La DoubleJ pieces cleaned and hand-finished by Alex's Dry Cleaning Valet.
Heritage & Expertise
La DoubleJ, Cared For by Alex's Team
La DoubleJ was founded in Milan in 2015 by Los Angeles-born, Italy-based JJ Martin, beginning as a shoppable magazine and vintage edit before blossoming into full collections. The house is celebrated for its maximalist prints and mood-lifting color, with its silks drawn from the historic Mantero archive and printed and crafted entirely in Italy, much of it along the shores of Lake Como.
Those vivid, digitally and screen-printed silks are exactly what careless cleaning ruins: aggressive solvents and high heat can flatten the dyes, bleed adjacent colors, and leave watermarks on delicate crepe de chine and twill — damage that cannot be reversed. Alex's specializes in precisely this kind of saturated, print-forward silk, where the whole value of the garment lives in the color.
Specialist Care
How Alex's Cares for La DoubleJ
Every La DoubleJ piece is inspected, hand-treated, and cleaned with gentle, color-safe methods chosen specifically to preserve its silk and its prints.
Mantero archive silks
La DoubleJ's silk crepe de chine and twill come from one of Lake Como's great archives; we clean them in gentle, color-safe solvent at controlled temperatures so the hand and drape of the silk stay intact.
Saturated maximalist prints
The bold, multi-color prints are the soul of the piece. We pre-test for dye stability and clean each garment individually to prevent the color bleed and fading that ordinary cleaning causes.
Evening-gown construction
Gowns and dresses with linings, structured bodices, and full skirts are blocked and steamed by hand so the silhouette and length hang exactly as designed — never pressed flat into the print.
Delicate trims and fastenings
Covered buttons, ruffles, tie details, and concealed zips are protected and hand-finished individually rather than run through machine pressing that crushes or snags them.
Final hand-finish
Each garment is steam-finished and inspected against light before it returns to you, so the print reads crisp and the silk shows no watermarks, shine, or pressing lines.
Pickup & Delivery
Door-to-Door Across the Bay Area
The same white-glove standard travels everywhere we serve. Pickup from your front door, doorman, or garage — returned cleaned, pressed, and ready to wear.
San Francisco
Monday – Saturday
Next-business-day return; Saturday pickups return Tuesday morning.
Peninsula & South Bay
Monday · Wednesday · Friday
Returned on the next scheduled service day.
Marin County
Every Day
Same-day return is the standard — morning pickups come back the same afternoon.
East Bay
Thursday & Saturday
Returned on the next service day.
Wine Country
Monday & Thursday
Sonoma & the Napa Valley — $300 service minimum, or a $75 delivery charge each way.
$75 minimum per pickup with free pickup and delivery across San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, and the East Bay. Wine Country (Napa, Sonoma & St. Helena): $300 service minimum, or a $75 delivery charge each way. Same-day service available in most areas for an additional fee.
Common Questions
La DoubleJ Garment Care FAQ
How should La DoubleJ printed silk dresses be cleaned?
La DoubleJ's signature silk crepe de chine and twill should be professionally cleaned by hand with a gentle, color-safe solvent at controlled temperature — never washed at home or cleaned with harsh chemicals or high heat, which flatten the saturated prints, cause dye bleed, and leave permanent watermarks. Alex's pre-tests each garment for dye stability and cleans it individually to protect both the silk and its color.
Can you remove a stain from a La DoubleJ gown without fading the print?
Yes. Because the bold color is the most valuable part of any La DoubleJ piece, we treat stains by hand with targeted, color-safe spotting agents and test on the dye first, so we lift the stain without lightening or bleeding the surrounding print. Wine, makeup, and perspiration on silk evening wear are best brought to us quickly and untouched — home remedies usually set the stain or strip the dye.
Do you pick up La DoubleJ pieces in San Francisco?
Yes. Alex's Dry Cleaning Valet, family-run since 1984, offers door-to-door pickup and delivery for La DoubleJ throughout San Francisco and the Bay Area — there is nothing to drop off. Simply text 415-338-9318 to schedule a pickup and we'll collect your dresses, gowns, and evening wear and return them to your door.