At least 200 of Honolulu's classiest dressers will have to find someone else to clean their clothes with the care that royalty takes for granted. The Valet Shop treats them as if they were spun gold. In the 1950s, he said, men brought in more tuxedos than they do today. At that time, every closet in town contained at least one white dinner jacket. However, this hasn't cut into business.
Embarrassed wives come in with horribly wrinkled suits that they left in the dryer too long.
Dry cleaning for the rich and famous includes the movie business. I got the contract for the movie 'Harm's Way' and did the dry cleaning for John Wayne and Patricia Neal. My alteration girl loved it. All she did was drive between sets in a limo and sew on buttons. He took 'Hawaii Five-0' cleaning to a cheaper place in Pearl City.