10-20-2003, 10:51 AM
Up through the early 1970s there was only one civilian dry cleaner open to the general public in Moscow. It could take months to get something done. It had been part of a U.S. cultural display in the early 60's that we turned over to the Soviets for a nominal fee.
The Soviet MOD in Moscow had its own dry cleaner (also of U.S. origin) and service personnel were required to remove all buttons (metal or plastic) and all other decorations, including ribbon bars. There was a thriving cottage industry within the MOD to sew those things back on. To use your local dry cleaner, just do the same thing - but finding competent craftsmen to sew it back on is not so eay any more.
But if your area does have a specialty dry cleaner that will take responsibility, that's the ideal place.
Soviet era wool, even if high quallity andgenerally clean does often have a characteristic smell that some westerners find smells a lot like "storage." Dr. Bob
The Soviet MOD in Moscow had its own dry cleaner (also of U.S. origin) and service personnel were required to remove all buttons (metal or plastic) and all other decorations, including ribbon bars. There was a thriving cottage industry within the MOD to sew those things back on. To use your local dry cleaner, just do the same thing - but finding competent craftsmen to sew it back on is not so eay any more.
But if your area does have a specialty dry cleaner that will take responsibility, that's the ideal place.
Soviet era wool, even if high quallity andgenerally clean does often have a characteristic smell that some westerners find smells a lot like "storage." Dr. Bob
