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Margaret’s Cleaners

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COUTURE GARMENT CARE

Your gowns are irreplaceable treasures. That cannot easily be replaced. With decades of experience handling red carpets and royal wedding gowns, our artisans use specialized cleaning solutions, gentle hand-cleaning techniques, and detailed finishing. Every detail preserves your designer's original vision for drape and style.

Strapless, Metallic Silver Gown With A Pleated Design, Fitted Bodice, And Flowing Skirt, Displayed Against A Plain Background.
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Welcome

The Coutiure Cleaner

Welcome to Margaret's.

A couture cleaning studio

As the nation's first Five Star Certified Cleaner, our guiding principle is to provide unparalleled quality dry cleaning with an uncompromising commitment to offering the highest standards of outstanding service, experience, and value to every customer.

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Services

Professional Services.

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Couture Wardrobe Care
Couture Wardrobe Care
  • Evening Wear
  • Dry Cleaning
  • Knits & Cashmere
  • Ties & Scarves
  • Shirts
  • Alterations and Repairs
  • Skiwear
Couture Wardrobe Care

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Handbags, Shoes & Accessories
Handbags, Shoes & Accessories
  • Cleaning
  • Repair
  • Restoration
  • Refinishing
  • Handbags, Travelbags, Wallets, Luggage
  • Master Craftsman on Staff
  • The Nation's Most Experienced Specialist
Handbags, Shoes, & Accessories

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Leather & Suede Specialist
Leather & Suede Specialist
  • Cleaning
  • Repair
  • Refinishing
  • Restoration
  • Dye Rejuvination
  • Conditioning & Sealing
  • Advanced Hydroxyl Techniques
  • Climate Controlled Facilities and Storage
Leather, Suede & Fur Specialist

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Household Services

Household Services and Restoration
Household Services
  • Draperies & Sheers
  • Furniture
  • Comforters & Slipcovers
  • Fine Table Linens
  • Area Rugs of All Types
  • Smoke & Odor Restoration
  • Nation's Broadest Spectrum of Remediation Technologies
Household Services

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Sentimental & Fine Art

Sentimental & Fine Art
Sentimental & Fine Art
  • Vintage & Family Heirlooms
  • Repair & Restoration
  • Mold & Mildew Remediation
  • Archival & Designer Collections
  • Fine Art & Books
Sentimental & Fine Art

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Couture Bridal & Christening Care

Couture Bridal & Christening Gown Cleaning & Preservation
Couture Bridal & Christening Care
  • Cleaning & Pressing
  • Preservation
  • Alterations & Repairs
  • Vintage Restoration
  • Storage
Couture Bridal & Christening Care

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Margaret’s is a family-run company spanning six decades, with the Horst family having owned and operated dry cleaning establishments for four generations. Since it is privately- owned and financially independent, the company takes a long-term vision and strategy to its brands, with an ethos of attention to detail in all aspects of its business. As the nation’s first Five Star Certified Cleaner, our guiding principle is to provide unparalleled quality dry cleaning with an uncompromising commitment to offering the highest standards of outstanding service, experience, and value to each customer.

Fur Storage And Alterations

Margaret’s has long been a trusted solution for cleaning fur garments. We often receive fur items with specific challenges, including mold and mildew or smoke odor, so we’ve developed many proprietary methods and special equipment to meet these challenges. Our most recent addition to our specialty services includes an on-site dedicated fur storage vault providing the proper temperature and humidity controls. Margaret’s home delivery driver can drop off your treasured furs when desired and pick the items up for the return to the storage vault in between wearings.

Oscar De La Renta Blush Pink Gown

A single couture, high-fashion, or Haute couture article can often cost as much as a fine sports car. Obviously, for such high-valued items, special attention is warranted. As a service provider for Neiman Marcus, Saks, Chanel, Gucci, Giorgio Armani, and over 180 fine retailers, Margaret’s is the best choice for all couture clothing and accessories.

Vintage Prada Cleaning And Restoration

Finding the perfect vintage handbag can be a fashion triumph, and one of Margaret’s core services is professional handbag cleaning, restoration, and repair of both vintage and new designer handbags. We clean, repair, refinish and detail purses, handbags, travel bags, wallets, and luggage to help maintain their original appearance.

Custom Embroidered Mens Jacket

Your costumes and evening wear are unique treasures that cannot easily be replaced. Articles with sequins, beads, and appliqués require special care, and Margaret’s is uniquely positioned to handle delicate items.

