5.05.2013

Meet our neighbors....Overland Cleaners

 
When your place of business is located in a small shopping center, you start to get to know the other businesses around you. The people who work tirelessly each day to provide the best of what they do. Your neighbors, so to speak.  And in the case of our neighbors, so often we see the unspoken efforts, extra care with customers and relationships they have formed over the years.
 So we'd like to introduce you to them.


We're excited to highlight each business one by one, and encourage you to take a peek at their restaurants, services and products. If nothing else, when you come by for class you'll know a bit more about where we eat on occasion, get our hair done, and (though you hardly ever see us wearing them) where our nicest clothes are cleaned and tailored. And you'll also know a bit more about why one of our studios is filled with the delicious aroma of pizza on Monday evenings. 

Today, we'd like to introduce you to our "next door neighbors" Overland Cleaners

If you've ever worn professional clothing every day you go to work, found the perfect shirt that fits you like a glove, or for that matter the perfect pair of pants you can't have creased incorrectly or shrink in size, attended a wedding, been a member of the wedding party, or been the one saying 'I do' then you've likely made a trip (or many) to the dry cleaner. 


There are some pieces of clothing too difficult to press, others have an impossible stain, and there are some parts of your wardrobe so special only the finest care will do.


You pull into the parking spot closest to the door, grab what
you've brought and run inside (usually rushing - in just as nice of clothes - off to work or an event where statistically you'll find yourself in a situation which leads you back to the dry cleaner for more items to be cleaned) trusting in three to five days they'll be good as new.

While Overland Cleaners will certainly have your items looking 'good as new' in three to five days, give or take, there's so much more to the story.
After moving to the United States in 1995 with a degree in fashion design Angela, the owner of Overland Cleaners, opened her first dry cleaning location. Then in April 2004 she opened the Overland Avenue cleaners location to continue putting her knowledge and love of fashion to good use. For over 20 years she, and her staff, have meticulously cared for and repaired clothing with the finest attention to detail. She feels even the smallest inspection of clothing can make a difference in the quality. She knows many of the clothes her customers bring to her each day are cherished items, and more than just textile they are an important part of a memory.


Like nail salons, you'll find a dry clean location on almost every corner in Los Angeles. What sets Overland Cleaners apart is their distinguished customer service and genuine interest in knowing the people who arrive with clothing to be cleaned, pressed, tailored and preserved. They will learn your name, ask you how you are (and truly care about your response) and if you share with them an upcoming event, vacation you plan to take or why a certain item is special they'll always follow up later to ask more.

They've spent almost a decade building the trust of their customers, and we even see the staff helping many of them to their cars on a regular basis - it's as though they know you're in a hurry.  But the minute you arrive home, and remove the carefully placed plastic wrapping, you'll see they were in no rush at all to bring your clothing back to 'good as new' or maybe even better than that.