Like it never happened
SHLOOMPED ketchup down your new white silk blouse? Utter no four-letter word. Speak only the name Madame Paulette, the highest-classiest, best dry-cleaning service this side of Madagascar. And if you dribble on yourself in Madagascar — who the-hell cares? “Sultan of Stains” John
Mahdessian, his family in the industry 50 years, has cleaned up by cleaning up for Beyoncé, Streep, Naomi, Melania.
He redid DiMaggio’s worn jersey, restored Princess Di’s wardrobe, made Madonna’s stain-removal kit. Couture clients go from A-to-V —
Arianna to Valentino, Vera Wang, Versace, Vuitton. He’ll pick up and deliver, alter, restore heirlooms, polish your home.
Boxes arrive from Saks, Bergdorf ’s. The Mark and Plaza send Madam Paulette guests’ wardrobes. Its vault archives Anna
Wintour’s clothes. It re- constitutes ripped beads, works with insurers on water damage, cleans Radio City costumes, redid Billy Crystal’s mom’s wedding gown, dried a drowned Chanel handbag.
A Reem Acra wedding gown and veil got cleaned. So did the owner. Price — $1,395.
Their LIC establishment houses Penelope Cruz’s Met Gala gown and Carolina Herrera originals. Gloved guys destained a costume from “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” separated stuck feathers, polished individual sequins like some mad scientist. A 200-year-old gown’s reborn. We’re talking clothing surgery. The shmatta Mayo Clinic.
Stuff in the place bears names such as Denzel, Midler, Kravitz, Hilfiger, Kris Jenner’s black beaded whatever.
If torn, yellowed, faded, oxidized, frayed, tan-sprayed, ripped, moth-eaten or perspired on — they hand-clean it in liquid chemical vats. Wet clean. A long puffy train got dragged and soiled? They juice it back up. Something labelled Rockefeller hangs there. Hailey Baldwin had a red wine splotch. A VIP’s shiraz stain got removed. Gigi Hadid required metal mesh shortened. Cardi B’s something from some award thing needed something. I’ve met Mahdessian’s specialists — like JR, in this industry forever, who’s cleaning by hand. I’ve examined Madame Paulette’s operation. His staff will reconstitute, refigure, repair silk, linen, fur, leather, whatever. Should a swash buckling actor’s swash unbuckle, they’ll re-swash it. They’re equipped to work on everything but a client’s poverty.