Fabrics & care
How Often Should You Wash Clothes? An Item-by-Item Guide
How often should you wash clothes? A practical item-by-item guide for jeans, sweaters, bras, shirts, suits and coats, plus airing and spot-cleaning tips.
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Fabrics & care
Fabrics and garment care: fibers and weaves explained, laundry symbols decoded and how to wash a wool sweater so it keeps its shape for years.
Fabrics & care
How to Wash a Wool Sweater Without Shrinking It
How to wash a wool sweater by hand or machine without shrinking or stretching it: water temperature, detergent, drying flat, de-pilling and storage.
Fabrics & care
Laundry Symbols Explained: How to Read Any Care Label
Laundry symbols explained: what the washtub, triangle, square, iron and circle mean, how dots and bars work, and how to care for clothes so they last.
Fabrics & care
Types of Fabric for Clothes: A Guide to Fibers and Weaves
Types of fabric for clothes explained: natural, semi-synthetic and synthetic fibers, wovens vs knits, what each fabric is good for and how to care for it.