Wash, Dry and Fold: How a Bag of Laundry Comes Back
How Rosabelle's wash, dry and fold service works in Singapore: $7 per kg with a $35 minimum, loads washed per household and folded by hand, on same-day, weekly, fortnightly or one-off collection.
The Rosabelle Journal
The results, before and after
Before-and-after, restoration, and garment-care advice from Rosabelle. Every piece is different; the cases here are records of specific items in specific condition, not guarantees of outcome.
Dior Denim Jacket: Cleaning a Yellowed Collar Without Stripping the Denim
A Dior chore jacket whose cream collar and cuffs had yellowed, and been left patchy by an attempt to fix it at home, brought back to an even cream with the indigo untouched.
School Costume Dry Cleaning: Choir, Dance, Band and Prefect Attire
Dry cleaning for choir, drama, dance, band and prefect wardrobe, collected from the school and returned clean, pressed and counted. Quotes for teachers, MOE e-invoicing.
Hermès Leather Bomber Jacket: Cleaning Lambskin, Cotton and Silk
Nine materials in one jacket: lambskin, cotton, a 44% silk rib and four embroidery threads, cleaned as one piece under a label that allows a leather specialist only.
Vivienne Westwood Wedding Gown: Removing Yellowing and Rust Stains
An ivory Vivienne Westwood wedding gown, yellowed throughout and rust-spotted along the hem, cleaned back to an even ivory. Before and after photographs, and what the hem tells you about storage.
Yellowed Bed Linen: Duvet Cover and Pillowcases Back to White
A tufted cotton duvet cover and pillowcase set, dull yellow with a grey cast, washed back to white over several passes. Why bed linen yellows in Singapore, and why bleaching it once makes it permanent.
Massimo Dutti Leather Jacket: Removing Sweat Odour Without Changing the Leather
A tan leather jacket that smelled musty and of stale perspiration, cleaned so the odour went and the hide did not: same colour, same finish, same handle.
1970s Wedding Gown: Routine Cleaning Before Long-Term Storage
A silk gown worn at a Singapore wedding more than fifty years ago, in for a routine clean before it goes back into long-term storage, and why a stored dress needs cleaning even when it looks clean.
Maison Margiela Tote: Removing Storage Yellowing
A Maison Margiela trompe-l'œil tote came out of storage yellowed and turning brown. What uncleaned storage does to mixed media.
Chloé Sandals: Routine Cleaning and Refresh
Chloé Woody sandals, canvas straps greyed from honest wear, cleaned back to cream. What routine designer accessory care looks like.
Wet-Cleaning vs Dry-Cleaning: How to Choose the Right Method
Solvent and water solve different cleaning problems, not the same one better. The science behind each, and how we decide which a garment needs.
Designer Hats: Cleaning Straw, Felt and Cotton After Storage
Chanel, Hermès, Balenciaga, Prada and SMFK, all in together after a long stretch on a shelf. Why stored straw yellows, and why a hat is never washed.
Hermès Shearling Jacket: Routine Cleaning and Conditioning
A full shearling Hermès jacket in for routine cleaning and conditioning, and why double-faced lambskin is one of the most demanding materials we handle.
Zegna Shirt: Stain Removal After Another Cleaner Declined
A Zegna Trofeo arrived with a printed tag from a well-known cleaner: stains cannot be safely removed. Before and after photos of what happened next.
Curtain Cleaning: We Take Them Down, Wash Them and Put Them Back Up
The take-down and rehanging visit, explained without the word concierge: we bring the ladder, the panels come off the track, and they go back on the same windows once they are clean.
Louboutin Canvas Mules: Restoring White Canvas and Red Soles
Louboutin canvas mules came in scuffed and shadowed grey from honest wear, and left off-white again, red soles included. Before and after photos.
Vintage Leather Jacket: Removing Musty Storage Odour
A vintage Levi's jacket came in structurally sound but heavy with musty odour from storage. Why smells live inside leather, and how this one left.
Carpet and Rug Cleaning in Singapore: How Collection and Return Work
Collected from your home islandwide or dropped at either shop, washed and dried off-site, then delivered back. Rugs $4 per sq ft, carpets $5, minimum $150, about ten working days.
