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I don’t care much for love, but I do know that  everywhere you turn in New York City fashion is in the air.

Whether you can’t wait to dive into your fall wardrobe after those brisk nights we had over the weekend, or the hype for fashion week and fashion’s night out has got you all a buzz it is impossible to deny the electricity surging through every fashion minded individual in all the boroughs.

Luckily, your summer clothes are cleaned( by Cameo Cleaners or Arthur Copeland) and put away to make room in your closet for all the items picked up during Fashion’s Night Out,or for the runway inspired pieces to come after attending Spring 2011 Fashion Week.

Although Fashion Week does not officially begin until tomorrow, things seem to be in full swing at Fashion Week’s new home, Lincoln Center after last night’s fashion show to kick off Fashion’s Night Out. Models and designers alike arrived sporting the limited edition t-shirts on city buses, as they than either sashayed down the runway or towards their seats.

This entrance on buses is just one factor of the new direction Lincoln Center Fashion Director, Stephanie Winston Workoff hopes to take the fashion industry in New York towards. As quoted in The New York Times, Workoff wants to ” bring fashion week to the people…removing the exclusivity of accessibility to the events and designers.”

Hosting all events in a space that is not only physically accessible, but visually as well such as Lincoln Center allows everyone in New York City to access the happenings that will be occurring over the next week. Workoff has big plans in store for Lincoln Center as the new and permanent home of fashion in New York City.

Whether you have plans to participate in all or non of the fun fashion related activities taking our fair city by storm over the next week, Cameo Cleaners of Gramercy Park and Arthur Copeland Cleansers will be open and ready to clean, alter, or repair all of your new fashion finds.

For the best and most fashionable dry cleaning source in New York City and and Long Island visit Cameo Cleaners of Gramercy Park or Arthur Copeland Cleansers where they always make you look your best.

A week ago Cameo Cleaners received a call from a production assistant working on the foreign markets Christmas  commercial for cosmetic and wellness brand Avon.

The models being used in the commercial had not been fully fitted for their outfits, and the production assistant needed someone on set that was able to provide last minute alterations, and promptly.

When the shop manager finished the call he knew exactly which of his of able tailors he would send to assist on set the following day. Cameo Cleaners of Gramercy Park has two exceptional tailors both of whom can care for any and all of your tailoring needs.

The following morning Alaina Zulli was sent to Long Island City and kept very busy fixing neck details,  altering hems, seams, and other miscellaneous wardrobe malfunctions over the course of the ten hour shoot.

Even though it is still summer we are already looking forward to the holidays, so we can see for ourselves the magnificent work Alaina did.

If you are looking for a tailor or seamstress in New York City Cameo Cleaners of Gramercy Park is the place to be.

I ran across this article from the Wall Street Journal tonight, it stated that 93% of men and 88% of women wait for clothes to wear out before replacing them.

In the current economy we have been seeing more and more clothes being brought in for cleaning that have “issues”. Thankfully our tailoring team is very talented and we can keep certain garments, “going and going”.

At some point a worn garment gets too worn to mend any longer. I remember one of our tailors working on a garment so threadbare that as it was being sewn, the sewing machine needle was tearing the fabric.

The tailors at Cameo Cleaners and Arthur Copeland Cleansers can refurbish just about anything within reason. Some projects that we have recently accomplished to “save a garment” are:

• Shortening a reversible Zegna trench coat past the area where the coat got caught in the door of a taxi cab. The coat needed to be shortened 5″, but the new length is much more fashionable.
• Changing the neckline, altering the Length  and adding a sash of a bridesmaid dress. The client needed something to wear to a formal event and our tailoring team, “re-worked” the dress. It was a total transformation, you never would have guessed it was a bridesmaid dress.
• Re-weave a worn area in the seat of suit pants. The client’s wallet caused the area in his seat to wear out. Our re-weaving team was able to repair the worn area with new fabric to strengthen this area.

Stop by Arthur Copeland Cleansers or Cameo Cleaners of Gramercy Park with your “worn” garments, maybe our tailoring team can find a way to save them for you.

Cameo Cleaners of Gramercy Park has a tailoring team that rivals any tailor shop NYC and can take care of any alterations in Manhattan.

Arthur Copeland Cleansers, located in Cedarhust Long Island, can take care of all alterations Long Island.

One of our favorite clients just walked in with a skirt that she needs to have alterations done for an event she is attending in NYC. The skirt is basic and only needs to be let out slightly across the seat.

The point, is that our client needs it right away and we try never to say no. Our tailor head tailor Rafael volunteered to say late and take care of the skirt for our client after-hours tonight. At this time of the year when we are busy, we usually ask for a about a week to return alterations.

Though we had to charge our client extra for the rush, in the end she was very happy as she picked up her skirt the same day she dropped it off, and was able to wear it at her event that evening.

Other tailor shops in NYC are not so accommodating, at Cameo Cleaners we consider ourselves the best tailors in NYC as well as the best dry cleaners in NYC. Why because we pride ourselves by trying never to say no. We always do our best to accommodate our clients.

When you need to have alterations done in New York City give us a call, we will try not to say no.