 guys it's your girl Coco styles and on this channel we talk about beauty fashion lifestyle and styling guys I wanted to just come on here today and talk to you about spring okay so some of the things that I like to do with my clothes to keep them like in good condition so I'm actually gonna go through how I keep my clothes in good condition things that do not cost as much as others that have had for a really long time and more of my more expensive things and how I care for them so I wanted to do this video because I know a lot of women you guys know I'm a style coach and when I do like closet edits and stuff even if it's virtual I can tell if someone is caring for their clothes the proper way which leads them to not spending as much because they're caring for it properly or pretty much not taking care of their stuff and having to replace the stuff over and over so I wanted to do a quick little video just for the girls who kind of struggle with making the decision to put their things in like a tailor or a clean a dry cleaners and things like that so if I'm slurring guys you guys know I got these invisible eyes on and it's like a struggle so let's talk about clothes that are fast fashion I'm not really big on fast fashion Zara to me is like in the middle they are also a hit or miss now when you are shopping from Zara and you are purchasing blazers that are in the price range of like $149 I believe that's the price $149.90 those are really really good quality guys blazers like that from Zara you want to put those in the dry cleaner because you want to make sure that you have them for a while $149 to you may be cheap but it may be expensive for somebody else now as a person as a woman who has blazers that cost low range to super high I treat them all the same and the reason why is because even my low low price ones are a really good quality and if I can limit the amount of times I actually wash it in a washing machine I'll take it to the dry cleaners now we'll get into picking the dry cleaners later so what I do is for those things my blazers I definitely take those to the dry cleaners I always take them there guys I never wash my blazers listen you'd be surprised how many women wash their blazers it's maybe unless it's like denim but I still wouldn't even do it to be quite honest so fast fashion stuff if it's a really good quality and again it's really hard to find really good quality of fast fashion but if you do and you want to hold on to it yes now brands higher in brands I would always recommend and this may be tedious for some read those labels guys I did a whole Instagram post about caring for your clothes and it's probably one of my best performing posts and that's because a lot of people really don't do the right things they don't read those labels those little squiggly lines and little iron and things like that that's telling you how to treat care for your clothes I know people who just say they don't care that's gonna wash it right but they always end up having to buy stuff over and over so that's kind of like a waste of money so read those tags inside of your clothes and I'm trying to think don't have anything near me but I'm probably popping something so you guys can see exactly what I'm talking about read the quality of the material of the clothing that you are purchasing or are going to actually like take to a cleaner everything does not need to go to a dry cleaner so you have to think about that as well so for me to make sure that I keep my clothes for a long time I do not buy things that are super super poor in quality otherwise I'm going to be buying it over and over now it doesn't mean that I don't have anything in here that's poor quality well I'm not gonna say poor quality not the best quality but I've actually had it for a really long time and that's because I've really take care of it I don't even have an example right now but some stuff is not super expensive and it's not the best quality but I've had it for a while a long time but that like I said that's just because the way I'm caring for my stuff another thing you want to do is make sure that you are ready to invest in doing this right because it's an added build to your to your bills if you've never taken anything to the dry cleaners listen you have to do it and I'm looking at my stuff in the back over here and over here I just got them back and I had about 18 pieces that's a lot I think it was like 18 that's quite a lot of pieces um typically like jeans and stuff depending on them I won't take them there I'll wash them like cool and stuff but my sweaters my expensive sweaters sweaters from Dara my white button-up shirts those guys listen if you don't take anything else to drag me to take your white button-up shirts because let me tell you something they will get those things super right okay I don't know what kind of solution they're using but I definitely love taking my white button-ups so I have a slew of stuff I take my trousers there and the guy that I go to now I'm gonna get into him and the previous people that I used to go to the guy that I go to now he's they're really good I like them a lot I haven't had any issues yet so let's get into what to look for when you are looking for a dry cleaner right and why like I said I take them there to have longevity in my clothes so I am not buying something over and over and over yes so the first dry cleaners that I used to go to they were okay I really like the lady she was really really nice and they were just okay now here's where it took a turn one day I went to go pick up my stuff and I said to her I wore this outside all day so you guys know I don't care what Nash what ratio are care I don't care what your background is you know what the outside smell is like some people say it smells like pennies black people be like you smell like outside okay the outfit that I had on was not dirty it wasn't dirty at all I was outside all day in the street but I like a like a festival or something right now I wasn't sweating or anything but I was outside when I got the items back I never opened the package because you put in a little plastic until one night I was going to the restroom in the middle of the night and I smelled the smell of outside I go to my stuff and I'm like oh my god they didn't clean my stuff so what they did was they just ironed it or whatever the heck they did because they didn't see any stains so it was a turn off for me and I started to look for another dry plain us and I found one the new guy on the other hand they're they're good they haven't messed up yet but they're good so as of now I found a really good place they do pretty much everything I've seen comforters of course something I saw the other day that was like super odd I saw Kurt drapery it was something else that was like just threw me off a bit but he basically said that he does he does everything so they listen to my needs nothing has been shrunken yet nothing has been damaged knock on wood whatever the