 When you wear your stuff outside, it smells stank. It smells like outside in the words of every black mother or it smells like pennies. Welcome back to my channel guys. It's your girl Coco Styles and on this channel We talk about beauty fashion lifestyle and styling and if you are interested in that stay tuned to this video. In this video I wanted to go through a few things that I love to take to the dry cleaner and why and hopefully that helps you ladies if you Are on the fence when it comes to spending a little bit of extra money taking your stuff to the dry clean If I decide to buy a bunch of white button-up shirts I can't keep them super clean here in Atlanta because we have hard water So eventually it's gonna start looking a little a dingy and that's not really what I want to give off But first let me start off by saying before you start to take your things to the dry cleaners Take one or two items to a couple of places. Try them out. See how they do White shirts are really easy for them to clean because the spots and stains are visible on them Especially if you've been wearing it all day, you may get a little dirty on the sleeve Maybe around the neck area, but take them to places that you want to try out I have taken clothes to places and they have not cleaned an item because they did not see a Visible stain, but I knew that I wore the item outside And for those of you who know who know when you wear your stuff outside, it smells Stank it smells like outside in the words of every black mother or it smells like pennies, right? So before you actually start taking them there try a couple of places And another tip I would say is try not to take so many things at once because I think this is where they get a little Lazy first thing I love to take on anything that is white White shirts for me white button-up shirts white shirts that are that have detailing at the top Anything like that so white tops. I'm always going to take there. I'm gonna show you guys another And That's just those white tops. Let's get into my button-up white top So white button-up shirts Classic white button-up shirts I take there if you have not taken your white shirts to a dry cleaners Girl you're missing out They will keep your white shirts clean that that I will say I can say they will keep those clean I don't care what kind of stain you have on it. They will have your shirts looking crisp. They're good at that white hoodies white T-shirts if you will if you have a t-shirt from somewhere like Like a cos or even a Zara that's like really thick Take them to the dry cleaners. Trust me So white tops are the first thing that I always take to the dry cleaners Regardless of where I got the top from if it's a designer It's going there if it's high street, it's going there So make sure you are reading those labels most of the items that you do purchase do come with care instructions if the shirt or the item does not have a Tag on it go to their website and you can see on the website The other thing I take to the dry cleaners are things that are delicate meaning satin shirts satin skirts Things that are just maybe like lace that I don't want to put into the Washer machine anything that I feel that I may potentially mess up And I just need them to kind of dry clean it for me I'm gonna take there so look for things that you deem as Delicate that you would not put in your washing machine and take it to the dry cleaners So for me, it will be my satin tops Like I said any satin skirts anything that's lace anything that possibly is sheer I would want them to just kind of steam it really really good I have a steamer, but I feel like the steamer that they use it's on another level So for me, I would take satin tops and blouses and satin skirts to the dry cleaner You can do this stuff yourself at home if you don't want to spend a ton of money But for me, I like the easy way out. I'm gonna take them to the dry cleaners The third thing that I'm always gonna take to the dry cleaners is anything that is knit so as you can see here This is I'm throwing everything on the floor guys And it's gonna be a mess to pick it up Can we talk about getting rid of those papers is so annoying Like I try to be as safe as possible because of the wire hangers and just wrap it up so that you know The garbage people are not getting cut or anything, but anyway, I digress so anything that is a knit wear So this is a tank top a simple tank top from Aritzia. Okay For me, I'm taking it to the dry cleaners Why because first of all this tank top was like 80 bucks That's the first thing and the second thing is again I have hard water and I can't keep them clean regardless of whatever I put if there's a filter It just doesn't do what I needed to do So I take it to the dry cleaners now you have to just be careful that they don't shrink it But these are things that I know that they are Cleaning okay, they're cleaning them. They have a certain smell to them whatever type of cleaning Solution they use I can actually smell it things that are knit. This is my other knit top Anything that is knit. I am taking to the dry cleaners sweaters. I'm taking to the dry cleaners Do I have any sweaters here? I Do I'll show you guys that um any sweaters any knitwear whatever you guys want to call it knitwear sweaters Whatever take those to the dry cleaners. This is considered a cardigan, however When I look at my receipt Buddy said it was the overcoat. Okay Which just was like a little bit pricey to me so Think about that when you are looking for a dry cleaners. What are they deeming some of your items as are they deeming some of them as Dresses and it's just like a long sweater Because that may cost a little bit more Are they deeming things that are a knit like a cardigan as a coat? Okay? So pay attention to your receipts, but I'm just Chopping everything on the floor guys. So this is my cardigan sweater from mango I had this for a really really really long time Really really really long time. They have been caring for my sweater for a long time If you're taking something like a cardigan that's long Pay attention to your receipt. They may deem it as an outerwear item and it's gonna cost you a little bit more So kind of play around with the numbers see what works for you if it's too much try another dry cleaners If it's not stick with that one and this does add up in the end I'll tell you guys how many items I took and What he charged me when it comes to