Many customers are asking why Parkers Dry Cleaners does not charge more for pickup and delivery.

8 May

Parkers Dry Cleaners offers free pickup and delivery right to your home or office, with no hidden fees and no extra costs.

Parkers offers our free pickup and delivery service as a way to help simplify customers busy lives and to help take away a “chore”.

Our convenient pickup and delivery service is designed to help meet all of your dry cleaning needs, from your regular garments to the big bulky items such as bedspreads, blinds, drapes and area rugs.

There is no minimum requirement and we can arrange a pickup and delivery schedule that best suits your needs.

For more information email us at delivery@parkersdrycleaners.com or call us at 1-877-SINCE-76 (746-2376)

Can Parkers Cleaners re-shape my maternity pants?

4 May

Alana recently gave birth to a new baby, and was hoping to still get some additional wear out of her maternity pants. Unfortunately, the waistband had stretched and there was too much material at the waist.

Alana brought her maternity pants in to our Yonge and Lawrence location. After Alana tried them on, our tailor was able to mark where the excess material needed to be removed..

Alana was pleased that she would be able to get more use out of her maternity pants.

materinty pants - before alterations

the waistband had stretched and there was too much material at the waist.

materinty pants - shortening waitsband

the tailor pinned the waistband for proper measurements

materinty pants- after alterations

The waistband is shorter and the elastic taken in

materinty pants - after alterations

The waistband is shorten and the elastic taken in

What a terrific surprise!

1 May

Candice purchased a new dress for her upcoming vacation. The only problem was that the dress was too long to wear as is.

When Candice brought her dress into our Ellesmere and McCowan location, she was hoping that our tailor could shorten her dress.

When Candice came in to pick up her dress, she was pleasantly surprised. Our tailor had used the extra material (that was cut to shorten the dress) to make a flower that could be added to Candice’s dress to accessorize it.

Candice now has two ways to wear her new dress on vacation.

Dress for alterations

when the dress first came in

Dress for alterations

once the dress was cut - before finishing

Dress for alterations

close up of flower

Dress for alterations

after the alterations were completed

I don’t know how this happened, can you fix it?

26 Apr

The other day, Lisa brought her corduroy dress in for cleaning. She pointed out the green discolouration at the armpits and wondered if we could do anything to fix it.  Lisa was not sure what the stains were from or how they got there. She had never seen this before.

As soon as our experts looked at Lisa’s dress they were able to advise as to the cause of the discolouration and staining – deodorant stains.

The main cause of armpit stains is excessive perspiration, but sometimes the cause is due to the wrong deodorant or antiperspirant. When purchasing deodorant or antiperspirant it is always best to purchase the waterproof kind.  Deodorants and antiperspirants that are not thoroughly waterproof may be ineffective and be a cause of staining on your garments.

perspiration stains

The dress

Has this ever happened to you?

24 Apr

Stephanie came into our Yonge and Lawrence location the other day hoping to have a pair of jeans lengthened.  Our seamstress advised Stephanie that the jeans could be lengthened, but it was not a good idea.

The jeans that Stephanie brought in to be altered have been worn for some time and the hems had started to discolour from wear and tear.

Our seamstress advised Stephanie that if she lengthened the jeans the current discoloured hem line would be visible on the fabric and will leave a permanent crease line in the jean.

After careful thought Stephanie decided it was better to leave the hems alone and was grateful that our seamstress took the time to explain why it was not a good idea to lengthen her pants before proceeding with the alteration.

You can see the fraying and discolouration on the hems

You can see the fraying and discolouration on the hems