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Meet Oakwood Cleaners: Cherishing Gowns with Special Care

Your wedding dress is the most important gown you’ll wear in your lifetime. It’s important to not only have it sparkling during your wedding day, but to preserve it for years to come. If you’re looking for some place that can help make that happen, meet Oakwood Cleaners! This family owned business has been looking after dresses since 1999 and wants to ensure every person that walks through their doors that they’re in good hands. Everything is treated in-house with a non-toxic solvent too! If you aren’t already sold, these before and after photos along with this interview with Rhonda will surely have you ready to walk through their company doors.

Meet Oakwood Cleaners | Nashville Bride Guide
Meet Oakwood Cleaners | Nashville Bride Guide
Meet Oakwood Cleaners | Nashville Bride Guide

Tell us about Oakwood Cleaners + how long you’ve been in business.

Rhonda: Oakwood Cleaners is Nashville’s destination for fine garment and linen care. Alan and Rhonda Wernick became the proud owners of Oakwood Cleaners in April of 2011. Alan’s expertise in business finance and software development and Rhonda’s creative art profession is the perfect “marriage” to take this already respected and established business to the next level. Oakwood Cleaners has been in business since 1999 and has been Nashville’s only members of the Association of Wedding Gown Specialists since 2001 as well as being a 5 start certified Couture Dry Cleaner.

What’s the philosophy behind Oakwood Cleaners?

Rhonda: Our mission is to allow our customers an experience that is welcoming and to exceed their expectations. We offer an unparalleled level of trained production staff and customer service specialists. Our wedding department excels with expertly trained staff to care for your wedding attire from start to finish.

Meet Oakwood Cleaners | Nashville Bride Guide
Meet Oakwood Cleaners | Nashville Bride Guide
Meet Oakwood Cleaners | Nashville Bride Guide

What are your strengths compared to others cleaners & dress preservation services?

Rhonda: We are local and family owned. Oakwood Cleaners is Nashville’s only member of the Association of Wedding Gown Specialists and also Nashville’s only 5 star certified couture dry cleaner as members of Leading Cleaners International. We like to think we have an emotional connection to each dress or wedding ensemble that we service. It starts with our Customer Service Specialists as we inspect everything with the customer. Once the items are left with us we check them with a black light for invisible stains, do drawings and photograph to document everything before cleaning. We use the environmentally non-toxic solvent – GreenEarth. Each wedding dress is treated individually and is hand spotted layer by layer to ensure the best results before thoroughly cleaning, and is cleaned one at a time. Everything is done in-house by our fully trained staff with the full attention of our production manager at all phases of the cleaning or restoration process.

Meet Oakwood Cleaners | Nashville Bride Guide
Meet Oakwood Cleaners | Nashville Bride Guide
Meet Oakwood Cleaners | Nashville Bride Guide
Meet Oakwood Cleaners | Nashville Bride Guide

In addition to being the owner of Oakwood Cleaners, Rhonda Wernick is an artist. Not only does she provide brides with gown preservation services, but she also offers beautiful paintings of their gowns.

What attracts couples to Oakwood Cleaners?

Rhonda: The perfect client for Oakwood is the couple, bride or relative that wants personal, one on one communication with our staff. They will enjoy a relaxed atmosphere with comfortable seating, coffee or water while our customer service specialists inspects all aspects of the wedding attire with them explaining expectations and pricing so nothing is left to the imagination. They will also enjoy communication during the process in case any questions arise.

What is the most innovative new product, service, style or other aspect of your industry that brides and grooms might appreciate?

Rhonda: We have seen a heightened trend in using vintage heirloom gowns either worn as is, modified or used for other projects such as pillows, veils, etc. We have also seen quite a few gowns that are being made into evening gowns or cocktail dresses by cutting off the trains. We love helping customers with creative ideas such as these mentioned.

Meet Oakwood Cleaners | Nashville Bride Guide
Meet Oakwood Cleaners | Nashville Bride Guide
Meet Oakwood Cleaners | Nashville Bride Guide
Meet Oakwood Cleaners | Nashville Bride Guide
Meet Oakwood Cleaners | Nashville Bride Guide

Thanks Rhonda for sharing all about Oakwood Cleaners. If you’re a bride looking for a place to care for your wedding dress, check out their website for more information!

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