Tom Ford pieces cleaned and hand-finished by Alex's Dry Cleaning Valet.
Heritage & Expertise
Tom Ford, Cared For by Alex's Team
Tom Ford founded his eponymous house in 2005, after the designer's celebrated tenure reviving Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent; the ready-to-wear menswear collection debuted in 2007 alongside his first New York flagship. The label is celebrated for a sharp, sensual silhouette — the roped shoulder, wide peak lapels, and nipped waist — with its tailoring produced in Italy by Ermenegildo Zegna.
A Tom Ford jacket is built on a hand-padded canvas chest with a precisely engineered lapel roll and a heavily structured, roped sleevehead; aggressive heat, harsh solvent cycles, or flat hot-pressing can collapse that canvas, shine the cloth, and flatten the shoulder line permanently. Alex's specializes in exactly this kind of structured tailoring — gentle solvent, hand-finishing, and pressing that honors the canvas rather than crushing it.
Specialist Care
How Alex's Cares for Tom Ford
Every Tom Ford piece is hand-inspected, gently cleaned in controlled solvent, and finished by hand with steam and a careful press that preserves the canvas, lapel roll, and shoulder line rather than flattening them.
Roped, structured shoulder
We steam and hand-block the shoulder rather than flat-pressing it, so Tom Ford's signature roped sleevehead and built-up shoulder line keep their sculpted lift instead of collapsing flat.
Hand-padded canvas chest
We use gentle, controlled solvent cycles and never high heat, protecting the floating horsehair-and-canvas chest piece that gives the jacket its drape — aggressive cleaning can shrink and pucker it permanently.
Wide peak lapel roll
The lapel is hand-rolled and pressed with steam over a tailor's form, preserving its soft three-dimensional curve; we never crease it into a hard flat fold that destroys the line.
Fine Italian worsteds and finishes
Tom Ford's high-twist worsted wools, wool-mohair and silk-wool blends, and finishes like flannel and corded textures are matched to the right solvent and pressing temperature so the cloth keeps its hand and never develops shine.
Functional surgeon's cuffs
Working buttonholes are hand-pressed and the buttons protected during cleaning, so the cuff detail that marks the garment as finely tailored stays crisp and intact.
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
Monday – Saturday
Same-day return is the standard Mon–Fri — morning pickups come back the same afternoon. Saturday pickups return Monday; closed Sundays.
East Bay
Thursday & Saturday
Returned on the next service day.
Wine Country
Monday & Thursday
Mon & Thu 11:00 AM–3:00 PM · next service day (Mon↔Thu). $300 min or $75 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
Tom Ford Garment Care FAQ
How should a Tom Ford suit be cleaned without ruining the shoulder and lapel?
A Tom Ford suit should be cleaned sparingly with gentle solvent and finished entirely by hand — never flat hot-pressed. Its roped shoulder and hand-rolled wide peak lapel sit over a floating canvas chest piece that high heat and harsh cycles will collapse and shine permanently. Alex's hand-steams and blocks each piece over a form so the sculpted shoulder line and lapel roll are preserved. Between cleanings, spot-treat and steam rather than dry clean to extend the garment's life.
Do you offer door-to-door pickup for Tom Ford tailoring in San Francisco?
Yes. Alex's Dry Cleaning Valet is fully door-to-door across San Francisco and the Bay Area — we have and you never drop anything off. We collect your Tom Ford suits, sport coats, and trousers from your home and return them hand-finished. Simply call 415-338-9318 to schedule a pickup, and we handle the rest.
How often should I dry clean my Tom Ford jacket?
As little as possible — ideally only a few times a year, or when there is a genuine stain or odor. Each cleaning stresses the canvas, cloth, and shoulder structure, so frequent dry cleaning shortens a fine tailored jacket's life. For day-to-day upkeep we recommend brushing, airing, and hand-steaming; when a proper clean is needed, Alex's gentle solvent and hand-finishing protect the construction. Pricing details are at alexdryclean.net/pricing.