Why RAVE FabriCARE
National and international recognition
RAVE FabriCARE is the only dry cleaner in Arizona recognized as one of the nation’s premier cleaners by non-compensated, independent, authoritative third parties.
- Kirby Allison, proprietor of Kirby Allison, an online store devoted to luxury wood hangers, ties, clothing accessories and shoe care products (www.kirbyallison.com)
- Derek Guy, aka The MensWear Guy on Twitter, frequent blogger on Put This On (www.putthison.com) and proprietor and blogger at Die Work Wear (www.dieworkwear.com)
- Simon Crompton, proprietor of PersonalStyle, an international journal devoted to menswear elegance, quality and craft (www.permanentstyle.com)
- New York Times, which featured RAVE FabriCARE for our skills, expertise and experience restoring bridal gowns and other heirloom garments New York Times SundayStyles)
These endorsements have been earned, not bought
At RAVE FabriCARE, we don't engage in the practice of “buying” endorsements from organizations that “sell” licenses to use specific monikers and associated trademarks (such as “America's Best Cleaners” or "Couture Care Specialist") to literally any dry cleaner willing to pay their monthly "membership fee".
Fact is, there are many dry cleaners that use these monikers and associated trademarks without being licensed to use them.
If your dry cleaner uses any of these monikers and associated trademarks and you're unsure as to whether their usage of those monikers and associated trademarks is authorized, just Google the name of the organization. The organization's website will list the names of all dry cleaners who are currently licensed by them.
Local recognition
RAVE FabriCARE has been recognized over the years as “Best Of” Scottsdale and Phoenix by a number of upscale publications, including Scottsdale Magazine, Phoenix Magazine and AZ Society Magazine.
Retailer recognition
RAVE FabriCARE is used and recommended by more upscale department stores, clothing boutiques, custom clothiers, bespoke tailors, bridal salons, fine linen stores, and handbag and shoe salons in the metro Phoenix area and elsewhere than all other Valley dry cleaners and restoration dry cleaners combined.
These stores and their associates know who produces the “best work” in town.
These stores know RAVE FabriCARE because they regularly call on us to clean and/or restore inventory that has soiled, garments that have been improperly cleaned and/or finished by other cleaners, and customer owned garments that have been rejected as “uncleanable”, “unserviceable” or "too bothersome" by other cleaners.
Over the years, we’ve demonstrated that many of these so-called “uncleanable”, “unserviceable” or "too bothersome" garments were, in fact, eminently cleanable.
Store associates know RAVE FabriCARE because many are, themselves, clients of ours.
These knowledgeable, upscale retailers and custom clothiers trust RAVE FabriCARE.
You can too.
Industry leading quality standards
We have detailed, written standards covering every facet of our dry cleaning/wet cleaning and shirt laundry operations.
These standards result in the consistent delivery of extraordinary care for all your fine garments and household textiles. Every item. Every order.
To view our dry cleaning and shirt laundry standards, please click here.
To grade your current dry cleaner and shirt laundry relative to our quality standards, please click here.
Extraordinary dry cleaning and wet cleaning
Our technical skill, expertise and experience is unmatched anywhere in Arizona and by very few dry cleaners throughout the USA.
What do we mean by extraordinary dry cleaning and wet cleaning?
At RAVE FabriCARE, it means:
- Garments that are exceptionally clean.
- Spectacularly bright whites, creams and pastels (particularly if they’ve always been cleaned at RAVE FabriCARE).
- Colors that are rich and lustrous, without that “washed out”, faded look (particularly if they’ve always been cleaned at RAVE FabriCARE).
- Renewed, revitalized fabric textures.
- The softest, silkiest fabric feel, even on heavy cotton sweaters.
- Garments that are meticulously finished. Inside and out. By hand. Not by machine.
- Garments that are carefully and thoroughly inspected. From top to bottom. From inside to outside.
- Garments that are individually and elegantly packaged.
