To help brides look nothing less than stunning on the big day, Classic Cleaners uses decades of experience combined with the most modern techniques to expertly service wedding gowns. As the only dry cleaning company in the Indianapolis area endorsed by the Association of Wedding Gown Specialists, we take pride in helping brides celebrate that special day in style – both in the city and elsewhere.

With beautiful local venues like the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the Ritz Charles in Carmel, it’s no surprise that people flock to the area to tie the knot. For others, travelling to tropical locales for a destination wedding is more appealing. Understandably, brides-to-be are often concerned about the proper way to care for wedding dresses before the celebration. Sometimes, dresses are folded and placed into boxes for easier transportation, and even for delivery or storage. Gowns stored, even temporarily, in boxes or travel bags are often tightly packed will require pressing to remove wrinkles and creases. With a gentle touch and attention to detail, we carefully de-wrinkle dresses, careful to avoid damage to beading and other special designs.

Here are some tips on caring for your dress before the wedding:
Stuff with tissue paper. To avoid squishing the dress, pack it tightly with acid-free tissue paper.

Choose your method of travel wisely. Traveling by car might be the safest option, but for those traveling by plane, there’s one rule to remember: never check your dress. Bring your gown on the plane with you as a carry-on. Ask a flight attendant to hang it in the first-class closet.

Promptly remove the dress upon arrival. If you’re transporting a dress, regardless of the distance you plan to travel, hang it up as soon as you arrive at your destination. Sometimes, it’s necessary to have the gown pressed by a professional.

Whether it’s before the wedding, or after, our bridal services keep dresses in ready-to-celebrate condition. By staying on top of the latest trends in wedding dress design, we ensure that our team members are trained to properly care for even the most intricately designed gowns. Brides can rest assured knowing that the pros at Classic Cleaners are prepared to handle the last minute touch-ups that make dresses dazzle on the big day.

For these and other tips on traveling with a wedding dress, visit the Association of Wedding Gown Specialists website.

Not another tie! If you’ve given Dad a wardrobe of nice clothes over the past few Father’s Days, he’s probably running out of closet space. For the perfect Father’s Day gift, help him look his best with a gift card from Classic Cleaners. Here are some tips on how you can make your gift just right for Dad.

The avid golfer. An afternoon on the green can be quite sweaty, especially with Indiana’s summertime heat. Courses with no shade do little to protect golf shirts from unsightly underarm stains. Treat Dad to a day on the links, some new golf balls and a Classic Cleaners gift card to keep him looking fresh.

The proud veteran. Even if his days serving our country have ended, the service uniforms of these dads still deserve a salute. A great way to show your love and appreciation is by giving the proud veteran a gift card to Classic Cleaners for our heirloom services. We clean, restore and preserve armed services uniforms so future generations can respect and appreciate the sacrifices made.

The business professional. With tightly tucked-in shirts, these dads are no strangers to buttoned-up, business-casual or professional environments. If dry cleaning is part of your pop’s routine, make things a little easier for him. Classic Cleaners’ Pickup & Delivery helps him keep the errands to a minimum and his collared shirts clean and pants neatly pressed. Pickup & Delivery is free, so sign up today and then stop by your nearest Classic Cleaners location to purchase a gift card for Dad.

Show your love by helping Dad stay well dressed for any occasion. Happy Father’s Day!

Most of our 17 Indianapolis-area stores provide a convenience-adding, fee-free locker system that gives customers the ability to drop off and pick up orders 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The service is super secure and is available even when our stores aren’t staffed, so it’s no surprise that so many customers love our lockers.

Here’s an idea of some customers who find the lockers to be quite valuable:

Tireless professionals. These customers typically arrive at work early and leave late. Their free time is virtually non-existent and there’s little chance they’re near a store during normal hours of operation. Exhausted, they stop by their designated, PIN-secured locker at all hours of the night for fresh clothes.

Vampires. Luckily, cloaks in need of a cleaning can be dropped off and retrieved under the shelter of darkness. These customers typically prefer to do business at night, when there are fewer obstacles and discretion is a requirement.

Travelers. Whether traveling for business or leisure, these customers are always on-the-go. On the way to or from the airport, orders in need of clean can be dropped off and freshly cleaned orders can be picked up – all at the customers’ convenience.

Second shift-ers. Working through the night and sleeping through the day sometimes makes it difficult to run errands and complete chores. But unusual work schedules shouldn’t prevent you from being dressed to impress.

Click here to learn a little more about our locker service and to find the store nearest to you.

To make the lives of our customers a little more convenient, Classic Cleaners offers a free service known as “Customer Connect.” Whether you are constantly booked, live a life of leisure by the pool or live a life of taxiing children around town, you have the ability to conveniently access your account 24 hours a day, seven days a week, just by visiting our website.

Not only is the service free, but it’s also user friendly and available on your schedule. Midnight or noon, Monday or Saturday, customers can access the site to update personal information and preferences anytime.

Customer Connect adds convenience and saves time by giving customers the ability to do the following things (and more) from the Internet:

Track Orders. Get real-time updates on the status of your orders, plus find the status of current and previous orders.

Get it on the calendar. You name the time and the place for your order to be picked up and delivered. If you need to cancel a previous request, that’s no problem.

Update preferences. Need a little more starch? Like your sweaters folded in bag, not on a hanger? Change your preferences at your convenience.

To sign up for the service or to get more details, just visit the Customer Connect page here.