Yves Delorme pieces cleaned and hand-finished by Alex's Dry Cleaning Valet.
Heritage & Expertise
Yves Delorme, Cared For by Alex's Team
Yves Delorme has woven fine French linen since 1845, when Ernestine Fremaux founded the house in the textile country of northern France near Lille. Six generations later it remains family-owned and is recognized by the French state as an Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (Living Heritage company), celebrated for crisp percale qualities like Athena, lustrous cotton sateen such as Triomphe, intricate jacquards, and the seasonal printed collections that made its name — all woven from long-staple, combed Egyptian cotton.
That refinement is fragile. Harsh detergent and high-heat commercial pressing flatten percale's crisp hand, dull sateen's sheen, blur engraved prints, and crush jacquard relief — and over-bleaching yellows white cotton permanently. Since 1984, Alex's has cared for exactly these fabrics, treating each piece to the gentle, low-alkaline laundering and finishing fine French linen requires.
Specialist Care
How Alex's Cares for Yves Delorme
Each Yves Delorme piece is laundered gently in soft water with pH-balanced, bleach-free detergent, then hand-finished to protect its weave, print, and hand.
Long-staple cotton weave
Athena percale and Triomphe sateen are woven from long, fine combed Egyptian cotton fibers. We launder in soft water with a low-alkaline, optical-brightener-free detergent so the weave stays crisp or lustrous and never feels stripped or roughened.
Engraved seasonal prints
Yves Delorme's printed collections are engraved and dyed for depth of color. We wash inside-out in cool-to-warm water and never over-bleach, so florals and patterns keep their saturation instead of fading to a wash-worn gray.
Jacquard relief
Woven jacquard borders and damask throws carry their pattern in raised relief, not print. We avoid hard mangle pressing that crushes the texture, finishing instead so the dimensional weave stays sharp.
Pristine French white
Much of the collection is undyed or white-on-white. Rather than chlorine bleach, which yellows long-staple cotton over time, we brighten with gentle, fiber-safe methods that keep whites genuinely white for years.
Hand finishing and folding
We press table linens and pillowcases to a smooth, even finish and return bed linens folded to museum corners — ready to dress the bed, not to be re-ironed before guests arrive.
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
Yves Delorme Garment Care FAQ
Do you pick up and deliver Yves Delorme linens in San Francisco?
Yes. Alex's Dry Cleaning Valet is door-to-door across San Francisco and the Bay Area — we collect your Yves Delorme bed linens, table linens, and throws from your home and return them laundered, pressed, and folded. ; we come to you. Text 415-338-9318 to schedule a pickup.
How should Yves Delorme percale and sateen sheets be cleaned?
Fine French long-staple cotton — Athena percale or Triomphe sateen — should be laundered gently in soft water with a pH-balanced, bleach-free detergent, washed cool-to-warm, and finished without high-heat commercial pressing that flattens percale's crispness or dulls sateen's sheen. We never use chlorine bleach or optical brighteners on these fabrics, since both degrade and yellow the cotton over time. This is precisely the care Alex's has specialized in since 1984.
Will washing fade the colors on my printed Yves Delorme duvet cover?
Not with the right method. Yves Delorme's engraved seasonal prints hold their depth when washed inside-out in cool-to-warm water with a gentle, brightener-free detergent and dried with low heat — exactly how we treat them. Improper commercial laundering with hot water and harsh chemicals is what dulls these prints; our process keeps the florals and patterns as saturated as the day they arrived.