wood is that but I like him there I don't think they actually they actually cheaper than the other place and they're better in my opinion so little things like that I look for like how much is a charge in are they genuinely cleaning my stuff a lot of dry cleaners now are now going green so you most likely sorry guys you most likely won't won't smell like a solution maybe a slight one but if they're going green you probably won't smell anything so my reason for taking things to the dry cleaners is to basically just keep my clothes for a long time we are in the era of buying stuff over like just buying things just like they go out of style we buy something new but certain pieces you want to always invest in even caring for them reading those labels buying certain detergent even like when you wash your towels right when you wash your towels for me I have all white towels in washcloths and I use baking soda in vinegar okay and when I tell you my towels are like a one okay just saying but I make sure that I always buy the baking soda in the vinegar for that and it's just something that I do and I'm always gonna do it so it's the same with my clothes and if something I feel needs to go to the dry cleaners that's what I'm gonna take it after I read those labels to make sure that I actually can take it there because again everything is not necessarily meant for the dry cleaners so make sure you are looking into that so that is what I wanted to talk to you guys about taking care of your clothes and why it's a good idea to always invest in caring for your clothes because otherwise you just be wasting money now if you are that girl who just wants to waste money all day then by all means just put them in a wash machine but if you are that lady who's getting older and you just well I don't even say older if you're just at the point where you just want to care for your clothes a proper way and have them for a long time regardless of if they are fast fashion or not start looking into investing in a dry cleaners and finding a really good one you're gonna have to try multiple out because they are not all created equally and we know this so for me it took me two people to figure it out and I was good so it's almost like your nails guys you go to get your nails done they do a terrible job you don't like you go somewhere else right so yeah so that is what I want to talk to you guys about if you have any questions on that I can definitely do another video on it and some things some other things that I do but it is an investment guys when you are finding a tailor and a dry cleaner so for me you guys know I always talk about tailoring as a six foot tall girl I can't just go in the store and say let me get let me grab that shirts possibly I can most of the time with shirts I can but when it comes to skirts and pants and jeans it's a no-go for me so I know that it's something that I have to do so I never get frustrated when I have to take something to the tailor but anyway guys so that was just a quick little chat about you know taking care of your clothes whether it's fast fashion or really high-end actually let's get into bags and shoes really quick yes let's do that when it comes to my bags I always keep them inside of my casing prior to moving everything into this closet I used to have them in my other closet but they were the same way prior to that when I didn't have the pack system and the Billy bookshelf I would just keep them in the bag like I never just had them out now that they're inside of here I still feel like it still gets a little bit dusty so I'll go and wipe them down make sure that they good and the same with my shoes guys there's just a cleaning day and I'm probably gonna do a video because I need to clean my closet and just move some stuff around but I go in there and I wipe them down because they're sitting in there and they still does attract some dust you want to clean off the shelves and things and I also put my things back like a lot of people like oh you have OCD and I'm like I don't think it's that I just think that everything has a place and I'd like to put it back in its place especially if I came from outside or party not even a party if I came from out I want to put my shoes in my bag back put the things I need to go and hamper in the hamper and put the things to the side I need to actually go to the dry cleaners so that's things that I do with my belongings here my glasses I go through that case over there as well dust those off because again this dust everywhere and we can help it right I go on top of my Billy bookshelves I dust that off most of my well all of my hats are actually inside of bag from lack of color or some sort of bag and that's what I do I keep them in there so that's something that I do guys I think it's a really good idea if you are spending your hard-earned money on clothing take care of it wipe the stuff down if you have actually I don't know if you guys can see right here that one bag it's inside of a bag because that is my white Montserrat Garbriel bag and I do not want it to get messed up so I leave that one in there and I was gonna leave my pumps in there but those are fine so I just get creative with what I have in my wardrobe and I would recommend you guys doing the same so that you're not messing up your things and being frustrated later on and to be quite honest guys you actually still want to like look at your shoes and stuff every few months because before you know it like the soul is eaten away like and you end up breaking a heel outside cuz you didn't know that the glue wasn't sticking anymore like it's just so many things so it's just a good idea to kind of like go through your stuff look at the stuff examine it make sure it's still in good tact and good shape and then that's it so it's something quick that you can do just to like take a weekend and do it guys like you don't it doesn't need to take a whole day but you still want to look at your stuff to make sure that it's still in really really good condition for you to wear so listen guys I will catch you guys in the next one if you like videos like this please comment below and if you stay to the end of this video please come in Coco we see you and guys don't forget to follow me on Instagram at Coco Styles NYC and Coco Styles NY and my personal style blog CocoStylesNYC.com and Coco Styles NY and guys I'm on tickety tickety tock Coco Styles NYC and I will catch you guys in the next one I'll pop in a photo of what I'm wearing today kind of show the weather is like all over the place so I do have on a pair of what do you call these like snakeskin Sam Edelman pumps some gap jeans some barrel gap jeans and a cami from Vince I love Vince guys an old Zara long-line blazer and I wore my Monta Gabrielle bag and my key glasses so kept it kind of simple today very chill pumps are my girls I love pumps guys cuz I got some big old feet so they look really really good on my feet but anyway I will catch you guys in the next one