Who We Are

We're a fully organic dry cleaner, which means we skip the harsh chemicals most cleaners still rely on and use nontoxic, biodegradable solvents instead. It's safer for your clothes, easier on your skin, and better for Durham. And everything stays right here with us. Your garments are cleaned and hand finished in our own shop, never shipped off somewhere else.

Here's what we take care of:

Organic Dry Cleaning. Shirts, suits, dresses, coats, and everyday favorites, cleaned gently and pressed until they look their best.

Wash & Fold Laundry. Drop it off, pick it up fresh and folded, ready to wear. We'll even send it home in our reusable, Eco friendly garment bag.

Wedding Dress Cleaning & Preservation. Your gown carried a lot of memories. We clean and preserve it with the care it deserves, so it lasts for generations.

Comforters, Bedding & Household Textiles. The bulky pieces your washing machine can't handle? Bring them to us.

Lab Coats, Scrubs & Medical Uniforms. Crisp, sanitized, and ready for another shift. A favorite among Duke Hospital staff and healthcare workers.

Curtains & Drapery. We lift out the dust and odor while protecting the fabric.

Delicate & Luxury Fabrics. Silk, wool, cashmere, and vintage pieces get slower hands and extra attention.

Pressing & Steam Finishing. That sharp, finished look that makes clothes feel brand new again.

Inside our shop, our in house seamstress brings more than thirty years of experience to every stitch. Whether it's a quick hem or a full gown fitting, the goal is always the same: to make your clothes fit you, not the other way around.

Wedding Gown Alterations & Bridal Fittings. Bustles, take ins, hem adjustments, and a fit that feels flawless on your day.

Evening Gowns & Party Dresses. Formal wear tailored to move with you all night.

Prom Dresses. On time, on budget, and ready for the big night.

Suits & Jackets. Sleeves, waists, and shoulders adjusted for a sharper silhouette.

Pants & Jeans. Clean, professional hems, with the original stitch kept on request.

Shirts, Blouses & Uniforms. A tailored fit for work and for every day.

Healthcare Scrubs. Comfortable, properly fitted scrubs for the people who are always on their feet.

Zipper & Clothing Repairs. Quick fixes that save the clothes you're not ready to give up.

Custom Sewing & Restyling. Resizing, restyling, and one of a kind work made just for you.

Curtains & Drapery. A custom fit for every window in the house.

Vintage Restoration. Bringing the pieces with history and meaning back to life.

Same Day Alterations. Available on select services when you're in a hurry.

Zanobia Sewing is a family owned local business, proudly serving Durham, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough. And if you're a Duke University student, that's 10% off, just for stopping by.

Here's what most brides don't find out until it's stressful: the shop that alters your gown usually can't clean it, the cleaner can't preserve it, and the preservation service never touched it before the wedding. That's three businesses, three trips, and three chances for something to go wrong.

We do all of it, under one roof.

Before the wedding, our in house seamstress handles your alterations and bridal fittings. Bustles, take ins, hem length, that one strap that won't sit right. We get the fit flawless for your day.

After the wedding, we take over completely. We gently clean your gown with our organic, nontoxic process, lift out the champagne, the grass, the makeup, and the wear of a long, wonderful day, then press it and prepare it for preservation. And the timing matters. The sooner you bring your dress in after the wedding, the better, because stains you can't even see yet set into the fabric over time and grow harder to remove.

Then we preserve it to last. Our preservationists use quality materials and proven techniques to protect your gown from yellowing, deterioration, and damage, so it stays beautiful for years to come. Whether you dream of wearing it again someday or passing it down to your daughter, a properly preserved gown is a keepsake that outlives the day itself.

One shop. One team that already knows your dress. From the first fitting to the sealed preservation box, your gown never leaves trusted hands.

A little care from you helps too. When your preserved dress comes home, handle it with clean hands, and store it somewhere cool and dark inside your home, never the basement or the attic where heat and damp do their damage.

Ready to protect the dress that meant everything? Bring your gown to Z-Koretizing Cleaners in Durham for wedding dress cleaning, alterations, and preservation, all in one place. Let's keep it looking stunning for generations.

You spend all day in a hospital. The last thing your skin needs is a uniform that fights back.

Scrubs and lab coats pick up more than stains. They hold onto the harsh detergents, bleaches, and residues of industrial laundering, and that buildup is what leaves so many healthcare workers with itchy, irritated, breakout prone skin by the end of a shift. Wearing that against your body for twelve hours, every day, adds up.

We clean it out. Our organic, Eco friendly process uses nontoxic, biodegradable solutions with no aggressive chemicals left sitting in the fabric. It lifts out the odors, the germs, and the residue that trigger irritation, and leaves your whites genuinely clean, soft, and safe against your skin. Better for sensitive skin, better for long shifts, better for you.

Then we finish them right. Your lab coat comes back crisp, bright, and sharply pressed, collar and cuffs looking the way they should on the floor. Your scrubs come back fresh and ready to grab on your way out the door.

And it's the easy part of your day. Just drop them off and we'll handle the rest. We're the closest cleaner to Duke University Hospital, which is why so many of Durham's doctors, nurses, residents, and hospital staff trust us with their uniforms. Bring in one coat or a whole week of scrubs, and ask about regular pickup if you'd rather never think about it again.

Organic cleaning, honest care, and a crisp finish, from a family owned Durham shop that's been part of this community for decades. Duke faculty, staff, and students save 10%.