Vintage Couture Cleaning

CleanByMail is the perfect complement to many of our specialty services. Many items are processed through CleanByMail, including suits, jackets, and coats. Each is carefully packaged for protection during shipping.

Specialty Sweater Cleaning And Blocking

All knits distort over time when worn. In 1953, Margaret Clutter impressed the La Jolla community with her ability to take a sagging and stretched-out knit garment and restore its youthful shape and vitality. Our Knit Blocking Service locks the intended shape into the garment for lasting shape. We restore damaged knits with our mending, reknitting, and reweaving service.

Speciality Gowns Cleaning And Preservation

Evening wear, including gowns, is not well suited for conventional cleaning. They deserve our experience, delicate cleaning solutions, hand cleaning, and detailed finishing. We confidently handled beaded and couture gowns from decades of experience working with red carpet dresses and royal wedding gowns. Our unparalleled processes maintain the designer's intention for drape and style. Your gown retains its shape because we place it on a custom bodice and softly support it with tissue wherever necessary.

Religious Cap

From cleaning to complete restoration, we believe in preserving art objects and memorabilia using the least invasive treatments possible. In our facilities, we perform conservation and restoration of artifacts, works on paper, frames, leather objects, religious articles, books, maps, and furniture.

Bottega Summer Sandle Cleaning

Do your shoes, sandals, or boots need cleaning, new soles or heels, repairs of refinishing, or a complete restoration? With an on-site Master Cobbler, Margaret’s is equipped to repair and restore all types of shoes and other leather goods, materials, and finishes.

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CleanByMail®

Convenience without compromise

Don’t trust your treasured articles to an unproven dry cleaner or shoe repair shop. Our worldwide CleanByMail® service cleans and repairs your handbags, ties, leathers, suedes, sweaters, knits, and even preserves your wedding gown quickly and safely, no matter where you live.

We’ve developed our custom shipping boxes and carefully package each garment properly for protection. In addition, you can submit an estimate request on our website (along with photos of your item) and obtain a CleanByMail® request form to accompany your order.

Video consultations for advice are available with one of our expert technicians.

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Retailer Services

North America’s most recommended

Since 1995 we have partnered with the world’s finest couture retailers and boutiques to maintain their full range of stock merchandise, assist with customer spot, and damage issues and provide cost effective garment, leather, handbag and uniform cleaning.

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Preserving the Heritage: The Art of Restoring Vintage Designer Trunks

Vintage designer trunks are more than just storage—they are historical treasures, each with its own unique story. Over time, these iconic pieces may show signs of wear, but professional restoration...

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The Most Common Mistakes People Make with Expensive Fabrics

Silk, cashmere, and wool are luxury fabrics that require delicate care. While these materials add sophistication to your wardrobe, their fragile nature demands proper handling. Unfortunately, many people unknowingly make...

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A Woman With Long Hair Carefully Browses Clothes On A Rack In A Clothing Store, Holding A Black Garment That Caught Her Eye. Her Discerning Gaze Mirrors The Precision Of Smoke Damage Restoration, Ensuring Every Detail Is Perfect Before Moving On.
San Diego Smoke Damage Restoration: Protecting Your Clothes and Fabrics

What is Smoke Damage and Why Should You Care? Smoke damage affects more than just surfaces—it penetrates deep into fabrics like clothing, upholstery, curtains, and luxury items such as handbags....

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La Jolla
7511 La Jolla Blvd.
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 429-7251

San Diego
5150 Convoy Street
San Diego, CA 92111
(858) 454-2375

Newport Beach
1831 Westcliff Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(858) 429-7271

Del Mar
3790 Via De La Valle #213
Del Mar, CA 92014
(858) 755-2715

Los Angeles
2272 Westwood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 470-9200

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  • Award of Excellence, Drycleaning & Laundry Institute
  • Best Plant Design, Nationwide Award from Drycleaning & Laundry Institute
  • Best Family-Owned Business, San Diego Business Journal
  • Best Dry Cleaner, San Diego Magazine
  • Best of La Jolla, La Jolla Light
  • Reader's Choice Awards, La Jolla Village News
  • 5-Star Certified Couture Cleaner, Leading Cleaners International
  • Best Dry Cleaner, Consumer Business Review
  • Most Influential Dry Cleaner, Methods for Management
  • Best of San Diego, BestOf.com

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