Holiday Travel Unwrinkled
Use plastic dry cleaning bags to separate items when you pack. It helps prevent clothes from sticking together and wrinkling. Once you have worn the clothes, you can put them back in the bag and keep your worn laundry separated from your clean clothes without having messy piles in your room. Going somewhere warm and […]
Funny odors in the laundry room?
If you forget to put wet laundry into the dryer, you may experience that nasty mildew smell on clothes or sheets. Here’s an old, but effective trick: add two cups white vinegar and rewash. Put the clothes right in the dryer when the cycle ends – the heat removes the vinegar smell. Worst-case scenario – […]
Washable silk’s short life
Watch out for this season’s “washable silks” with cotton lining. The cotton lining in “washable silk” holds moisture that can speed up deterioration and loss of wear-ability in the silk in as little as one washing. Wondering why the designer chose the combo? The cotton lining gives the garment a sturdier form for the design Silk fabric […]
