided backstage support for; the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Fashion for Relief, VH1, Robert Verdi and The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.

09/25/2026

A dry cleaner’s guide to giving secondhand clothes another life. This shirt had yellow underarm sweat stains, old oxidized food stains, and mold. Here’s how I brought it back.

1) Loosen it up. Spray the shirt with water and a little dish soap to start breaking down oils and grime.
2) Pretreat. Apply an enzymatic pretreatment to the underarms and old stains, and a sanitizing spray on the mold. For best results, let these sit for a few hours before washing.
3) Build the wash. I added my powdered booster mix (borax, washing soda, and sodium percarbonate), an oxygen bleach to whiten and brighten, a high-quality detergent, and a sanitizer in the rinse slot because of the mold.
4) Run a sanitizing cycle. The high heat kills mold spores and helps the oxygen bleach work at full strength.
5) Touch up. It looked great out of the wash, but I applied 3% hydrogen peroxide to even out a few remaining discolored spots.
6) Dry gently. Air dry indoors or in the shade.
7) Bonus experiment: I rarely talk about liquid bluing, so I tried it here. Bluing is basically makeup for clothes. It adds a trace of blue that makes whites look brighter and less yellow. Swipe through the before and after. Can you see a difference? Let me know in the comments.

This banged-up shirt has officially been given a new life. Hope you found this helpful.

09/25/2026

“Genuine leather” isn’t a quality stamp. It’s a confession.

It’s the lowest grade of real leather you can buy. A cowhide is too thick to use whole, so tanneries split it into layers. Keep the top layer untouched and you get full grain. Sand it down to hide scars and bug bites and you get top grain. What’s left underneath is the weak, fibrous split, and that’s where most “genuine leather” comes from.

To make it look like the good stuff, manufacturers spray it with a pigmented polyurethane coating (plastic) and press a fake grain pattern into the surface. That’s why it peels, like this watch band.

Is it real leather? Technically, yes. Is it what you picture when you read the word? Not even close.

09/23/2026

These synthetic Fendi bags are a great example of why material choices are so important in fashion!

With age, the plastic is beginning to break down and turn into a sticky mess. I’ve seen about 20 of these bags by now and they all have the same issue. Sadly, this is not correctable and results in a very disappointing conversation between me and a client.

I hope folks in the design world see this and consider more sustainable and long lasting materials when producing a new garment

09/21/2026

Laundry water temperatures, explained!

Cold: 86 F / 30 C. The most confusing setting, because cold water isn’t actually cold. It has hot water mixed in, and it feels like a warm pool. This is why I recommend it for most loads. It cleans well and is gentle on clothes.

Warm: 104 F / 40 C. A good middle ground between safety and cleaning performance.

Hot: 122 F / 50 C. Use infrequently, for deep cleans and whitening light-colored garments.

Sanitize: close to 200 F / 90 C. Use rarely, for cleaning the machine or disinfecting garments. This temperature will damage your clothes.

Tap cold: 68 F / 20 C. It varies with your location and the season, so reserve it for refresh loads.

Run most loads on cold and raise the temperature only as staining demands. Cold water paired with a quality detergent, booster, oxygen bleach, and rinse product does a fantastic job. Make warm and hot your default and you will cause premature damage. It is not a matter of if, but when.

Higher temperatures have their place, but only when needed. Laundry is a balancing act between stain removal and garment safety, and how much risk to take is up to you. As we dry cleaners say, the garment belongs to us, the stain belongs to you.

09/19/2026

Faux leather garments get me riled up!!! These pants are a great example as to why.

Simply put, when the top coat of plastic begins to fall apart, the garment becomes useless. That’s because the top coat is often plastic, polyurethane, and has quite a short shelf life (3-5 years tops).

If this were real leather, the color could be matched and those areas could be repainted. However now, these trousers are destined for a landfill after a very short life.

Yes, there are pros for faux leather and some serious drawbacks of real leather. But when it comes to longevity and care, I vote real leather.

