Fashion Cleaners just raised the standard for their executive shirt cleaning service another notch. Omaha’s most preferred dry cleaner recently installed new executive shirt cleaning equipment that incorporates the latest in shirt cleaning and finishing technology. “The best just got better,” says owner Kermit Engh. “This new equipment will allow us to further enhance the cleaning and detailed finishing services customers have come to expect from Fashion Cleaners.”
Fashion Cleaners uses special processes and cleaning products that eliminate shrinkage and fading. This includes detergents and enzymes that are designed to perform at lower temperatures of 125 degrees compared to temperatures of 160 or more used at many dry cleaners. Shirts are also pressed and starched with a cosmetic-grade natural cornstarch that is PH neutral which will not cause a reaction to dyes and will wash out with each cleaning.
Fashion Cleaners goes to extra lengths to ensure shirts maintain their form by hanging them on longer 18” executive shirt hangars rather than the standard 16-inch size. If you are tired of missing or cracked buttons, Fashion Cleaners can fix that as well. Fashion Cleaners replaces all cracked or missing buttons with the finest unbreakable buttons available before your shirt is returned to you. If you should ever get a shirt returned with missing or cracked buttons, Fashion Cleaners will replace the buttons, reclean the shirt and clean two additional shirts for free.
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Who wouldn’t want to buy designer clothing at one-third or less of normal retail prices? Many women in Omaha have been doing just that for the more than 30 years at Esther’s, a woman’s designer and fine clothing consignment store at 805 ½ S. 75th St.
The family-owned business started in the basement of Esther Lonergan’s home in the early 1970s as a way to sell designer clothing passed down from her sister who worked for New York designer Bill Blass. “The clothing was just too high fashion for my sister and me so my mother would invite friends to come over to look at it and it just grew from there,” says daughter Trish Lonergan, who assumed management of the business when her mother passed away in December of 2008. As the designer consignment concept began to catch on, other women began bringing Esther their gently-worn designer clothing to sell. Eventually Esther’s home-spun business grew too large for her basement so she moved the business to its current location in the mid 1980s. Today, the store enjoys a dedicated clientele of regular customers, many of whom have visited the store since the early days of the business.
“My mother had great style and a dedicated following of friends and customers,” says Trish. “She always had such a great rapport with her customers. She was the driving force behind the business for all these years.”
Esther’s accepts high-quality, clean, gently used clothing, shoes, jewelry and accessories for a three-month consignment. “We only take good quality, good labels and current styles,” says Trish. Wardrobe items must be dropped off by appointment only. The store is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
When there’s a problem or clothing items need to be freshened up Trish says she brings them to Fashion Cleaners. “Fashion Cleaners’ service is excellent,” says Trish. “Designer clothing often needs special treatment and Fashion Cleaners always pays attention to details. And their driver Bob always calls when there’s a question or concern.”
