One important aspect of maintaining a suit is taking it to a dry cleaner. However, when dealing with the finest luxury fabrics, it is important that your dry cleaner cares for your suits with extra attention and finer detail. At Pascalis Bespoke Tailoring, you can trust that your suits are in the safest hands, as we understand the importance of taking the right care of your suit.

The benefits of dry cleaning a suit 

 Dry cleaning a suit provides many benefits, including:

• Removing stains: Through the dry-cleaning process, you are able to remove stains such as oil and grease that are not easy to dissolve with a ‘wet’ cleaning process.
• Maintains structure: Natural and delicate fibres can distort, shrink, loose colour and original shape when washed in water. When dry cleaned, the delicate fabrics maintain their integrity and are cleaned beautifully.
• Extends garment life: Dry cleaning helps extend the life of a garment by removing ground-in dirt, soils, and stains that act as an abrasive on the fibres.

How often should you dry clean your suit?

Dry cleaning a suit is necessary on many occasions, but how often should you take your suit to a dry cleaner? There is no one-size-fits all answer, however, here is a guideline to help you know whether on not your suit needs to be dry-cleaned:

• If you spilt drink or food on your suit: Stains such as red wine or coffee require quick attention and should be taken to the dry cleaners as soon as possible. If stains sit on your garment for too long, they become more of a challenge to remove. 
• Have it cleaned before storage: if you are not going to wear your suit for a while, ensure you clean it before you store it away, even if there are no stains on it. This will keep your suit fresh and ready to be worn in the future.
• Returning from a business trip: Your suitcase isn’t the best place to store your suit, and if your suit was exposed to pollutants during your business trip, it is important that you take your suit to a professional dry cleaner. As mentioned, dirt and contaminants can shorten the life of a garment.

As a general rule, do not dry clean your suit every week or month, as dry cleaning too frequently can reduce the lifespan of a garment. Be sure to always dry clean all your pieces together, this is become dry cleaning may cause a slight change of colour. You don’t want your pants to be the slightest bit lighter than your jacket. 

Why is it important that you take your suit to a quality dry cleaner? 

A suit is an investment and needs to be provided with the proper care. A quality dry cleaner understands how to properly care for a suit, and what needs to be done to ensure that it stays looking brand new.  

If you are searching for the best quality dry cleaning and suit alterations Sydney services, look no further than Pascalis Bespoke Tailoring. We understand how valuable a suit is, and always provide detailed care. For more information, call us on (02) 9231 1211.