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Smash that mf reblog button if you stoically ignore all labelled washing instructions and everything your mama ever told you about laundry and just send those bastards hurgling around in an overfilled tub to meet either death or glory

Something I learned from a costume designer: if an item can be washed multiple ways the designer is only legally obligated to put one of the ways on the tag, but if there’s only one way to wash that item they have to put Only on the instructions

If the tag says “Dry Clean” it’s safe to machine wash but the designer thinks it looks better if you get it dry cleaned 

But if it says “Dry Clean Only” you will destroy it if you wash it any other way

Reblogging for that last bit which this 37 yr old adult did not lnowy

Hey, this 45-y.o. ‘adult’ didn’t either. Reblog to save bucks!

Other useful things to know:

Rayon is remarkably durable and can usually go in the washing machine if you don’t feel like hand washing. However, DO NOT PUT IT IN THE DRYER. You will pull out a wadded ball of fabric that has become a singularity of wrinkles. The fabric is fine; you’ll just be spending a lot of time trying to get the wrinkles out.

Silk as a fabric is also very durable, but if you machine dry it it will lose its shine.

For a lot of women’s clothing it’s the construction rather than the fabric itself that determines whether it’s dry clean or hand wash vs machine.