Like every New Yorker, around the corner from your (tiny) apartment, is a 24-hour store/deli, and a dry cleaner. In our old neighborhood, there were even more than normal, because we were so close to the Financial District: Land of All that is Dry Cleaned. Business women and men in their suits, shirts pressed to perfection, were always the work of some genius dry cleaning steaming machine. Our place used to wash/dry/iron a button-down shirt for a $1, and they used to cringe when they saw me coming because I would bring my own hangers and garment bag and insist they didn't give me any plastic wrapping. I just couldn't fathom the idea of why I would need all that when I lived directly around the corner?! Regardless they thought I was nuts and the women there would shoot each other "the look" when I came in the door.
Since I clearly "try" (but not always succeed) to keep my clothing in tip-top shape, I have always wanted to find a nice set of garment bags to store special clothing in. Most of them are either flimsy see-through, or as dark as night and resemble more a garbage bag, which makes you wonder what kind of garbage garment you have hiding under there! I was told that there is a new line of eco garment bags from California which are handmade by a woman using vegetable dyed (and also upcycled) leathers and organic fabrics.
Naturally I hunted Jendarling down and found that her garment and travel bags not only look beautiful, but also treat the environment kindly with her use of materials. Not to mention the fact that she creates bags which help prevent the countless number of useless garment bags we're given. Jendarling bags are the creme de la creme (I'm not saying their cheap, but you are protecting well-loved articles of clothing, right?!!) and I have to stop myself from finding more clothing which needs this type of TLC.
I think that if I brought these bags to my old dry cleaner in New York, I doubt they would cringe, but instead shoot each other a different look - like "Wowza! These are some nice bags"!!!
http://jendarlingbags.com/
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