Blue Fox Fur Parka: Specialist Fur Cleaning
A Finnish parka lined and hooded in blue fox, in for specialist fur cleaning. What that care label demands, and why ordinary dry cleaning would ruin real fur.
Dior Bermuda Shorts: Fixing Mud and Home-Wash Stains
Dior twill Bermudas came back from a wet Grand Prix weekend covered in mud, then washed at home. Why that made the job harder, and how patchy colour is brought level.
Wool Sweater: Reblocking After Shrinking in a Home Wash
A fine wool knit came in shrunken and felted from a home wash. Why wool locks up, how this one was reblocked, and why not all of them can be.
Wedding Gown Restoration: Removing Mud from the Gown Train
An outdoor ceremony left this gown's long train caked in mud. Layer-by-layer treatment brought it back to white, with before and after photos.
Issey Miyake Pleats Please: Removing Heavy Soiling Without Losing the Pleats
Heat-set pleating cannot be ironed back once it is gone. That decides everything about how the garment is handled.
Celine Bouclé Jacket: Removing Colour Run From a Cleaning Cloth
The owner polished the gold buttons with a damp cloth. The cloth’s dye went into the jacket.
Louis Vuitton Puffer: Cleaning the Monogram Without Flattening It
A limited-edition Louis Vuitton down puffer, monogram embossed into the cloth. Irreplaceable, unpressable, and cleaned without flattening either fact.
Wedding Gown: Removing Floor Soiling From the Hem and Train
The grey band a long train picks up off the floor in a single evening, taken back to white.
Burberry Pleated Skirt: Clearing Yellowing From Inside the Pleats
A cream pleated skirt that looked clean on the surface and was yellow inside the folds.
Elizabeth and James Dress: Removing Yellowing From a Coloured Garment
A pale blue dress with yellowing front and back. The marks came out first, then the whole dress was cleaned.
Every entry, A–Z
- 1970s Wedding Gown: Routine Cleaning Before Long-Term Storage
- Blue Fox Fur Parka: Specialist Fur Cleaning
- Burberry Pleated Skirt: Clearing Yellowing From Inside the Pleats
- Carpet and Rug Cleaning in Singapore: How Collection and Return Work
- Celine Bouclé Jacket: Removing Colour Run From a Cleaning Cloth
- Chloé Sandals: Routine Cleaning and Refresh
- Curtain Cleaning: We Take Them Down, Wash Them and Put Them Back Up
- Designer Hats: Cleaning Straw, Felt and Cotton After Storage
- Dior Bermuda Shorts: Fixing Mud and Home-Wash Stains
- Dior Denim Jacket: Cleaning a Yellowed Collar Without Stripping the Denim
- Elizabeth and James Dress: Removing Yellowing From a Coloured Garment
- Hermès Leather Bomber Jacket: Cleaning Lambskin, Cotton and Silk
- Hermès Shearling Jacket: Routine Cleaning and Conditioning
- Issey Miyake Pleats Please: Removing Heavy Soiling Without Losing the Pleats
- Louboutin Canvas Mules: Restoring White Canvas and Red Soles
- Louis Vuitton Puffer: Cleaning the Monogram Without Flattening It
- Maison Margiela Tote: Removing Storage Yellowing
- Massimo Dutti Leather Jacket: Removing Sweat Odour Without Changing the Leather
- School Costume Dry Cleaning: Choir, Dance, Band and Prefect Attire
- Vintage Leather Jacket: Removing Musty Storage Odour
- Vivienne Westwood Wedding Gown: Removing Yellowing and Rust Stains
- Wash, Dry and Fold: How a Bag of Laundry Comes Back
- Wedding Gown Restoration: Removing Mud from the Gown Train
- Wedding Gown: Removing Floor Soiling From the Hem and Train
- Wet-Cleaning vs Dry-Cleaning: How to Choose the Right Method
- Wool Sweater: Reblocking After Shrinking in a Home Wash
- Yellowed Bed Linen: Duvet Cover and Pillowcases Back to White
- Zegna Shirt: Stain Removal After Another Cleaner Declined