- And, of course, absolutely no dry cleaning solvent smell. Or fragrance or perfume smell. Ever.
Extraordinary shirt laundry
At RAVE FabriCARE, we deliver the cleanest, brightest and finest hand ironed shirt in the Southwest.
And, unlike ordinary cleaners, we do this without brushing, bleaching, boiling and baking the life out of your shirts.
Specifically, we don’t:
- Scrub your collars and cuffs with nylon brushes
- Wash your shirts in hot water
- Use harsh, caustic industrial grade detergents
- Add fabric-destroying bleach
- Starch your shirts with cheap synthetic glue
- Press your shirts by machine at the rate of 40 to 50 an hour
- Press your collars without first removing the collar stays
- Return your shirts with puckered seams and wrinkled underarms
- Crease your sleeves (unless specifically requested, and then, only, after we’ve tried to convince you otherwise)
- Stuff your shirts in a single, narrow poly bag
Comprehensive range of other specialized fabricare services
In addition to dry cleaning/wet cleaning and shirt laundry, we offer a comprehensive range of other specialized fabricare services designed to meet the needs of the most discriminating of clients.
In particular, very few cleaners can match our extraordinary care for bespoke, made-to-measure, designer, high fashion, specialty and couture garments, household textiles and accessories such as fine handbags and footwear.
Wide array of supporting conveniences
At RAVE FabriCARE, we offer a wide array of conveniences to support our specialized fabricare services.
These conveniences include
- local in-store service
- local regularly scheduled or on call pickup and delivery service
- local on-demand pickup and delivery service
- nationwide clean by mail service
- worldwide clean by mail service
- 24/7 drop off service
- curbside drop off and pickup service
- call ahead pickup service
- client convenience accounts
- personal preference profiles
State-of-the-art fabricare facility
Our 11,000 square foot fabricare facility is one of the very finest and best equipped facilities in the Southwest.
So much so, that we were selected as one of America’s best dry cleaning facilities by the American Drycleaner Magazine.
From the moment you step into our spacious fabricare facility, you’ll recognize that there are major differences between our fabricare facility and the facilities and store fronts operated by ordinary cleaners.
In particular…
The vast majority of ordinary cleaners are designed to meet the needs of their “average customer”
By contrast, our fabricare facility has been specially designed to meet the special handling needs of our client’s bespoke, made-to-measure, designer, high fashion, specialty and couture garments, household textiles and accessories
The vast majority of ordinary cleaners are equipped and staffed to meet the needs of their “average customer”
By contrast, our fabricare facility has been specially staffed and equipped to meet the special handling needs of our client’s bespoke, made-to-measure, designer, high fashion, specialty and couture garments, household textiles and accessories
The customer service counters and drive through lanes of the vast majority of ordinary cleaners are designed to get customers in and out
This get-them-in-and-get-them-out approach is in perfect harmony with their same day, next day, and 3 day pickup and delivery approach to “garment care.”
By contrast, our client service environment has been specially designed to be an inviting oasis in a hectic world of same day, next day, and 3 day pickup and delivery service cleaning.
When you’re in the Scottsdale Airpark (Highway 101 and Redfield Road), please stop by.
We'd bet that our inviting and beautifully appointed client service lobby is unlike anything you've ever seen in a dry cleaning facility.
It’s a difference you’ll see, smell, hear and feel.
Educational materials
At RAVE FabriCARE, we believe that an educated client is our best client.
In other words, the more you know about fine garment care – what we do, why we do it our way, and why we don’t do what ordinary cleaners do – the better it is for our clients and, by extension, for us.
That’s why our service descriptions are highly informative.
And why we are the only fabricare specialist in the USA offering clients and non-clients alike a free Resource Library of educational materials – Ebooks, Position Papers and White Papers.
Fact is, our website has been recognized as the finest resource on the worldwide web for it's detailed information on the care of bespoke, made-to-measure, designer, high fashion, specialty and couture garments.