09/17/2026

Today I’m going to show you how a garment is repleated. Thank you to George at Tom’s Sons International Pleating for saving the day! Tom's Sons International Pleating

Context: we forgot to warn this client that pleats soften during cleaning, common for natural fibers like cotton and silk, and we felt responsible to make it right.

First it’s ironed flat, then sandwiched between special paper and fed into a pleating machine with a customized program. This one’s a box pleat with two side pleats, repeated throughout. It’s left to cure and set into its new shape. George waited so we could open it together.

Then, he spent his afternoon teaching me about his family’s craft, one that doesn’t get the respect it deserves. Same feeling I have as a dry cleaner sometimes: overlooked, underappreciated.

Like me and my dad, George’s business is multigenerational. His has been in textiles for 150 years. Standing in his workroom on 36th Street, in the heart of the garment district, I tried to absorb everything he was teaching. One small lesson that stuck: sewing pleats into a garment makes them permanent, which extends the garment’s life.

Thank you, George, for saving the scarf and for reminding me what it feels like to be proud of doing under-the-radar, necessary work. Proud small business owner. Proud New Yorker.

09/15/2026

I am very sad, but also pleased, to announce the retirement of my laundry detergent performance board as it is being replaced for SIX new board to keep things more organized.

The new system will categorize each detergent based on their formats to hopefully make it a bit easier to compare and understand. What’s really nice about these boards is they are super lightweight so I can also have a BEST, WORST, and INTERNATIONAL board. And as I write this, I realize I can now have one for just about any product: stain removers, oxygen bleach, boosters, etc.

You can check out my free website TheCleanClub.com for more information about your favorite detergent and it even allows you to compare products!

Some exciting reviews are in the work

The Schiaparelli exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum museum was absolutely amazing and gave me a new appreciation ...
09/14/2026

The Schiaparelli exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum museum was absolutely amazing and gave me a new appreciation for the brand. While the vast majority of these garments still give me enormous amounts of anxiety from a cleaning / functional perspective; the craftsmanship and unique beautiful of each design is breathtaking. If you’re in London anytime soon, I hope you go before it closes in November

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09/12/2026

Ranking every laundry aisle product, 0-10:

Baking soda 5/10 - helpful, but washing soda’s higher pH beats it.

Water softeners (borax, washing soda, Calgon) 8/10 - a must have if you have hard water. Check a hard water map if you’re unsure.

Vinegar 4/10 - too weak an acid to compete with real rinse products.

Detergent sheets 2/10 - clean poorly, pricier than you’d think, only worth it for travel.

High performance detergent 10/10 - the most important thing in your laundry room.

Fabric softener 3/10 - outdated, makes clothes less absorbent. Softness is nice, but it’s a tradeoff.

Laundry sanitizers 9/10 - removes odor and kills microbes incredibly well.

Acidic rinse products 8/10 - one of the best additions to the laundry aisle in the last decade.

Enzymatic stain removers 10/10 - pretreating stains matters this much. Easy and powerful.

Powdered oxygen bleach 9/10 - cheap, effective, brightens whites and lifts stains. Just a bit more process.

Hydrogen peroxide 8/10 - great on blood, sweat, and whites. Dry in the shade, slightly weaker than oxygen bleach.

Chlorine bleach 3/10 - has its place, but misuse causes irreversible damage.

Scent beads 5/10 - no cleaning power, just fragrance. Total preference call.

Enzyamtic boosters 10/10 - increases performance, and easy to use!

Great garments deserve real care. For decades has been trusted with New York’s most valued pieces, keeping the fashion ...
09/10/2026

Great garments deserve real care. For decades has been trusted with New York’s most valued pieces, keeping the fashion people love in rotation instead of the landfill.

This NYFW we’re teaming up with Poshmark on the Poshmark Dry Cleaners, spotlighting vintage, archival, and iconic fashion that’s still worth wearing.

We’ve spent four generations learning what it takes to keep great style alive. Come through September 13 and see what’s up for grabs!

September 13 | 321 Canal Street, New York, NY

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