skirts. I'll take anything that is pleated Anything that has any type of ruching that I can't iron myself Okay, so this is a skirt that I wore Because the weather is so weird in Georgia Right now and I want to say anywhere now. He do wrap my stuff up really really good So let me see this skirt is something that Some normal people may just wash But the reason why I'm not washing this It's because of the detailing on the skirt All right The detail on this skirt is not Something that I am wanting to iron myself all these little ridges and stuff I'm not trying to iron this and it goes all the way down So for me anything that has pleats anything that has any Extra ruching or any details that I deem to be hard to iron is going to the dry cleaners Okay, so if you haven't done that before taking anything that has like pleats and stuff and you find yourself like really Frustrated trying to iron these pieces Child taken there. You could also get a steamer But it's gonna take you a little while so this white shirt here. I Tried to iron it once it was a no-go for me Like it was so bad that I was just like I am not gonna I didn't sure it was just too many nooks and crannies for me So anything with pleats anything with like any detailing that may potentially Be difficult for me. It's going to the dry cleaners. All right, so the last thing that I've taken this week would be my pants trousers anything for my bottom that is Kind of like a dress pants, right? Now I do take my blazers there as well I just didn't have any this week So I'm just showing you guys what I took this week and I'm gonna break down the course So I had some knit pants that are like capri pants. I have some dressy slacks from Vince and then I have a pair of pants from mango All of these pieces I wore this week. They're clean They put creases in it if I accidentally put a crease in it if I don't want to crease they don't put a crease So my bottoms my trousers I'm definitely gonna take there because I can't really care for them, especially for the ones that have like little short Pleats at the top. I can't really get to those myself And it could be laziness Maybe I would recommend you guys going and getting this Dry cleaned so they can get into these crevices here get these folds nice and neat for you again If you're good at ironing stuff more power to you your girl can't do it Okay, so again my trousers and my pants that are like a light material I'm gonna take there it comes to denim. I Have taken jeans to them a few times They have cleaned them no issues But I kind of feel like I can wash my jeans and let them hang dry and still be fine with them They may be a little crunchy But once I iron them and possibly steam them a little bit to loosen them up. I'm fine So those are some of the things that I'm gonna always take to the dry cleaner that Help with my clothes staying in really really good condition If you are a person who's looking to try to take something to the dry cleaners and you're like kind of on the fence about the price Possibly because it's expensive But let me break down how many items I took so in total I took 11 items. All right So 11 items they were ready within three days for me Okay, and he breaks it down by pants if you want to crease if it's an overcoat If it's no crease, which is cheaper So keep that in mind if it's a long skirt. He has sweater. He has blouse. He has heavy blouse Mmm, nothing. I'm thinking about it the heavy blouse. What's almost a heavy blouse? Which way is my my heavy blouse now that they all he must be talking about this you see what I'm saying guys Pay attention to your receipt So two pants creased was nine dollars and seventy cents one overcoat was twenty dollars That's the cardigan. That's the one that kind of threw me off because I'm like what the heck is that right? What the hell? Pants is with no creases for eighty five. So I got one of those He's saying four thousand eighty five cents. That was probably my ivory color these That was probably these right here And then one long skirt Which is the black one and then two sweaters Child this one's trying to tell you he used This is considered a sweater to him and The two sweaters which was this one and the one from theory he charged me nine dollars For those nine seventy and then four blouses one heavy four blouses one long one heavy Which I don't I don't know what he would Try I'm trying to tell you hold on one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven Yeah, it's just pay attention to it. Let me show you guys a little bit closer I don't know if you guys can see So this is how he actually had everything Printed out for me. Some of the stuff makes sense and some does not and the total price was 73 15 Yeah, so that's it for this video I wanted to just show you guys some of the things that I love to take and that you should try to take into the dry cleaners as Well, especially if you find yourself buying things and you're buying it over and over That's a telltale sign that you're not caring for the item like you should I don't have a ton of clothes I do have a huge space But I don't have a ton of clothes and that's because I'm not really replacing things over and over It's just something that I learned really early on especially as a tall girl knowing that they don't really cater to us And I have to buy things that are great quality So when my money is being spent on something I'm gonna take care of it It but it's video I just want to show you guys some of the things that you should be taken to the dry cleaners if you aren't Already at the moment I'll tell you some of the things that you don't have to take there are you don't have to take your denim You don't have to take a t-shirt unless it's like a graphic tee in my opinion something that has a little bit of detailing on the front You want to take so thank you guys for tuning in I hope this video helps you and if you stay to the end of this video, please comment Coco We see you guys I'm gonna link some of my blog posts for you to take a look at and of course my style guides for those of you Girls who's trying to build the wardrobe and need step-by-step guidance Make sure you are following me on Instagram at Coco styles NYC and Coco styles NY and my personal style blog Coco styles NYC and my style services Coco styles NY calm and I'm on tickety tickety talk Coco styles NYC and I will catch you guys in the next one. 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