Carolina Herrera and Oscar de la Renta have been using a five-star wardrobe storage and valet service for years, and you can too…as this butler service for fashionistas, Garde Robe, is coming to Los Angeles this month. The nation’s only museum-quality storage and preservation service is opening an LA storefront in association with Margaret’s The Couture Cleaner- who keeps most of the designer frocks in Beverly Hills just as well maintained as their owners. The concept was conceived in 2001 as a solution for closet space constrained New Yorkers with overflowing warbrobe collections, city dwellers with inadequate closet space, business travelers, globetrotters, multiple home owners and fashion designers, and was launched in Japan in 2007 and Florida recently. This luxury closet concierge helps digitalize your ballooning closet and then stashes your pieces away in their own chic climate-controlled facilities. In addition, Garde Robe offers expert closet organizers, archiving and cataloging all of your garments, accessories and shoes, and a host of other white-glove amenities.
The most popular services include cyber closet- utilized by renowned fashion designers, stylists, collectors and professional organizers- which starts at $350 a month and includes an iPad app, set up, insurance and complimentary pick up and delivery seasonal storage, preservation of evening wear, luggage packing and around the world shipping- to avoid getting anywhere near a suitcase or baggage claim. The largest closet Garde Robe has worked with had 3,500 articles of clothing- my dream- and the company has strong relationships with the Neiman Marcus group- think Bergdorf Goodman- and the St. Regis Hotel. It may be time to finally grab those boxes of Hermes from underneath your bed and gather your Chanel handbags that live on your bathroom door hook- not to mention your Blahnik’s that are lined up in your kitchen cabinets- and let Garde Robe be your satellite closet. www.garderobeonline.com
